Australian Women Artists

Australian Women Artists   The podcast    Ep. 53 Carly le Cerf   Over the last decade, I think it would be fair to say that Carly le Cerf has become one of the most quietly compelling voices in contemporary Australian landscape painting.  Her paintings exude atmosphere and exhibit a beautiful balance of abstraction and observation. Her approach to colour, atmosphere and, I guess, stillness is what...

Australian Women Artists   The podcast   Ep 51 Nusra Latif Qureshi   A conversation with Dr Rebecca Coates (MUMA)   My podcast guest today is Dr Rebecca Coates, and we will be talking about one of Australia's most compelling contemporary artists, Nusra Latif Qureshi.   Nusra Latif Qureshi bridges the ancient tradition of South Asian miniature painting with what has been described as, ‘urgent...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep 50 Tracey Moffatt (A conversation with Amanda Love) To celebrate the new year AND the 50 th post for AWA (!!!) I wanted to start with a personal favourite artist - Tracey Moffatt.  There’s an argument to say Tracey Moffatt is probably Australia’s most successful artist ever, both nationally and internationally. She is certainly one of the few Australian arti...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep. 49 Dr Bonita Ely Bonita Ely stands as one of Australia's most significant contemporary artists. She is a pioneering voice whose work has consistently challenged audiences to confront envir0nmentaI degradation and s0cio-poIiticaI realities through innovative conceptual art practices.  She has a diverse practice that spans sculpture, installation, perfor...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep 48 Kaylene Whiskey (A conversation with Professor Dr Natalie King OAM) I’m excited to bring this episode to you. I'm talking to Professor Dr Natalie King OAM and we are discussing the incredible unique work of indigenous artist Kaylene Whiskey.  Natalie King is an Australian curator, writer, editor and Professor of Visual Arts, Victorian College of the...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep 47 Robyn Stacey Robyn Stacey is one of Australia’s most established and respected photographers, exhibiting widely in Australia and internationally since the mid-1980s.  As a photographer and installation artist she is celebrated for transforming ordinary spaces into cinematic worlds of light, history, and intimacy.  Through large-scale photographs, camera o...

Australian Women Artists   The podcast   Ep 46 Michaye Boulter   Michaye is a painter whose evocative seascapes and atmospheric horizons capture the delicate balance between isolation and connection.    She was born in Brisbane and at a very early age moved to Tasmania’s wild southern coastlines. Her father was a fisherman, and this meant Michaye’s life was sailing, fishing, and living close to wa...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep. 45 Loribelle Spirovski Today it’s my privilege to be joined by Australian contemporary artist Loribelle Spirovski.  Loribelle's passion for art began very early. She and her family moved to Australia from the Philippines when she was a young girl. This experience was very formative and continues to shape her practice.  Her formal art education began at...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep. 44 Rachael Sarra Rachael Sarra is a proud Goreng Goreng woman whose incredible work bridges fine art, design, business and education.  You might know Rachael’s powerful visual language from a postage stamp that commemorated the 1967 Referendum, from murals lighting up Brisbane, or from collaborations with major brands like Kmart and Tourism Australia.  Her...

Australian Women Artists   The podcast   Ep. 43        The Boyd Women Artists: The Hidden Line.                     A conversation with curator Sophie O’Brien   For decades, the Boyd name has resonated through Australian art history — yet the creative lives of the Boyd women, the artists who worked in the shadows and around the edges of that celebrated dynasty, have too often been overlooked.   At...

Australian Women Artists   The podcast    Ep. 42 Natasha Walsh   Natasha Walsh doesn’t make art for the Archibald Portrait Prize. She is really interested in building her practice in a way that interests her.  Nevertheless, in 2025, in her early 30s, she became an Archibald finalist for the 8th time!  One of those finalist years (2018), coincided with her winning the Kilgour Prize, the Brett White...

