Optimism and fantasy worlds from Miranda Skoczek

Beautiful and fantastical in their colours and subject matter, Miranda Skoczek creates works that are full of fancy and authenticity. You can tell that this Melbourne based artist loves to make work. There is an element of love and heart embedded in all of her...

Melbourne-based artist Julia Trybala is one hell-of-a busy woman. The last three months have seen her juggle two solo exhibitions, a trip to Japan and full time study at art school.

Julia Trybala draws, paints and prints. Her work has been exhibited throughout Melbourne for the past two years, where she has gained notoriety for her depictions of girls and women in bold colour palettes.

Often enclosed in tight spaces and close proximities, the girls seem quite often to be pre-occupied with other things and engrossed in their own world within the...

Swedish artist Malin Gabriella Nordin creates colourful, sculptural works of art. Sliding effortlessly between various mediums, repeating themes and concepts that flow from one project to the next. She has been known to describe this way of working as a game of dominos, where each process influences the next. With her mediums spanning across paint, collage and sculpture, it’s this kind of creative process that is guaranteed to keep her pieces exciting and leaves us guessing where her next body of work will head next. Intuition and gut instinct rules here, and we think that makes...

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Yoko Honda is an artist based in Japan, who creates work straight out of an 80’s hyper colour, hyper patterned dreamscape. Taking the best parts of arguably our most aesthetically controversial decade, Yoko invites us to explore motels by the sea, bedrooms laden with patterned vases, indoor plants and an array of Michael Jackson ephemera. In this geometry-driven Cali dreamworld,...

Lumpy pups, ice cream mountains, sprinkles and beautiful illustrated textiles. Artist Miju Lee creates little worlds we could only dream of existing. Originally hailing from South Korea, Miju is based in Barcelona where she draws, paints and makes ceramics.

Her practice is multifaceted, but that’s the way Miju seems to like it! Choosing materials depending on the moment and what feels comfortable. The colours and shapes, no matter what medium, transform the piece to reflect whatever mood may hit her that day. We can see this in the fast and instant results of putting pencil to...