Artist Statement As a child, I was fascinated by the photographs my grandma kept in her handbag. On these gelatine prints was a faceless man, whose features had been forcefully scribbled over with a blue ballpoint pen, or scratched out of existence altogether, leaving a ghost-like void where his face should have been. This was…
In addition to the 2020 project, Focus on Country Vic, State Library Victoria has commissioned me again in 2022 to document the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on regional communities. These photographs are now part of the State Victoria permanent public collection.
State of Change: Regional & rural stories of 2020 is a State Library Victoria photo exhibition documenting the year that was 2020 in regional Victoria through a local lens. What are the unique issues facing our communities? What do our communities hope for and how will recent events shape the future? The events of 2020 had…
Beyond 50% exhibition was created in response to the growing gender inequality in our global communities. It explored the ways in which art can be used to influence cultural change. Beyond 50%: art activism against violence presented work by six international and Australian artists who identify as activists, craftivists, agitators and feminists: Panmela Castro, a performance…
Artist Statement My vision is to give hope. To document the invisible lives, drowned by society’s attempts to maintain normalcy through keeping their eyes shut, pretending that lives don’t exist, referring to them as numbers. Located in the former Sacred Heart Convent and supported by the Ballarat Welcome Centre and Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council, “In…
Ballarat Street Art murals project #WeRYou, was an inclusive and participatory street art project focused on the power of community, art and ideas to change perceptions and attitudes of Ballarat residents. Over six months in 2013, I facilitated a series of installations of large format paste-ups, designed to combat ugly tagging in known graffiti hotspots.…
Artist Statement “The Truth is that we all are fragmented. Some more than others. There are thousand pieces to one’s story.” Made up of thousands of images and weeks of intense photographic work, the Under the Floorboards artist residency with Uniting Care Ballarat, brought together the work of 12 different artists who have spent the…
