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Amy Kinzett has gathered a selection of female artists into the spotlight with a new exhibition at NASA Gallery in Port Kembla. Showcasing a diverse range of mediums and perspectives, the exhibition is a celebration of the creative force that resides within the region's women.
Kinzett has curated a collection featuring the works of 11 female artists, each offering their own distinct voice and vision. The show is a multi-medium exhibition, including painting, photography, and textile art. There will also be live music from the stunning singer/musician Hannah Tregret.
NASA Gallery, known for its commitment to showcasing emerging and established artists, provides the perfect backdrop for this celebration of female creativity. Located in the heart of the creative hub, Port Kembla, the gallery offers a welcoming space for art lovers to engage with the works and connect with the artists' visions.
This is an event not to be missed for anyone interested in supporting local talent and experiencing the vibrant art scene of the Illawarra. Come along to the opening on Wednesday May 21, from 4-7 pm and experience the artistry, ingenuity, and passion that these 11 female artists bring to the table.
Have a read below to get to know each of the artists involved.
Amy Kinzett
Amy Kinzett is a painter that explores concepts through abstraction, expressionism and symbolism. Amy's work is heavily influenced by her experience with synaesthesia, a crossing over of colour and emotion which results in a strong use of colour and movement in her artworks. Amy channels sound, emotion and sensation into rich, expressive compositions that delve into themes around relationships, her place in the world and how she experiences her surroundings. Amy's practise is a meditation and journal that is deeply personal while tapping into the universal.
To purchase Amy's work contact via instagram @amykinzett_art
Charlie Owens
Charlie Owens is an artist on Dharawal and Wodi Wodi country.
This recent artwork illustrates the trope of the Maiden, Mother and Chrone. The narrative behind this piece is wisdom shared in the generational circle of women.
Fishing is a communal skill that is to be taught in person, an instinctual wisdom pass down through tongue. You learn to read the language of the water and where to throw a line. We have all heard the quote,
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
I wanted to show the value of the voices of our mothers and how as women we protected one another by sharing our personal experiences.
To purchase Charlie's work contact via instagram @charlie_owens111
Emily Berry
Emily Berry uses material identity and illustrative embroidery to engage with intertwining emotional and spiritual themes of memory. Primarily engaging with textile practice to illuminate love, loss, grief and abundance within the concept of memory. Combining various textile methods like embroidery, natural dyeing and repurposing recycled materials, she aims to illustrate the intertwining fabric of life, death and memory.
To purchase Emily's art dm via instagram @skewwie
Georgia Orchid
As a Wollongong based artist, Georgia's art aims to capture the fragments between this world and the next. Georgia uses photography and editing programs to morph the patterns, colours and shapes, hidden within the macro and micro environments around her. It is through this process Georgia intersects the realms of landscape and abstraction.
To purchase Georgia Orchid's photography DM through instagram @built2thriv3 or email georgiaspence313@gmail.com
Helen Zhu
Helen Zhu (b.2000, Liverpool, Australia) is a Chinese Australian artist who lives and creates work on Dharawal land. Helen is currently receiving her Bachelors in Fine Arts, majoring in painting. Her practice incorporates the western aesthetic of abstract expressionism with elements of traditional Chinese imagery. Helen's works investigate her personal experiences of diaspora.
Works can be purchased via Instagram @helenzh.u or email helenzhu878@gmail.com
Jamee Barker
Jamee Barker is a painter who explores themes of identity, the afterlife, and rebirth through ethereal, dream-like images of human and non-human beings. Specialising in oil painting and poetry, Barker expresses vulnerability in an imagined world. Living and working on Eora land, she is deeply aware of place and the natural world, reflecting on its displacement due to current environmental issues in her creative process.
To purchase Jamee's art contact via Instagram @jameelea_
Molly Duggan
Molly is a multidisciplinary visual artist currently living, working, and studying on Dharawal Country. Her practice explores a longstanding personal connection to the natural world, with a recent focus on native Australian flora and fauna. Through her work, Molly aims to honour the enduring relationship between First Nations people and Country, recognising the profound care that has sustained these ecosystems for tens of thousands of years. In contrast, she highlights the environmental and cultural degradation brought by colonisation, drawing attention to its ongoing impact. Molly’s work serves as both celebration and protest, encouraging viewers to engage more thoughtfully with Australia’s native wildlife and to acknowledge the histories and knowledge embedded in Country. By fostering a deeper everyday appreciation of nature, her practice advocates for respect, responsibility, and greater awareness .
To purchase Molly's art DM via instagram @molly.r.duggan
Ruby Adams
Ruby Adams is a textile artist and embroiderer whose intricate work is inspired by the natural world and its quiet details. Growing up on the South Coast and exploring the surrounding landscape, she draws on these early experiences to create delicate, tactile pieces that celebrate the subtle beauty in nature’s minutiae.
To purchase Ruby's art DM via instagram @ruby.ison
Talavou
Talavou is a multidisciplinary artist creating from Dharawal Country. Her work indulges in abstract curiosities while annunciation musings; intimate and the infinite. Through her practice, Talavou evokes a relationship between novelty and habit, and offers a movement through Liminality—an exploration of spaces in-between.
To purchase Talavou's art contact via instagram @silkenlava
Jodie-Lee Schaefer
Jodie's art practice is about creating beauty as an escape for the artist and the viewer. Jodie works in multiple mediums combining the figurative, abstract and realism, using expressive form, line and colour to convey emotion in response to the subject. Jodie uses everyday objects as symbols to create a commentary on modern life. Jodie's art is a way to respond to pain with beauty echoing the eternal struggle between dark and light. She uses visual metaphors for identity, struggle and belonging.
To purchase Jodie's art DM via instagram @the.escape.artista
Virginia Walsh
Virginia resides on Dharawal land in the Illawarra. Her work draws connections between life-experiences and the natural environment as the artist finds solace in colour and the diverse shapes of her surrounds.
Her current works reflect sea scapes and marine flora. Certain vistas mimic bodies holding aspects of inner emotions. Her paintings are intuitive, holding onto past experiences while allowing emotions to come and go while she paints.
To purchase Virginia's art contact via instagram @__virginia_art
Hannah Tregret
Hannah Tregret, singer and guitarist, will be performing live at the opening of the exhibition.
