Amelia is an artist, writer and arts worker based in Naarm/Melbourne.
In her visual arts practice, Amelia combines elements of illustration with contemporary painting, bridging the historical divide between art and craft. It is a way of celebrating mediums and techniques that have previously been degraded as ‘women’s art’ or as merely decorative. Her work is inspired by women’s bodies, chronic illness, the home environment and the relationship of our inner self to the surrounding world.
Through often brightly coloured figurative pieces and works depicting everyday objects and scenes, she seeks to celebrate the things in life that can often go unnoticed. She loves all things art and history and has a particular interest in the relationship between art and social change, and in art practices rooted in feminist and disability activism.
Amelia has exhibited in group exhibitions across Naarm/ Melbourne, including at Unassigned Gallery, Linden New Art, Brunswick Street Gallery, the Queen Victoria Women's Centre and at Trocadero Art Space and presented a solo exhibition at Maggie's Art Space in 2019, as part of the Fringe Festival. Amelia’s images also appear in publications including The Suburban Review, Gems Zine and Farrago Magazine.