Young Writers Digital Residency

MATILDA AZMI
NSW, she/her

I am an Art History student at the University of Sydney. I’m attracted to pretty pictures but love a strong argument about female representation. One of my favourite pieces, The Cradle (1872) by Berthe Morisot, represents relationships between women and motherhood through the female gaze in such a simple and gentle reflection. As a mixed-race woman, I hope to bring a unique perspective to the program and to learn from others. Through this residency I hope to reinforce my appreciation for the arts and gain an insight into the sector.

IRIS BLAZELY
TAS

I am an artist and writer living on the West Coast of lutruwita (Tasmania). I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Tasmania and have published poetry in various local magazines and zines. I am particularly interested in the intersections of art, culture and disability.

ANASTASIA DALE
NSW, she/they

I am a queer writer, artist and student living on stolen Gadigal land. I am interested in experimental forms and the blending of ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture. In my work, I wish to investigate dialogues between the viewer and the viewed. My practice is informed by my belief in global decolonisation and the dismantling of systems of oppression.

ANTHEA DUFFY
NSW, she/her

I am a sculptor and writer working on unceded Gadigal land (Eora/Sydney). I have written exhibition essays for numerous Artist Run Initiatives across Sydney, including Schmick Contemporary in Haymarket, where I will be a co-director in 2024. I hope to utilise the Young Writers Digital Residency to facilitate unlikely exchanges between artists on a national scale. I am eager to expose the unique entertainment potential of arts coverage to make conceptually ambitious work stimulating to a broad audience.

MAIJA FLOOD
VIC, she/her

I am a writer and creative living and working on Wurundjeri land. I am extremely passionate about developing writing that creates inclusive spaces to foster change and inspiration, a passion that stems from my personal experiences as a young autistic woman, which have influenced my relationship with writing and the art world from a young age. I hope that my engagement in this residency will supply me with the tools I need to become a successful art writer, as well as helping me to develop and discover newfound techniques that I can apply to my own personal writing projects.

TARA GOUTTMANN
QLD, she/Her

I am an art history student from regional NSW, working and living in Meanjin/Brisbane. I am an aspiring gallery and museum educator who is passionate about arts education in regional and remote areas. I have a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Art History and Ancient History and will be returning to complete an art history honours degree this year. After being a Youth Councillor for the National Gallery in 2023, I am excited to be involved with the Gallery again through the Young Writers Digital Residency and work closely with like-minded individuals.

ROSE DOLENEC HANNAN
NSW, she/her

I am an emerging arts writer and curator working in Eora Sydney. I have a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Art History, and a Master of Art Curating from the University of Sydney with a focus on photography, contemporary art, and arts in health.

WILLIAM HUANG
VIC, he/him

I am writer and musician currently living in Naarm/Melbourne. I have been published in Portside Review and Pelican Magazine. I participated in Emerging Writers Festival 2022 as well as Express Media: Toolkits. I am interested in the utopian possibilities gestured to by avant-garde artists and collectives, particularly the Situationists and Surrealists. The milieus and communities these artists inhabited, as well as the artistic values they cultivated as idealistic alternatives to capitalist ways of living, deeply intrigue me.

AVA LACOON
NSW, she/They

I am a queer and disabled identifying writer, curator and artist based on sovereign Gadigal Land, in so-called Sydney. I am currently studying a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Art Theory) at UNSW Art and Design. I focus on active decolonial practices as well as queer kinship and crip theory. My text-based, photographic and curatorial practice draws from a desire to enact practices of community care and explore the power of queer platonic desire.

MACKENZIE LEE
ACT, they/them

I am a queer and multi-racial young adult residing on Ngunnawal and Ngambri lands, who embraces poetry as a powerful medium to honour my ancestors and articulate my own distinct existence. With a heritage of Larrakia, Wardaman, Karrajari, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and Anglo-Australian ancestry, storytelling through poetry has become a profound act of self-expression and remembrance. I have previously created poetic works in response to various creative prompts in collaborative spaces. I hope that, through the Young Writers Digital Residency, I can learn to develop my own voice whilst also engaging with like-minded creatives with different experiences and perspectives.

CHIN-JIE MELODIE LIU
ACT, she/Her

I am an American-born Taiwanese artist/curator and writer based in Kamberri/Canberra. My interdisciplinary practice is informed by my heritage and focuses on contested histories and collective memory. I am interested in varying forms of creative collaboration as well as the use of text as visual material. As an emerging writer, I have contributed to reviews for Art Monthly Australasia. I hold a Master of Museum and Heritage Studies and a double degree with a Bachelor of Visual Arts (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University.

