Studio Tenancies Brand X manages four properties across Sydney offering artists subsidised semi-permanent tenancies. Expand Anna Laerkesen is a visual artist working across various media to investigate the terrain of placement / re-placement / replacement and the vulnerable body in public space. She has worked professionally in the arts running public and her own arts programs, large scale public art events and theatre both internationally and nationally. Anna Laerkesen’s works suggest narratives that are central to colonising cultures- for example, being lost in the unmapped primal wilderness or questions of origin and sustainability. Lisa Kotoulas has a strong interest in neuroscience and psychology, expression and gesture as the primary focus of her work. By capturing moments of suspended time, the chance to engage in an exploration of Self, Identity and Truth often presents itself. Creating dimensions where the real and imagined collide, where reality is indistinguishable from the fabricated and where consciousness meets subconsciousness meets unconsciousness are her main objectives. The disorientations of time and space continue to motivate Lisa’s work. Todd Fuller has exhibited annually with Brenda May Gallery since his debut in 2011 at the age of 23, having graduated from Sydney’s National Art School the previous year. His practice integrates sculpture, animation, drawing, performance and painting to construct narratives drawn from empirical experiences, personal or otherwise. Todd has a studio in the Brand X Arts Incubator as part of the TWT Creative Precinct in St Leonards. William Mansfield is a Sydney based multi-disciplinary visual artist. Pursuing a dynamic experimental DIY aesthetic, Mansfield utilises a broad range of mediums including video, sculpture and installation. Mansfield’s unique practice conflates ideas of schlock horror and glitch art with childhood nostalgia, interrogating notions of torment and the grotesque, with irreverent and kitsch humour. He employs pre-cinematic devices and handmade dioramas to weave together open-ended narratives within his work. Pamela Lee Brenner and Johannes Muljana collaborate in artistic creations producing sculpture, projections, performances and digital interactive works. Our works deal with issues such as public vs private spaces, reuse of discarded materials and other contemporary issues that resonate with our ways of seeing the world. We have participated in outdoor and indoor sculpture exhibitions, virtual sculptures, performance art exhibitions and public projections around Sydney and Australia. Fiona Edmeades is a sculptor who works predominantly through process and materiality to investigate the complex nature of our human experience. Conciseness manifest through the realm of form, a reality which we all share and to which we are all bound. Fiona feels that although we may fixate on the big events, it within the banal and the everyday – in the repetition of the mundane –that we create the rich and complex fabric that is our life.. Aesha Henderson is an interdisciplinary artist working across sculpture, installation, performance, design for theatre, events and screen specialising in puppets, creative direction and curating. Her work incorporates play, humour, beauty, darkness and the surreal to shift and investigate stories of what we are and what we may become. Aesha works from her studio in the Arts Incubator as part of the TWT Creative Precinct in St Leonards. Sydney Pemberton is English born and moved to Australia in the seventies. Started a catering company working in TV and film, catering for private and corporate clients. Out of her love of all things practical, Syd has written several household hint books and numerous cookbooks. Her love of food has crossed into her quirky paintings and sculptures. Syd specialised in printmaking for several years before turning her creative talents towards acrylics, collage, and sculpture. She still uses mono printing in her art practice. She has been making collage jewellery and having fun with manipulating images. Her interest in sea creatures began when working with the Sydney Fish Markets, ocean swimming in Sydney, and holidaying on the English Coast. She loves using recycled materials for her artworks in her compositions. Instagram: sydpemberton Sydddee Facebook: syd pemberton art and food
