Australian Women Artists

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep 94 Jane Guthleben Jane Guthleben is a contemporary Australian painter who reinterprets Dutch Golden Age still life and vanitas traditions through a distinctly Australian lens, making it remarkably contemporary. Her vibrant compositions feature indigenous flora, native birds, and archival references, blending humour and kitsch with commentary on environmental fragility. As well as her floral...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep 93 Kathrin Longhurst Kathrin Longhurst’s story is – to this show – unique. And fascinating. Kathrin is a German-born Australian figurative painter known for her powerful oil portraits that blend classical realism with themes of personal displacement, gender, and resilience. Growing up behind the Berlin Wall, she was steeped in the visual rhetoric of that era and has utilised that to promote and celebra...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep 92 Emily Floyd Emily Floyd is one of Australia's most recognisable sculptors and public artists, and even if you don't know her name, there's a very good chance you know her work...particularly if you've ever driven down Melbourne's EastLink and been stared down by a thirteen-metre black bird contemplating a bright yellow worm. Born into a family of toymakers, Emily has spent more than twenty-five years taking th...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep 91 Helen Redmond Helen Redmond’s journey into art is, like many others, an indirect one. She grew up on a rural property in southern Queensland, trained in journalism and interior design, and then spent 25 years at Vogue Living as a stylist, Interiors Editor and Senior Editor, including many years as Melbourne Editor. And then, mid-career, she made the brave decision to leave publishing and enrol at the National Art School in ...

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep 90 Jude Rae Jude Rae is one of Australia's most respected painters. She’s an artist who has spent over four decades looking very, very hard at the things most of us walk straight past — jars, bottles, gas cylinders, fire extinguishers, empty foyers — and turning them into paintings of extraordinary stillness and presence. Jude was born in Sydney and was the daughter of realist painter David Rae. In fact, both her father and Gra...