CLAIRE OSBORN-LI
VIC, she/her

I am a writer living in Naarm/Melbourne, interested in art and digital culture. In 2022, I received my BA Honours at the University of Melbourne in Art History. My work has appeared on the ACMI website and in Cordite, ArtsHub, GamesHub and Memo Review. I also host ACMI’s Women and Non-Binary Gamers Club.

MADELEINE SHERBURN
VIC, she/her/they

I am an emerging curator, writer and arts worker based in Naarm/Melbourne, holding a Bachelor of Photography from Photography Studies College and a Master of Arts Management from RMIT. My focus is on lens-based practices, volunteering, community engagement and supporting artist-led projects. Currently both a Gallery Assistant and Board Member at BLINDSIDE Artist Run Space, I have also worked as an Assistant Curator for the Ballarat International Foto Biennale. I have been involved with Speculative Horizons, an ongoing international collaboration between Kuwait and Australia through photography, and Invisible Winds, a CLIMARTE commissioned exhibition.

MAEVE SULLIVAN
NSW, she/her

I am an emerging writer, artist and arts advocate based in regional New South Wales. When I’m not studying Arts and Law, majoring in Art History at the University of Sydney, I work as a Gallery Assistant at Ngununggula Regional Art Gallery, and I am a member of the National Gallery Youth Council. I am co-editor of the forthcoming independent magazine KILLDEERS, which aims to showcase the stories of young creatives nationwide. Following my experience in the Regional Scribes Australia 2023 program, I am committed to refining my craft to continue challenge, critique and celebrate what it means to be a young person today.

DARLA TEJADA
VIC, she/her

I am an emerging writer and long-time reader from Naarm/Melbourne and recent university graduate. My work has been published by KYD and Archer Magazine online and my essay on the artistic and cultural significance of Naarm laneways was the runner-up in The Age/Dymocks Essay Prize. In joining the Digital Young Writers Program, I hope to further embody the practice and philosophy of ekphrasis in my writing.

EMILY WINSLADE
VIC, she/they

I am a queer Naarm/Melbourne-based curator, artist, writer and arts administrator with a passion for examining contemporary practices and advocating for mental health, disability, and LGBTQIA+ issues within the arts sector. My writing style combines personal experiences with artistic critique, which results in written pieces framed as a critical analysis but sprinkled with elements of relatability. I look forward to being involved in the Digital Young Writers Program, bringing with me a unique queer feminine perspective on arts writing.

TIARNEY MIEKUS

Tiarney Miekus is an arts writer, editor and podcaster based in Melbourne/Naarm. She’s currently editor-in-chief and podcast producer at Art Guide Australia, is a regular arts writer for The Age, and her work has also appeared in The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, Meanjin The Weekend Australian, Overland, The Lifted Brow, un Magazine, RealTime, Memo Review, Disclaimer and Swampland Magazine. She has exhibited creative works through her music project No Sister, and through Liquid Architecture, West Space and Brisbane Emerging Arts Festival. She previously held communications positions at Blindside Gallery and Arts Project Australia.

AMELIA WINATA

Amelia Winata is a Naarm Melbourne-based writer and curator. She is a founding editor of Memo Review and Index, a peer-reviewed art history journal out of the University of Melbourne, and Curator in Residence at Gertrude. In recent years, Amelia has been a contributor to publications includingThe Saturday Paper, Artforum and Art Monthly Australasia, and has written for leading institutions including the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) and the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). She recently completed a PhD on the West German sculptor Charlotte Posenenske.

TOM MELICK

Tom Melick is a writer and editor. With Elisa Taber he edits Slug, an occasional email-pamphlet series. With Simryn Gill he runs Stolon Press, a publisher of books and other printed and photocopied matter.

Photo: Nina Serova, 2023

LINDY LEE

Over four decades, Lindy Lee has established herself as one of Australia’s most influential and respected contemporary artists with a practice that explores her Chinese heritage through the philosophies of Taoism and Buddhism - principles which emphasise humanity’s intimate and inextricable relationship to nature. Her work investigates the interdependence between spirit and matter, often employing elements of chance to produce works that embody this intimate connection with the cosmos. Over the last decade the artist’s practice has extended into the public realm, with the development of large-scale sculptural works that create sublime spaces of belonging and community.