Creative Business Fine-grain creative businesses and local arts organisations operate from our four properties across Sydney. Expand CICLI SPIRITO Cicli Spirito is a one man custom bicycle workshop run by Ben Kamenjas catering to the two wheel obsessed. Hand built wheels, complete restorations, mechanical servicing and assembly, and bespoke built bicycles. Taking time to do things right and to the highest standard for the bicycle of life. More info THIS IS ARCADIA This is Arcadia is a film and TV production company with a goal to produce projects with majority female writers, directors and protagonists. More info STALKER THEATRE Stalker Theatre make high quality physical and visual productions that range from small, mobile street theatre productions to large site-specific outdoor work and both intimate and large-scale indoor works. From interactive technology with aerials and acrobatics, to blending devised theatre with circus, stilts and street theatre. More info SUBLIME STUDIOS/URBAN COLLECTIVE This is Sandra has over 20 years in the creative industry in AU and the US as a designer, art director and creative entrepreneur. As Director of Sublime Studios a creative service provider thrives on developing an idea seed to deliver visual solutions while building strong relationships. Additionally, her curious nature allows her to seek other opportunities to nurture talent, encourage expression, and bring people together. As a Founder and the Curator of Urban Collective – a photography group – guides artists with subjective advice and artful curating to develop proud portfolios and exhibit their work via platforms such as HeadOn Photo Festival and Art and About Sydney. More info BIG VILLAGE RECORDS Big Village Records is an independent record label based in Sydney which focuses on quality and diverse local hip hop that pushes boundaries. Their yearly program involves many releases from musicians such as Daily Meds, Ellesquire and Reverse Polarities as well as touring schedules throughout Australia. More info THE SPLINTER ORCHESTRA AND SPLITREC The Splinter Orchestra is a large-scale electro-acoustic improvising ensemble based in Sydney. Formed in 2002, the group is made up of individuals from the improvised music, jazz and classical scenes, electronic musicians, sound artists and those who are involved in environmental sound and field recording. Splitrec is a record label specialising in recordings from Sydney’s vibrant exploratory music scene focusing on experimental and spontaneous music from Sydney with major works from SSL, Peter Blamey, Germ Studies, Great Waitress, West Head Project, Teletopa, Dale Gorfinkel and Peter Farrar. Splitrec is the recording arm of Splinter Orchestra. Releases and interviews from Sydney's vibrant exploratory/spontaneous music scene. More info: Splinter Orchestra More info: Splitrec WHITE RHINO ARTSPACE Empowering women & emerging artists to create exhibit & connect. Gallery Hours from 14 Oct Wed-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-3pm More info PINTA CRAFTS Pinta Crafts is a Paint Your Own Pottery studio where adults and kids of all ages and abilities can experience the fun of painting functional ceramics. No painting experience needed. Come alone and enjoy some “me time”, bring your family and friends, book a party or group activity. All materials, tools and instructions will be provided. Each painted piece will be glazed and fired in a kiln, giving you a quality ceramic piece that is usable and will last a lifetime. More info
Live Work Tenants Each year, seven subsidised apartments are made available for artists to live and work in the same premises. Expand WILLIAM STREET ARTISTS SHAN TURNER-CARROLL is an Australian artist of Burmese descent whose practice explores site-specificity and integrates mediums including photography, sculpture, performance and film. He embodies the role of the trickster, magician or pilgrim, using common gestures and everyday objects and acts in alchemical ways, creating the process of artmaking as ritualistic and transformative. Play, humour and experimentation are key elements within his current practice. www.shanturnercarroll.com ANTHEA WILLIAMS is an award-winning theatre director and emerging film director specialising in developing new Australian performance. Her work focusses on marginalised experiences by creating space for new and diverse voices working with radical narratives and processes in order to privilege the relegated and forgotten. She is interested in how silent histories can and do impact upon the present. Williams is also an advocate for disability rights. antheawilliamsdirector.com KIERAN BRYANT is an emerging artist who loves water