Australian Women Artists   The podcast   Ep. 41 Evelyn Chapman - a conversation with Dr Anne Gerard-Austin    Dr. Anne Gérard-Austin is the Curator of International Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales and a significant contributor to the current exhibition at the AGNSW, Dangerously Modern, Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890-1940.  And we were discussing the Australian artist, Evelyn Chapman....

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep. 40 Amber Wallis Amber Wallis has carved out a distinctive space in contemporary painting with canvases that blend abstraction and figuration, intimacy and intensity. Her art often emerges from deeply personal narratives.  Amber holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the Canberra School of Art and a Master of Visual Arts from the Victorian College of the Arts....

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep. 39 Justine Kong Sing A conversation with Monique Watkins (AGNSW) A few of Justine Kong Sing's works are on display at the new exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW, Dangerously Modern, Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890-1940. I had the privilege of sitting down with Monique Watkins to discuss this extraordinarily talented artist who has been largel...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep. 38 Robyn Sweaney    Robyn Sweaney is a contemporary artist who began exhibiting her work regularly from about 1992.    Her early work included still-life compositions, landscapes, and portraiture.    After relocating to northern New South Wales, she was inspired by her surrounds by painting houses. She could merge her philosophical interests with visual sto...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep. 37 Daphne Mayo and Vida Lahey -  A conversation with Samantha Littley QAGOMA Samantha Littley is a distinguished Australian art curator who, for the last 6 years has been the Curator of Australian Art at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art. With a diverse background spanning major cultural institutions including the Australian War Memorial, N...

Australian Women Artists    The podcast   Ep. 36 Del Kathryn Barton     Del Kathryn Barton is one of Australia’s most recognisable and collectible artists.    She is known for her intricate and almost psychedelic works. Her practice spans painting, sculpture, and film.    She is a two-time winner of the prestigious Archibald Prize - only the second woman to do that in the Prize’s 104-year history....

Australian Women Artists   The podcast   Ep. 34 Margaret Olley AC – a conversation with Professor Lisa Slade     This is a fascinating and impassioned insight into the life of one of Australia’s most beloved artists.   I’m talking with Professor Lisa Slade about the legendary Australian artist, Margaret Olley.   Professor Lisa Slade is the Hugh Ramsay Chair in Australian Art History in the School...

Australian Women Artists   The podcast   Ep. 33 Lottie Consalvo     Lottie Consalvo is one of Australia's most thought-provoking contemporary artists.    Through her abstract paintings, sculptures, video and performance works, she transcends the boundaries of the visible and tangible, pushing into the mind's capacity to explore the unbound possibilities of our existence and what lies bey...

Australian Women Artists   The podcast   Ep. 32 Dr Bronwyn Bancroft AM   Bronwyn Bancroft is a proud Bundjalung Woman and Artist.  Her career has included both national and international exhibitions and her work has been acquired by all major Australian galleries, state libraries, and private collections. She has undertaken numerous public commissions, which allow her to reach and educate audience...

Australian Women Artists The podcast   Ep. 31 Eleanor Louise Butt   My guest on today’s podcast for Australian Women Artists is contemporary artist Eleanor Louise Butt.    She’s celebrated for her abstract paintings where colour, texture, line, and form converge to bristle with gestural energy and movement...we explore that during our conversation because I find that fascinating.    Her work evolv...

Australian Women Artists    The Podcast    Episode 28    Artists of Influence: Carol Jerrems (influencing Tamara Dean, ep. 2)   Welcome to another edition of AWA artists of influence.    For those who’ve heard some of these podcasts, you’ll remember that the last question I ask is: Is there an Australian woman artist who has inspired or influenced you and if so, who and how?   I’ve decided to expl...

Australian Women Artists The Podcast   Ep 29 Anne Ryan on artist Lesley Dumbrell   I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to have a fabulous conversation with Anne Ryan on the incredible Australian artist, Lesley Dumbrell.   Anne Ryan is one of Australia's leading art curators. She serves as Curator of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, where she oversees the prestigi...