Projects

My art practice is research-based and crosses various mediums,  I am interested in the space where art and health intersect, exploring the sociology and anthropology of food.

My work usually takes a documentarian approach combining photography, film, sound and installation practices.  I draw on themes around health, culture, identity, feminism, spirituality and people’s place in society and the natural world.

Conferences, film screenings, art exhibitions & published essays:

  • Participatory art project and multi media installation at Deakin University, an arts- based inquiry part of Master of Public Health thesis (Naarm/Melbourne, 2010)
  • Conference presentation at the 3rd International Arts & Health Conference at the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, 2011)
  • Conference presentation at the Population Health Congress (Adelaide, 2012)
  • The Growing Food Project film premiere at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Naarm/Melbourne, 2013)
  • Film screening & panel discussion during Melbourne Now exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (Naarm/Melbourne, 2013)
  • Film screening at United Nations Urban Food Forum (Medellin, 2014)
  • Film screening at Sustainable Living Festival (Naarm/Melbourne, 2014)
  • Film screening & panel discussion at Transitions Film Festival (Naarm/Melbourne, 2014)
  • Film screening at Transitions Film Festival (Adelaide, 2014)
  • Film screening & panel discussion at Environmental Film Festival (Naarm/Melbourne, 2014)
  • Film screening at Secret Cinema (Naarm/Melbourne, 2014)
  • Film screening at FreeOasis Rooftop garden (Fremantle, 2014)
  • Conference presentation & film screening at Food4Thought Conference (Hobart, 2014)
  • Film screening & workshop at Birzeit University (Birzeit, 2015)
  • Film screening at Transitions Film Festival at FedTV (Naarm/Melbourne, 2015)
  • Film screening at the Youth Food Movement Launch (Naarm/Melbourne, 2015)
  • Film screening at Sguardi Altrove Film Festival (Milan, 2015)
  • Solo exhibition “Pieces of Home” at The Alderman gallery (Naarm/Melbourne, 2015)
  • Film screening at Hidden Features Cinema (Edinburgh, 2015)
  • Film screening at Life Sciences Film Festival (Prague, 2015)
  • Conference presentation at the 7th International Conference of Critical Geography (Ramallah, 2015)
  • Film screening & workshop at the Palestine Museum of Natural History (Bethlehem, 2015)
  • Solo exhibition “Senses” at Little Woods Gallery (Naarm/Melbourne,2016)
  • Solo exhibition “On Food & Memory” at the Footscray Community Arts Centre (Naarm/Melbourne, 2016)
  • Film screening at Echoes of Life Sciences Film Festival (Prague, 2016)
  • Performance dinner & installation “Spice Trails & Trade Routes” at MESMA Studio (Naarm/Melbourne, 2017)
  • Performance dinner & installation “Spice Trails & Trade Routes” at the Footscray Community Arts Centre (Naarm/Melbourne, 2018)
  • Artist Residency at Brunswick Mechanics Institute (Naarm/Melbourne, 2018)
  • Performance dinner “Supper Club: Sanatorium” part of Refuge 2018: Pandemic season at Arts House (Naarm/Melbourne, 2018)
  • Performance dinner & installation “Eye to Mouth” at the Footscray Community Arts Centre (Naarm/Melbourne, 2021)
  • Online publication for K(not) project “Vignettes: Land & Water” commissioned by Arts Gen (Naarm/Melbourne, 2022)
  • Current Project: Compost/Compose (since Nov, 2023)
  • Current Project: Land, Biodiversity & the Colony (since Feb, 2024)
  • Publication for Cordite Poetry Review ‘Three Major Recipes’ from On Food & Memory (May issue, 2024)
  • Workshop Series (ongoing): titled compose:compose # 1 at MMAG Foundation (Amman, 2024)
  •  Workshop Series (ongoing): titled compose:compose # 2 at The Wonder Cabinet (Bethlehem, 2024)

  • Publication for Artlink Magazine ‘compost : compose’ (December 2024 Issue)

  • Publication for The Arrow Journal ‘Land, Biodiversity & the Colony’ (December 2024 Issue)

  • Workshop Series (ongoing): titled compose:compose # 3 at Bus Projects (Naarm, 2025)
  • Workshop on Land, Biodiversity & the Colony at Merri-bek Library (Naarm, 2025)
  • compost:compose Sound & Bar Residency at The Wonder Cabinet (Bethlehem Palestine June – August 2025)
  • compost:compose Online Workshop for PermaQueer webseries Permaculture is Political (Online, Sept 2025)
  • compost:compose 2025 Emerging Curator Mentorship with Blindside and Next Wave (Naarm, Sept-Dec 2025)
  • compost:compose exhibition at Blindside (Naarm, 2025)
  • compost:compose Next Wave Festival Performance (Naarm, Feb 2026)

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