and its metaphorical possibilities. He uses performance, collaborative actions, installation, photography, sculpture, video, and text to identify interior liquid landscapes and emotional wateriness within queer bodies. His work is autobiographical; employing a pastiche of popular culture modes and sources to craft a singular narrative. kieranbryant.com/ JONNY HAWKINS is an emerging, multidisciplinary artist whose practice champions togetherness, Queer celebration and the historical and contemporary local stories of the LGBTQIA2S+ community. He writes for the stage, screen and personal essays; is an actor and performance maker; and event producer. Hawkins work focuses on unlikely intersections of how people come together, and why they keep choosing to stay together. He works towards community building and a culture of artists from different disciplines helping each other with collaborations and bigger ideas. EMILY PARSONS-LORD is an experimental contemporary artist that makes ephemeral installations and performances that are informed by research and critical dialogue with climate sciences, natural history, and politics through the material consideration of air. Air is simultaneously local and global, encompassing the effects of breathing as well as the governance of polluters and policy makers. Air is where what we jettison into seeming oblivion is returned. It is a physical site, as well as a place we can project our imaginations. www.emilyparsons-lord.com VIDYA MAKAN is a composer, lyricist, actor and singer, among other things. She recently wrote, directed and produced the original song ‘I Need You To See Me’; a call to action to the entertainment industry for diverse representation and inclusion featuring 101 BIPoC and CALD performers aged 18-25. www.vidyamakan.com WATERLOO LIBRARY ARTISTS Intergenerational multidisciplinary artists – Nadeena Dixon, Wasana Dixon, and Naryma Dixon. Nadeena Dixon is a Wiradjuri, Yuin & Gadigal (Dharug - Boorongberrigal clan) multidisciplinary artist. Her practice encompasses printmaking, multi-platform production including photography, animation, video, editing, sound, webpage design, and integration. She is recognised as a Master Weaver in Indigenous Cultural Traditions and her cultural practices include dance, song, language, song-writing, contemporary theatre storytelling, and contemporary ceremony. She is also an experienced guitarist, singer, and performance artist. Wasana and Naryma Dixon are both Graduates from COFA School of Art and Design, they are multidisciplinary artists working in illustration, web page design, photography, short film, and animation.
Flying Nun Artists Every six-months, Performing Artists develop new work as part of our performing arts residency program. Expand HARRIET GILLIES is an award-winning performance artist working across a range of performance modes. She has completed artist residencies with Robert Wilson at the Watermill Centre and Marina Abramović at Kaldor Public Art Projects, as well as solo residencies with La Serre: Arts Vivants in Montreal, and the Bearded Tit in Sydney. Her performances have been presented across Australia, New Zealand, and North America. Her most recent solo performance, The Power of the Holy Spirit, won the Best Experimental Show Award at the Melbourne Fringe Festival and had 2 sell-out seasons at the Flying Nun in Sydney. in 2020, Harriet made a new digital performance with collaborator Xanthe Dobbie in a new partnership between Griffin Theatre Company and Google Creative Labs that went on to be presented at 2021 Sydney Festival. SOLOMON THOMAS is a theatre maker and performer currently situated in Sydney. He explores the intersection between the physical and digital in theatre, experimenting with how theatre and film can co-exist in a live context. He works as a performer, puppeteer, theatre maker and video designer and is driven by how these practices meet formally. He graduated with BCA Honours in Performance from the University of Wollongong in 2013 and for the past six years has been actively engaged in creating and performing work for both independent and main stage theatre. He is a core member of re:group performance collective, Monday Night Cards and Woodcourt Art Theatre. Solomon is currently a puppeteer with Erth Visual & Physical Inc (2014-19) and has toured with them throughout the UK, UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Japan. ALEXI CREECY is a multi-disciplinary effects and props artist working out of Sydney Australia. Specialising