ART HAS NO GENDER

Anitah Kumar – Facilitator

Anitah is a Meanjin (Brisbane) based cellist, creative producer, educator and law graduate, who is all about pushing the boundaries of performance, art and music. Anitah stepped into the Brisbane arts scene joining DeepBlue Orchestra as a performer and producer, and later bringing together the four members of contemporary classical outfit, Luminescence. As a performer she has continued to experiment with blurring the lines of genre, taking to the stage with the likes of Fascinator, The Jensens and Bcharre, while also sticking to her classical roots in the Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra. Anitah’s projects centre around creating innovative and immersive audience experiences while providing space and performance opportunities for emerging artists, women and people of colour. In 2022, Anitah launched the multi-arts project, Platform, to do just that.

Aleja Hine – Visual Artist

Aleja is a visual/street artist, creative director, and curator based in Meanjin. In her studio she is primarily an oil painter, however uses mixed media such as acrylic and aerosol on canvas. Her style involves a form of realistic composite art with enhanced and abstracted colours, drawing from the ideas and style of surrealism. She plays between the boundaries of traditional and digital art. Using traditional realism juxtaposed against bold block imagery in thought provoking ways to depict modern ideals of beauty aesthetics, sexual freedom and fluidity. Her work largely focuses on depicting women in unique ways to tell stories about the world.

Artdosis – Visual Artist

I am a dreamer, visual artist and designer from Venezuelan origin. Due to the social, political and civil war in my country I was forced to leave home from a very young age. After a long time stuck in survival mode, I decided to live my life and become an artist. This was how Artdosis was born. Art saved me and healed me. It will always be my own way of self-expression. In my hometown I was recognised as an artist by The Venezuelan association of plastic artists Unesco.

Desirai – Visual Artist

A Meanjin (Brisbane) based, Gunggari, illustration & digital artist. Art helps me to express myself as I often can’t find the words to do so. I like to incorporate culture into my artworks as naturally as it lies within my life. Always there, deep rooted and causing a constant current within. Emotion is what heavily inspires my artworks. A lot of strength can be channelled and learnt from emotions of pain, anger and disappointment. So much emotion can be portrayed without the need for words. My artworks are like fragmented pieces of my own emotional & mental states. Apart of me hopes my creations will empower those (especially Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women) who can see a small part of themselves reflecting back through the artworks.

George Goodnow – Visual Artist

George Goodnow is a multidisciplinary artist currently living in Naarm (Melbourne). Their practice incorporates painting, sculpture, and the use of salvaged materials to produce site-specific installations. By fabricating fictional architectures and objects, or adjusting existing architectures, George considers how spaces reflect, orientate, and hold bodies. Recent work explores feelings of disorientation, binaries, and queerness within suburban and urban landscapes. George has exhibited and produced public art installations around Australia and overseas, and has collaborated on projects with Platform Arts Geelong, AMBUSH Gallery, Science Gallery Melbourne, the City of Melbourne, and City of Ballarat councils. They were also the curator of ‘Intermission Project’ at the Collingwood Yards in 2018.

George Levi – Visual Artist

George Levi is a queer, nonbinary artist living and learning on Turrbal & Jagerra land in Meanjin [Brisbane]. They pivot between photography, illustration and design with most pieces they create being a hearty blend of all three – usually made for and with other creatives. They watch Jurassic Park once a month.