Laura Couttie (curator)
Laura Couttie (she/her) is a writer, curator, consultant and arts manager, based in Naarm/Melbourne. Over the past fifteen years Laura has honed her skills in creative, administrative and management roles in a variety of galleries and arts organisations. Laura is co-founder and director of Melbourne Sculpture Biennale, the first edition which was held in October 2024. Laura is passionate about working closely with and supporting artists to develop and present new projects.
Jingwei Bu
Jingwei Bu is a Chinese Australian artist who lives and works on Kaurna land in Tarntanya/Adelaide. With a practice spanning intuitive drawing, moving image, performance and installation, she explores the concept of time as a collaborator – as the subject of her work, and as a medium in itself. Influenced by Buddhist Chan philosophy and Taoist thought, her work is responsive, experimental, and participatory, with a process of making driven by profound engagement with chosen materials and risk-taking.
Emma Buswell
Emma Buswell is an artist, curator and writer based in Borloo/Perth. She is fascinated with systems of government, economies and culture, particularly in relation to constructs of place, identity and community. Her current work takes its inspiration from the matrilineal hand craft and knitting techniques passed down from her grandmother and mother, as well as a contemplative investigation into the nature of kitsch, ephemera, labour, national identities and class politics.
Kate Just
Kate Just is a queer, feminist artist of Polish, Irish, German and Scottish descent currently based in Naarm/Melbourne. She is best known for her inventive and political use of knitting. In addition to her solo practice, Just often works socially and collaboratively within communities to create large scale, public or textile based art projects that tackle significant social issues including gender-based violence, reproductive freedom, LGBTQIA rights and political protest.
Shannon Lyons
Shannon Lyons is an artist and educator currently living and working in Boorloo/Perth, whose practice focuses on unpacking the complex relationships that exist between artistic content and context. She continually adapts, draws from, and responds to specifically located built environments, producing works that directly or tangentially reference the site where they are made or exhibited. Recent works incorporate tea and coffee as painting media, exploring institutional temporalities and care practices while referring to temporal dimensions of recovery and everyday rituals through mark-making that mirrors the meditative processes of brewing and healing.
Dhana Merritt
Dhana Merritt is an artist, naturopath, and arts worker based in Meanjin/Brisbane. Her practice explores the healing power of nature through simple acts of nourishment and communal health. Integrating herbal medicine, sensory ritual, art activations and shared participatory experiences, Merritt creates immersive artworks that invite rest, reflection, and connection. Medicinal teahouses, aromatherapy blends and therapeutic foot soaks evoke ancient traditions of communal care.