in effects that involve the human body as inspiration or a canvas Alexi has created an array of objects and images to intrigue, fool, and horrify audiences both on stage and on screen. With a background in traditional manufacturing techniques, Alexi has since begun developing a stronger digital skillset to both augment or even replace many of his previous analogue techniques. This delicate combination of the two worlds we all now live in, is the realm in which Alexi hopes to develop his creative energy and his final products solving traditional effects problems, using modern techniques and technology. ADRIANE DAFF is an actor, writer and theatre-maker. She is also a founding artist of The Last Great Hunt. Some notable theatre credits include "Lé Nør" which was nominated for two 2019 Helpmann awards (including best new Australian work) and "The Irresistible", which was also nominated for a 2018 Helpmann Award (best new play) and had a seasons at Dark Mofo (2019) and the Sydney Opera House (2019). Adriane has studied in Perth (WAAPA BA in Theatre Arts), New York City (Ward Meisner Studio), Paris (Ecole Philippe Gaulier) and Sydney (Kim Farrant and Force Majeure). In 2018, Adriane wrote, produced and performed in "Era of New Paradise" for the Griffin Theatre’s Batch Festival in Sydney. Adriane also co-wrote the audio works "Into the Jungle" (DreamBig festival in Adelaide), "The Turners" (Sydney Writer’s Festival), and "The Confidence Man" (Arts House and Perth Theatre Company). ELIZA SCOTT is an interdisciplinary artist working across performance, drag, sound and film. Their practice integrates technology and sound into live performance - through the use of loop pedals, live-feed and audio-trickery.Eliza has performed as an actor and musician, alongside devising, collaborating and writing their own work. In 2020, Eliza was an Artslab Artist in Residence with Shopfront Arts Co-op where they initially developed a multidisciplinary piece, POLLON.Eliza has performed in a multitude of shows in the Australian Theatre scene, including, CHORUS (2019), Homesick, (2019), The Lady or the Tiger (2019), Her (2018), Wasted (2017) and wrote & performed in their one person show, Blackstrap Molasses at the Sydney Fringe in 2017.Eliza is a proud member of the Little Eggs Collective, having Assistant Directed their recent production of Symphonie Fantastique (KXT, 2021). They are currently shortlisted for the Griffin Incubator Fellowship for 2021. They have completed residencies with Sydney Fringe 2020, Griffin Theatre Company 2021 and Brand X 2021. They have trained with Force Majeure, Holly Mandell (The Groundlings) Victoria Hunt in Body Weather. ' ALISON BENNETT holds a Bachelor Performing Arts (Drama) from Monash University and trained at the Lecoq Internationale School of Theatre in Paris. She is currently the Program Manager for Adult Learning at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney (NIDA). At NIDA she is also a tutor on the BFA (Acting ) program teaching comedy, grotesquerie and clowning. Alison has recently collaborated with the Sydney Opera House/Sydney Festival/Spiral (Japan) on Join the Dots, a cross cultural digital drawing and performance project. She has performed The Magic Hat (Casula Power House), TROUPE (commissioned by Bestival Music Festival UK), Roadkill Confidential (Lies,Lies & Propaganda) & This is Not Mills & Boon (Glorious Theating Theatre Co), and recently appeared in Zelos (Painted Gate Pictures) and The Lonely Hearts Variety Hour (Platon Theodoris). She has directed and produced TRADE, Roomba Nation, The Seagull and Frenzy for Two. She recently directed 'The Duck Pond' by Tabitha Woo and co-produced 'Our Blood Runs in the Street' for Chopt Logic. She is currently re-developing Roomba Nation as part of her creative practise Honours program at UNSW. NARCIFIXION FEATURING ANTON AND BRIANNA KELL (2019) MATT PREST is a performer and director with over 10 year’s experience working across performance, theatre and live-art. Matt’s consistent focus is on the experiential nature of live performance. He holds a BFA in Sculpture, Performance and Installation and has trained at Ecole Philippe Gaulier, Paris. Matt's work includes THE TENT, HOLE IN THE WALL (with Clare Britton), WHELPING BOX (with Branch Nebula), RUNNING UP A SKYSCRAPER, and THE QUEEN ST. RUN. His work has been recognised with a Helpmann Award for Best Visual or Physical Theatre (Whelping Box 2014), and a Creative Australia Fellowship from the Australia Council (2012). He was artist-in-residence