Scholars & Artists
Gal Leshem is a multidisciplinary artist and facilitator. Utilising video, textiles and print, Gal explores the role of plant lore and material culture in the creation of identity and belonging. Her work is developed through a site-specific and research-based approach, often engaging with heritage sites, objects and plants embedded in myth, memory and folklore.
Anna Choutova is a visual artist, and curator, who fearlessly peels back the layers of an idealised Western culture in her practice. With a contemporary Pop Art flair, she dissects the territory of food, consumerism, and addiction, exposing the clash between adoration and condemnation experienced by post-Soviet Eastern Europeans.
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Josephine's interdisciplinary practice encompasses sculpture, film, performance, text, and photography. Her working methodology is research-led, like that of an investigative journalist.
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Polly Jane Wilson is a cross-disciplinary visual artist. Her works are often realised as ephemeral installations which combine unstable materials, painting techniques, sculptural forms and disorientating plays of light and shadow. Polly's practice explores the ecological systems of agricultural land and the processes and machinery utilised in commercial food production.
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Izzy Mckinlay is a designer who graduated from Central Saint Martins from the Fashion Design, Womenswear pathway. Izzy's work is an elegant fusion of sportswear and sculpture. Her Graduate collection was 'an ode to Australia's landscapes'. Feelings of nostalgia from her Australian upbringing led to her exploration of memories and the passing of time.
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