I am a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on social, civic and inclusive arts practices, currently working on the land and waters of Kombumerri Country, Yugambeh Language Region of the Gold Coast. I create artistic works that draw from direct experience and social arts practices; often using movement, sound, verbatim, community-engaged, site-specific and contemporary arts practices. My work is informed and shaped by community-engaged methodologies; and a deep questioning and reorienting of community and ecology; encompassing the complex natural environments, non-human relationships and dynamics we are inherently apart of. I work with care, transparency and with relationships at the center of the work.
I am the Director of ‘Aha Ensemble’ a disability-led, independent collective of diverse performance artists who value authentic, immersive, participatory and contemporary movement practices. Working across Southeast Queensland and driven by an ethos of connection, curiosity, and care, Aha Ensemble use their bodies to explore representation, question value, and challenge assumptions about ways of being in the world. We have presented original works at Metro Arts, La Boite Theatre, IMA and Adderton House.
Independently, I have presented performance and contemporary art works with Footscray Community Arts Centre, Festival of Live Art, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Testing Grounds, La Boite Theatre, Metro Arts, Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance, Queensland Poetry Festival, Castlemaine State Festival, Horizon Festival, Undercover Arts Festival and HOTA.
I am thrilled to be taking part in Sync Australia. As a disability-led program, I am looking forward to building my skills, knowledge and shifting my understanding of what leadership can be.