at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center in New York, 2016, and since 2016 he has also been a theatre fellow at the University of Wollongong. NITIN VENGURLEKAR is a writer and performer from Bankstown who works across the fields of contemporary performance and alternative comedy. He has performed his stories, poems and short comic pieces at various literary and alternative comedy events around Sydney, including Club Cab Sav, Parramasala, Sydney Writer’s Festival, Secret Garden Festival, Penguin Plays Rough and Fabulous Monster. In 2015 he presented his full-length nonsense epic Neville Umbrellaman as part of Bondi Feast, and a collection of his work in The Neville Umbrellaman Variety Hour Featuring Freddy Nietzsche’s Good Time Skiffle Quintet as part of the City of Sydney’s Late Night Library program. He also wrote material for and performed in Nitro Theatre/Bankstown Arts Centre’s large-scale community productions of The Prophet: Remix (November 2015) and The Night Sky (November 2016), directed by Felix Cross. His most recent performances include The Big Day (2016), a staged wedding at Giant Dwarf, and Another Day in Paradise (2017), a reading accompanying an exhibition of Myuran Sukumaran’s art works at Campbelltown Arts Centre. He recently completed his PhD at the University of NSW for his thesis ‘The Choreography of the Gaze: Looking Back at Spectators in Works by Pina Bausch and Jacques Tati’. MALCOLM WHITTAKER works as an artist, writer, researcher, performer, producer and teacher. He does this in solo pursuits and in collaborations with other artists and non-artists. His work as an artist is mostly made and executed through the engagement of participants and collaborators in the framing of play spaces that adopt social forms and rituals from popular culture and the everyday. His projects have taken the form of theatre and gallery situations, site-specific and public interventions, performance lectures, film shoots, phone calls, support groups, radio programs, elevator rides, teeth-brushing services, walks in the park, games of chess, gift shops, handshakes, newspapers, letters in the mail, digging holes in the dirt and the borrowing of books from the library. He has made and presented work extensively across Australia, as well as in the UK, Finland and Europe. Malcolm recently completed his PhD at The University of Wollongong, where he also works as a sessional teacher of art theory and practice. He is currently a member of the Artistic Directorate of PACT Centre for Emerging Artists. SEREIMA ADIMATE/STELLY G is a Gadigal-based Fijian performance artist with an anti-colonial practise bringing to the forefront the Pacific-diaspora experience. Stelly interrogates the colonial structures that have invited shame and forced us to neglect selflove, communal care and understanding. “I love my people, I love myself and I am committed to the evolution of returning to a past that meets the future”. Stelly has performed as a solo and collaborative artist in works that have showcased across many established institutions and galleries and is currently working on a production with BlackBirds Creative Arts for PACT Centre for Emerging Artists, Sydney. TANUMI is a storyteller (aka the shaRman). He uses his music, dance and art to take everyone on a journey. A multidisciplinary artist, Tanumi fuses music from all times and genres to create his sound. Tribal and futuristic, a jungle boi at heart. Expect jaw dropping moments as Tanumi burns up the stage with his Fiji Fire! LILY HAYMAN and THOMAS DOYLE are an emerging theatre duo with a strong interest in the role technology plays in the stories of their generation. Coming from a design and performance background respectively, their work aims to integrate new and synthetic media into live performance as seamlessly as they have been integrated into our own everyday realities. Their work has a strong aesthetic focus - using design as a core element of the development process to create daring, multi-modal contemporary performance. WATERMELON FEATURING HARRIET GILLIES & NATALIE ABBOTT (2017) PHOTO BY DAVID HARRISON FERAS SHAHEEN was born in Dubai to Palestinian parents and moved to Sydney at the age of 11. Coming from a Hip-Hop dance background, Feras traverses different roles within dance working as a performer, teacher, choreographer and digital artist. He holds a Bachelor in Design from Western Sydney University and in addition to his dance practice works as a freelance graphic designer, photographer