Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep. 25 Amber Boardman Amber Boardman is an American-born artist who would eventually establish herself as a significant figure in the contemporary Australian art scene. Her early life was shaped by the cultural landscape of the US, which would later inform her artistic exploration of social dynamics and digital culture. Her artistic development was informed by her dual interest in traditional fine arts and emerging d...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep. 24 Leila Jeffreys Leila Jeffreys is a distinguished contemporary artist renowned for her captivating photographs, moving image works, and installations that primarily feature birds. Leila moved to Australia from PNG and pursued formal training in photography which helped her create her unique approach...to animal portraiture. Her extraordinary photographs were loved by the public and she gained internation...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep. 23 Yvette Coppersmith Yvette Coppersmith stands as one of Australia's most distinctive contemporary artists. Her career has been marked by a profound exploration of portraiture, identity, and the human condition. She has challenged traditional boundaries between painting and photography while examining themes of gender, representation, and psychological depth. She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts and won...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep. 22 Belinda Fox Belinda stands as one of Australia's most accomplished contemporary multidisciplinary artists, whose work traverses the boundaries between printmaking, painting, ceramics, sculpture, drawing, and glass. It's a lovely wide ranging discussion covering her career as a master printer collaborating with the likes of John Olsen and Tim Storrier and their generosity which is an integral part of who she is as well, her decision to change...

Australian Women Artists The Podcast Ep. 21 June Tupicoff June Tupicoff has been described as "one of Australia’s very best artists” and "the great Australian painter you’ve probably never heard of". June is a Brisbane based artist whose work focuses on an inherent interest in the Australian landscape. She actually grew up in the lush, rural environment of Victoria, and, I dare say as a direct result, developed an early sensitivity to the Australian landscape—a theme that evolved and ma...

Australian Women Artists The Podcast Ep. 20. Louisa Chircop Louisa stands as a compelling figure in contemporary Australian art. Her work transcends geographical boundaries while exploring the intricate connections between identity, memory, and cultural heritage. She has established herself as a versatile artist working primarily in mixed media, photomontage, collage, and painting, creating works that speak to both personal and collective experiences o...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep. 18 Ann Thomson Ann Thomson stands as one of Australia’s most eminent contemporary painters and sculptors. Her early passion for art was fostered by influential art figures in Brisbane and in 1957, she relocated to Sydney to pursue formal studies. Her paintings are celebrated for their vibrant, expressive compositions and their ability to evoke a sense of place without resorting to literal representation. ...

Australian Women Artists The Podcast Ep. 17. Janet Laurence Janet Laurence is a leading Sydney based artist who exhibits nationally and internationally. For four decades, she has captivated audiences with her multidisciplinary practice spanning photography, sculpture, installation, and video. Her work is a profound expression of her deep concern for the environment, ethics, and the intricate interconnectedness of all living things. She employs a diverse range...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep. 16 Emma Coulter Emma is a leading figure in contemporary Australian art, renowned for her bold explorations of colour, space, and perception. Her practice spans painting, sculpture, site-specific installation, and large-scale public art, consistently pushing the boundaries of how art interacts with its environment and audience. You may have seen her work that wraps around the Metro Tunnel’s building façade in central Melbourne ...

Australian Women Artists The Podcast Ep. 15 Virginia Cuppaidge Virginia Cuppaidge stands as a significant figure in contemporary abstract painting, whose work was formed in Australia and then blossomed in New York where she moved to be in the epicentre of abstract art. We talked about arriving in NY in 1969 and being wide eyed for a year. Taking it all in. She was surrounded by the works of Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Lee Krasner. It was an enormously inf...

Australian Women Artists The Podcast Ep. 14 Susan Baird Susan Baird has a distinctive approach to capturing the unique light and atmosphere of the Australian bush. As such, she has established herself as one of the country's most evocative contemporary painters. She is known for her sensitive plein air paintings of the Australian landscape, especially of the area surrounding the historic mining town of Hill End in rural NSW where she has her studio. And it’s the light at Hil...

Australian Women Artists The podcast (I'm afraid the recording starts with a bit of an echo off the gallery walls - but it does settle.) Episode 13 Emily George on Jane Sutherland Jane Sutherland (1853–1928) was a pioneering Australian landscape painter and a key figure in the plein-air movement and the Heidelberg School. She defied Victorian-era gender expectations by pursuing a professional art career, encouraged by her father. She became an instrumental figure in the Heidelberg...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Episode 12 Wendy Sharpe AM There can be no dispute that Wendy Sharpe is one of Australia’s most acclaimed artists. She is known for her strong figurative paintings, her use of narrative and a sensuous use of paint. (For my benefit – and maybe others as well - figurative art, according to the Tate Gallery in London, describes any form of modern art that retains strong references to the real world and particularly to the human figure.) Wendy’s accola...

Australian Women Artists The Podcast Episode 11 Belynda Henry Belynda Henry is a very significant figure in contemporary Australian art, renowned particularly for her evocative landscape paintings. Landscapes are to her a deeply felt experience and that experience is then reflected in her immersive artistic process – sights, sounds and the feel of the environment she’s painting in. A multiple finalist in prestigious awards such as the Wynne and Archibald Prizes, ...

Australian Women Artists Podcast ep. 10 Louise Olsen A fascinating conversation with Louise Olsen. A successful artist who, like many others before her, was able to combine that with an incredible skill for design. When I say incredible...she co-founded the now iconic global brand, Dinosaur Designs. We, of course, discussed her beautiful art and her processes and methodologies, her very talented mother’s art, spending two years painting in isolation in 2020 with her fath...

Australian Women Artists Podcast episode 9 Annika Romeyn Annika Romeyn is an important figure in contemporary Australian art. This is in no small part due to her unique approach to depicting the Australian landscape and the innovative techniques she uses. Her work engages with cultural and environmental themes, and it has been described as bridging traditional landscape art and contemporary artistic practices. More recently she’s been a finalist in the Pro Har...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Episode 8 Petrina Hicks A really enlightening conversation with Petrina Hicks – one of Australia’s most acclaimed and influential contemporary photographers. She initially trained in commercial photography and recounts how this influences her seemingly simple and stylised minimalist aesthetic. Petrina is renowned for her large-scale, hyperreal photographs that explore female identity and challenge traditional representations of women. Her wor...

Australian Women Artists The Podcast Episode 7 Dr Anne-Louise Willoughby on Nora Heysen Nora Heysen was a precocious talent who sold her first work at 16 to Dame Nellie Melba. Encouraged by her father, artist Sir Hans Heysen, Nora had enormous early success. By the time she was 20 her paintings had been purchased by the state galleries of NSW, SA & Qld and held her first solo exhibition at the Royal Sth Aus Society of Arts in 1933. She was 22. She was the 1st woman to ...