In this episode of Talking With Creatives, Jennifer sits down with photographer, emerging curator, and community arts advocate Warwick Gow– an artist whose work bridges the margins and the maintstream.

Drawing from a DIY ethos, Warwick’s background in journalism and role in Creative Development at Sunshine Coast Council, sees Warwick’s practice spanning portraiture, documentary photography, and the co-founding of LANTANA Space, a hub for experiemental and inclusive arts programming in regional Queensland.

Together, we explore how fringe communities, raw storytelling, and subcultural spaces influence Warwick’s creative voice, and how these worlds can inspire a more connected, courageous and inclusive regional arts scene.

From building trust with photographic subjects, to championing opportunities for people of all abilities and walks of life, Warwick’s work reminds us that creativity thrives when everyone feels seen, heard and valued.

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Warwick Gow is a Sunshine Coast based artist, art worker and co-founder of LANTANA Space. Warwick’s arts practice is primarily based in photography and installation, using the portrait to place local fringe culture within arm’s length of the mainstream.

Destabilising notions of representation, elevating unique identities and that of the self by hijacking the thin veil of commercialism and elegantly smashing it against a DIY ethic. This ethos carries through into Warwick’s approach as an arts worker as part of Sunshine Coast Council’s Creative Development Team, and also into their emerging practice as an independent curator in a regional setting.

For more information, please visit warwickgow.com and www.lantanaspace.com

Featured Image: Warwick Gow, self portrait as part of ‘From Out of the Home’ series for SUPERCUT Outer Space, Brisbane in 2022. Courtesy of the artist.

Note: The artwork shown here may appear styled by the website theme and is not indicative of the artist’s vision.

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