and videographer. In his own creative development, Feras is focused on further applying his street dance knowledge within a contemporary dance practice. Feras is also a member of Buggy Bumpers Dance Crew, Groove Therapy Agency, Cultural Renegades and Klappsquad. BECKS BLAKE is a theatre maker with a focus in new writing and queer works. In 2016 Becks was an artist in residence with the Barbican Centre and Rich Mix Theatre in London developing the political adult puppetry show; Blood & Bone as part of the VAULT Festival. In 2019 they worked as Associate Producer for SKATE with Big hART and The Ethics Centre. Becks is currently Artistic Associate with Kings Cross Theatre (KXT). Becks performs as drag king, Jim Junkie, on the Sydney drag scene and was recently crowded King of Kings at the Heaps Gay Drag King comp. TASNIM HOSSAIN is a playwright, director and dramaturg. She wrote and performed Boys Light Up Blue Room Theatre, about masculinity, violence and sporting culture in Australia through the lens of a Muslim woman. She also wrote and performed Letters to John, about anxiety and men’s rights activism, incorporating elements of spoken word poetry, Batch Festival, Griffin Theatre, Fringe World, Crack Theatre Festival. As a director and dramaturg, Tasnim has worked on new Australian work for Sydney Theatre Company, Q Theatre, Merrigong Theatre and several independent companies. She is interested in solo theatrical performance as a means to elevate the marginalised voice. SIREN THEATRE CO is an independent company based in Sydney. Siren has commissions and produces plays, partnering with producing and presenting organisations to create bold imaginative experiences. Always evolving but these things hold true: the work would look ridiculous in other mediums; always tell a good story; keep the actor at the centre of the work; don’t add to the crap in the world; the work will be beautiful, rigorous, imaginative and timely. This is theatre that is intellectually and financially accessible to a diverse community, and promotes equality by normalising feminist and queer experience. As a Pasifika storyteller in Australia, TAOFIA PELESASA’S practice is anchored in remedying the lack of Pasifika voices in the landscape of Australian storytelling on screen and on stage. Taofia’s response was to found a Pasifika production company based in Western Sydney. The company provides a sustainable and robust platform for Pasifika-Australians to tell their stories, acknowledging the ways in which we as Pasifika share space and story while creating transient and challenging works reflective of the contemporary PasifikaAustralian voice.“Basically, I love my people and we deserve better than the invisibility we have endured in this country". JOEL FENTON is a professional contemporary dance theatre performer, choreographer, rehearsal director, educator and tour manager working with Shaun Parker & Company, Tasdance, Devize Co and independent projects across Australia. In 2017 he completed his Master of Dance at VCA, where he focused on the process of making contemporary dance theatre through his SITCOMS task based improvisation practice, culminating in his full length solo, ‘Nonsensical’. Joel has taught classes and workshops in contemporary dance, improvisation and performance across Australia since 2009. Joel is passionate about creating and performing works that connect with audiences through actively considering the audience experience. RANDA SAYED is a Lebanese Australian Muslim writer and performer from Western Sydney who creates theatre and film that expands the possibility of cultural storytelling in Australia and beyond. Randa tells stories that are difficult to tell in entertaining and authentic ways, creating work that invites audiences into mostly private cultural spaces offering them space to be a part of the narrative. Randa does this work because she believes in inclusivity, freedom of expression and positive cultural and social change. SLANTED THEATRE has taken the Sydney theatre scene by storm since its first production in January 2021. Within the span of 9 months, we have presented the Australian premiere of Lauren Yee’s 'Ching Chong Chinaman', the Australian premiere of Ovidia Yu’s 'Three Fat Virgins Unassembled' in collaboration with KXT bAKEHOUSE, and multiple world premieres of short plays for Short+Sweet Sydney working with over 40 Asian theatre makers, including various directors, designers, and actors. Our aims are to work with Asian casts and crew, create relevant and interesting work, eliminate tokenistic casting, improve representation and to create conversation.
