Contemporary Art and Feminism

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Geach, Portia, b. 1873
An active feminist all her life, Portia Geach spent much of her life tirelessly campaigning on behalf of women's rights. Her art making also reflected ...
Updated May 27, 2015
Fleming, Margaret, b. 1861
A painter who lived most of her live in Nowra, she came to Sydney in order to study at Julian Ashton's. He painted her portrait ...
Updated May 3, 2015
Brassington, Pat, b. 1943
Updated Nov. 5, 2014
Fletcher, Marjorie, b. 1912
A graduate of the East Sydney Technical College, Fletcher studied under Raynor Hoff and was a commercial artist before marrying in 1941 and largely ceasing ...
Updated Oct. 28, 2014
Gibbs, May, b. 1877
Creator of the famous tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, the Gumnut babies, Gibbs began her career as a cartoonist and hoped to be recognised as ...
Updated Oct. 28, 2014
Hambidge, Alice, b. 1869
South Australian painter, known especially for her watercolours and pastel portraits of public figures and children. Alice's watercolour miniatures on ivory were in great demand ...
Updated Oct. 15, 2014
Edwards, Margery, b. 1933
Updated Sept. 30, 2014
Kahn, Miriam, b. 1949
Updated Sept. 30, 2014
Griffin, Jane, b. 1854
Her most memorable work 'A Labour of Love' attracted attention for its unusual subject matter for Sydney at a time when portrait, still life and ...
Updated Sept. 17, 2014
Gether, Suzanne, b.
Suzanne Gether actively worked to raise the status of women's work in craft through her teaching and as a founding member of the NSW Society ...
Updated Sept. 17, 2014
Flockton, Margaret Lilian, b. 1861
A highly regarded natural history illustrator, as well as a painter and successful commercial artist, Sydney-based Flockton worked for a number of years illustrating the ...
Updated Sept. 17, 2014
Eyre, Vi, b. 1870
A prolific early 20th century Sydney and Brisbane potter, Vi Eyre was known and highly regarded for her distinctly Australian motifs. She was also the ...
Updated Sept. 17, 2014
Dennys, Isobel Dorothy Joyce, b. 1893
Mid 20th century English painter and illustrator who lived in NSW during the late 1910s and early 1920s.
Updated Sept. 17, 2014
We should call it a living room

by Buhler, Mishka, Danko, Aleks, Frampton, Roger, Grounds, Joan.

Film by Aleks Danko, David Lourie, Joan Grounds, David Stewart. Concept by Mishka Buhler. Music by Roger Frampton.

Updated Sept. 17, 2014
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Creed, Mildred M., b. 1874
Jeweller and silversmith, made 'modern art jewellery' and is credited with pioneering art enamelling in Australia. Regarded as one of the 'most esteemed' members of ...
Updated Sept. 17, 2014
Chapman, Grace Evelyn, b. 1888
Painter born in Sydney, NSW. Resident of Australia and Europe her early work consisted mainly of portraits and figure subjects, which were praised by contemporaries ...
Updated Sept. 17, 2014
Edwards, Deborah
Updated Sept. 17, 2014
Hotham Street Ladies
Updated April 9, 2014
Gemeinboek, Petra
Artist and researcher who works with/in machine performance, interactive installation and virtual environments.
Updated Feb. 14, 2014
Fogarty, Pat, b. 1937
Mid 20th century Brisbane student cartoonist and English teacher based in Grenoble, France.
Updated Nov. 7, 2012
Guthrie, Bessie, b. 1905
Bessie Jean (née Mitchell) Guthrie was a designer, publisher and feminist. She was the first woman to hold a solo design exhibition at the East ...
Updated Nov. 5, 2012
Out of Line - 10 feminist cartoonists

by Horacek, Judy.

Exhibitor and co-ordinator.

Updated June 19, 2012
Olive Cotton Photographs 1924-1984

by Cotton, Olive.

Updated June 19, 2012
Dissonance: Contemporary Feminist Perspectives

by Marynowsky, Tara.

Updated June 19, 2012
Wighton, Tamara
Contemporary Melbourne zine artist.
Updated Oct. 19, 2011