Artists

Dylan Le’Mon is an Australian photographer whose practice spans portraiture, documentary, editorial and fine art photography. His work is distinguished by its cinematic quality, intimate storytelling and sensitive exploration of identity, culture and human connection, capturing authentic moments with both technical precision and emotional depth. Working across Australia and internationally, Le’Mon has developed a distinctive visual language that bridges documentary observation with contemporary photographic practice. His work has received national recognition, including selection as a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023 for Abraham Admasu (School of St. Yard student, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) and as a finalist in the IRIS Award 2023 at the Perth Centre for Photography, affirming his position as one of Australia’s emerging photographic artists. Dylan Le’Mon is represented by KAMILĖ GALLERY in Perth, Western Australia.

Jessica Baker is a mixed-media visual artist based in Woodstock, NY. Her artwork has been featured in an interview for National Public Radio, presented in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally, included in both private and institutional collections and praised by critics including, notably, the NY Times. She has been awarded a printmaking fellowship at Women’s Studio Workshop and several artistic residencies.

Brigita Lastauskaite is a Lithuanian-born Australian artist, based in Melbourne since 1998. She completed a Master of Fine Art at the Vilnius Art Academy, Lithuania. Brigita studied at International Summer Academy in Salzburg with Professor Tone Fink (Austria) in 2013 and received a scholarship to study the following year with French art duo Professor Annie & Patrick Poirier. She is a finalist at Mosman, Fisher’s Ghost, Blacktown and Hutchins Art Awards and received Art residencies in Finland, Lithuania and Tasmania. She has held 9 solo exhibitions as well as taken part in many group exhibitions, both in Australia and overseas.

Mille Berger is a Danish visual artist based in Aalborg, Denmark. Through abstract painting, she explores the relationship between emotion, atmosphere, and spatial experience. Working primarily with acrylic on canvas, Mille creates contemplative works that balance movement and stillness, intuition and intention. Alongside her studio practice, she develops site-specific projects and collaborates with organisations, institutions, and private collectors to create meaningful artistic experiences within contemporary spaces. Her work is rooted in a desire to create visual encounters that invite reflection, presence, and personal interpretation.

Netta Loogatha Birrmuyingathi Maali was born in 1942 on Bentinck Island, Queensland

Netta was close friends with renowned artist Sally Gabori and painted all her life in Mornington Island along with other elders.

‘It’s good to make artworks, learn from each other. We learned all about our country and story places from our old people. Now we are painting and drawing them so our grandchildren will learn all about them.

Our Aunty Sally Gabori showed us the way, to learn from her and follow in her footsteps. We have our own paintings and drawings now of our homelands and sacred places, where we were born, oyster reefs and waterholes or camping spots. I am happy to show other people my country and culture through my art. It brings a smile to my face when I finish an artwork and see a part of me on it.

I was born on Bentinck Island at a place on the Northern side called Bilmee. We lived in humpies then – no clothes nothing at all. I learnt to hunt from an early age, how to fish and collect shellfish, how to gather foods from the bush. I was young when the Europeans came in 1946 to take us away from our home and forced us to live on Mornington Island in the dormitory in the mission there.

My father was King Alfred, he had six wives. When he died, his brother Percy took over the family and took care of us. When I grew up I went to the mainland and worked as a housemaid like a lot of the young girls from the island. I enjoyed this time being young and having fun. I returned to Mornington and became strongly involved in Land Rights and my people’s wish to return to our homeland. I was a grandmother by the time we returned to our homeland and I used to live there most of the year, only returning to Mornington for the wet season. Now I am getting too old to live there. I cry for an opportunity to set my foot on my homeland again. My artworks have become even more important to me to keep my memories of my home and culture ever strong.’

Netta Loogatha passed away 27th September 2022