ProtoSHOP Residencies Residencies for artists to prototype a new idea and test market appeal on our online shop platform. Expand From her Avalon studio, ROSIE BROWNING creates rustic woven pieces that bring organic warmth and texture to contemporary spaces. Through the use of traditional basketry techniques, Rosie sculpts forms that celebrate the beauty of nature, whilst exploring our fragile connection to the environment. Entirely sustainable in practice, her materials are sourced locally from already discarded flora; finding new life in the medium of art-making. Through the exaggerated human form, CREATURISTICART creates ‘creatures’ that depict a personal psychological journey of rebirth and sexuality. In this process of creation, the artist feels closure from past and present anxieties, crossing the boundaries between reality and fantasy. Creatur uses his art as an expression of freedom of the inner self. JASON MOSS JEWELLERY DESIGN produces limited edition and one-off bespoke jewellery. Working primarily with silver, gold and precious stones, Jason produces collections of work inspired by his urban outings an obsession for making things and experimenting at his bench. The general design rule is ‘less is more’ as he strives to reduce a design to its minimum components, emphasising the beauty of the materials. SHANA DANON creates paintings, prints and patterns from her Bondi studio, Emilio Frank Design. Inspired by a passion for Mid Century modernism, Shana’s work celebrates form, function and colour with a touch of whimsy, intending to evoke joyful memories and happy spaces. Emilio Frank Design creates conversational pieces for those who love to live colourfully. Amphitrite’s Treasure is the brainchild of NADIA ZWECKER, a multi-disciplinary artist and performer based on Gadigal land. Handmade jewellery from repurposed vintage and semi-precious natural materials, each piece is unique from the next. Every month, 50% of profits are donated to a rotating charity, with a focus on supporting LGBTQI+ Indigenous & Black folx and POC around the world. Sustainable and one of a kind, you can ensure that your support of independent Australian artists goes a long way. CHANTAL O’REILLY grew up in London (UK), Houston (USA) and Den Haag (The Netherlands) and studied Fashion Design at the Falmouth School of Art and Design (UK) and worked in the fashion industry in London. In 2014, she indulged her love of surface design and completed a Diploma of Textile Design at Ultimo TAFE. Chantalo Designs is her brand that specialises in small-run textiles for interior design. VibeControl is the work of local artist ANNIE WINTER, who works across clothing, homeware and mixed media. Taking a firm grip on the vernacular, VibeControl manipulates the status quo by taking the words from their mouths and emblazoning them on your chest. Tongue in cheek, and twinkle in eye, VibeControl helps you feel good about what’s happening anyway. TANJA BINGGELI is a letterpress artist and designer based in Sydney. Tanja has worked as the German Language Coach for Opera Australia. Working with her letterpress, Tanja explores visual representation of both language and performance. The medium of letterpress – by nature of the flowing movement of the press – allows for a process of direct interaction and intervention with the work via numerous repetitions (i.e a high volume of prints). Due to the analogue nature of the process, each print captures a moment that can never be exactly repeated – just as in live performance. Both practices are ephemeral, however, the graphic output of the printmaking is captured by each print. MARK ELIOTT blows borosilicate glass sculptures sometimes collaborating with other artists or incorporating other media such as text, music, wood and animation. He also teaches and is working on ways to reduce his carbon footprint. WILLIAM MANSFIELD’S experimental DIY practice interrogating notions of torment and the grotesque, with irreverent and kitsch humour. Mansfield employs a broad range of mediums including video, sculpture and installation, to weave together open-ended narratives within his work. LISA KOTOULAS has a strong interest in neuroscience and psychology, expression and gesture as the primary focus of her work. By capturing moments of suspended time, the chance to engage in an exploration of Self, Identity and Truth often presents itself. Creating dimensions where the real and