CHARMAINE PAPERTALK GREEN

Born in Eradu, Charmaine is a proud Wajarri, Badimaya and Wilunyu woman of the Yamaji Nation. A visual artist, author, poet, storyteller and social science researcher, she shares her cultural knowledge in many different spheres. Charmaine has written five books, won several awards including the prestigious Australian Literary Society Gold Medal, and her poetry is studied as part of primary and school curriculum. Involved with the Yamaji Art Centre in Geraldton for over 22 years, she is currently their Chairperson. Charmaine was awarded the 2022 Magabala Fellowship 2022 and 2023 Red Room Poetry Fellowship and is a member of the national First Nation Aboriginal Writers Network.

SIMERAN MAXWELL
Simeran Maxwell is Curator, Australian Art at the National Gallery of Australia where she has worked in various curatorial roles since 2007. She has a particular interest in international and Australian fashion, textiles, theatre arts and design. She is the curator of A century of quilts (2024), as well as Good taste: French evening wear, 1910s–1930s (2018); co-curator of Matisse & Picasso (2019–20); the coordinating curator for Cartier: The Exhibition (2017–18); and a contributing curator to the Ballets Russes: The Art of Costume (2010). Her current research projects include Australian and First Nations contemporary fashion, historical Australia textiles, and queer artist, designer and jeweller Peter Tully.

TINA BAUM
Tina Baum is from the Gulumirrgin (Larrakia)/Wardaman/Karajarri peoples of Garramilla/Darwin with over 35 years’ engaging Indigenous Communities within Australian Museums and Gallery’s. As Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at the National Gallery of Australia, she curated the Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia, 2021-25, and the 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial: Defying Empire, 2017 major national and international touring exhibitions. As a writer to art catalogues, journals and magazines, she also guest edited the Art Monthly Australasia, issue 337, Summer 2023-24 magazine and is a recipient of numerous National and International leadership programs and fellowships. Tina also mentor’s alumni of the NGA and Wesfarmers Indigenous Arts Leadership and Fellowship Programs since it began in 2010.

DEIDRE CANNON
Deirdre Cannon is Assistant Curator, Australian Art at the National Gallery, and co-curator of Lindy Lee’s 2024 exhibition that will complement the unveiling of Ouroboros. Deirdre has worked with contemporary artists throughout her career as a curator and writer, and contributes regularly to exhibition texts and catalogues. Prior to joining the National Gallery Deirdre was Curatorial Assistant at Geelong Gallery and Gallery Manager at STATION Naarm/Melbourne, where she delivered exhibitions locally and overseas.

SHAUNE LAKIN
Shaune Lakin is Senior Curator, Photography at the National Gallery, Kamberri/Canberra. Shaune’s curatorial practice is usually collaborative, often with Anne O’Hehir, and tends to focus on histories of feminist and queer practices, and photography’s interactions with other media. Recent projects include exhibitions and publications on the work of Olive Cotton and Peter Maloney.

ARTLINK
Artlink is a critical space for writing on contemporary art and ideas. We commission new material by a broad range of writers engaged in visual art worlds across Australia and the Asia-Pacific.
Artlink produces three thematic magazines (print and digital) each year, and an evolving mix of online art criticism, reviews, features, interviews and tributes. We hold a longstanding commitment to Indigenous art and cultural practices and manage a publishing program reflective of our multicultural populations and the social, political, ecological and material issues of our times.
From 2024, Artlink will provide access to its 42-year archive, a key resource—and site of amusement—for anyone interested in the recent histories of contemporary art in our region.

UNA REY
Artlink's Editor since 2021, Dr Una Rey has over 25 years’ experience in the arts sector, including a decade+ lecturing in art history and creative arts in tertiary institutions. Her work has been published in peer reviewed journals, magazines, news media, exhibition catalogues and international anthologies. 100 years ago, she managed galleries and remote Indigenous art centres in Northern Australia. She has delivered independent curatorial projects across the GLAM sector and associated public programs, often with a cross-cultural focus. Una is a Senior Industry Fellow at RMIT, and a member of the AAANZ and the AICA (International Assoc. of Art Critics Australia). She lives in the Illawarra, on Dharawal Country.

BELINDA HOWDEN
Dr Belinda Howden is a writer, educator and curator with a focus on Australian contemporary visual art. Prior to relocating to Tartanya / Adelaide in 2019, she spent over a decade working in museums and galleries in New South Wales and taught art history and theory at the University of Newcastle. In 2021, she was lead contributor to Contemporary Art in the Classroom, an online education resource produced by Adelaide Contemporary Experimental and the Art Gallery of South Australia. In 2022 she co-authored the South Australian Living Artists monograph series on Mark Valenzuela. She joined Artlink as Assistant Editor in March 2023.