imagined collide, where reality is indistinguishable from the fabricated and where consciousness meets subconsciousness meets unconsciousness are her main objectives. The disorientations of time and space continue to motivate Lisa’s work. TRAVIS DE VRIES is a Gamilaroi contemporary artist, designer, writer and producer who uses multiple mediums and genres to create a growing world of interconnected stories, objects, sculptures and ideas.Broriginals is an Aboriginal comedy podcast hosted by brothers; Travis and Texas De Vries who explore what it means to be a successful Aboriginal in the modern world. They co-opt the structure of an advice show as a jumping-off point for improvisational comedy, political and racial identity interrogations and wild shenanigans. JENNIFER REID makes paintings, drawings and mixed media artworks and small sculptures. Her subjects include city, inner suburban and harbour scenes. Recently she has been spending a lot of time with birds. Jen exhibits work in a variety of solo and group exhibitions and art shows. SHARON WILLIAMS is an Australian multidisciplinary artist interested in spatial memory, symbolism and the personal sensitivities associated with space, place and time. Her emergent and experimental art practice incorporate Fine Art with traditional feminine art-and-craft skills to create mixed-media artworks, collage and site-specific installations. As a response to the ephemeral nature of colour, texture and pattern within the environment, Sharon uses her dreams, childhood memory and personal life experience to explore the healing processes associated with self-worth, identity and belonging. HANS MADOERY arrived in Sydney from Basel, Switzerland in 1966 and has witnessed enormous changes to the city skyline since his arrival. Three years later Hans was working with the Interior Design team on the Sydney Opera House. Hans retired in 2009 as a Designer/Architect, and based on his professional experience became an artist. His pen drawings are inspired by the woodcuts of Albrecht Duerer and the complexities of Cornelis Escher's work. RAYMOND TUIFAO LALOTOA is a multi disciplined Samoan artist based in Bondi, Sydney, Australia. Experimenting with all styles including; painting, illustration, design, music, writing, poetry, animation and film, Ray's ultimate goal in life is to keep evolving while creating art which not only makes you think, but brings a smile to peoples lives. My Sydney Riot is an underground movement based out of Inner City Sydney, Australia. Their sole purpose is to get behind original / independent Music, Film and Art Culture from Sydney and all around. Their point of view is to support and celebrate all the vast underground / independent talent which goes unnoticed in this city and to keep people updated with music and art which they may not come across as often as they like too. SOFIA FITZPATRICK is an Australian artist and a jeweller. Sofia’s work has been featured in books such as ' Rock Star Chic ' and ' Skull Style ' Skull Style features work from over 100 of the most influential artist and designers of today. Rock Star Chic features over 300 of the most cutting edge designers, photographers, stylists. Sofia has exhibited her paintings sculptures, drawing and jewellery in group exhibitions. To name a few - Skulls & Bones Exhibition at Ivy, Harley Davidson for the love of lids 110 anniversary, Cranium, The Screaming Hand 30th anniversary exhibition, Mike Watt - Tattoo Me book exhibition, Brilliant Creatures exhibition and many others. Zeke’s Lunchbox emerges from the mind of JULIA RICH. She is the creator of the Zeke’s Arcana Tarot Deck that is both a tool for personal insight and a rabbit hole into the strange, prismatic and unearthly universe of Zeke’s Lunchbox. She is known for her vibrant paintings, illustration, design and street art that transports you to a brighter and weirder space-age universe. Fusing kitsch, nostalgia, craft and playful perversity, Sydney-based artist KIRSTEN FREDERICK’S creates woolly delights seemingly straight out of a naughty nanny’s craft box. Her phallic creations and crocheted reinterpretations of male and female genitalia amuse and titillate, even shock with their vibrant colours, outlandish shapes and breathtaking array of sizes. LONELY KIDS CLUB is an independent clothing brand which ethically produces mental health positive clothing and works towards achieving inclusivity through extensive sizing options, a gender neutral approach to design, and breaking mental health taboos.