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Artist blog
This artist's blog covers everything from important news, artistic inspiration, and just general thoughts on life. My favourite topics of conversation are art history, greek mythology, gender equality and personal development. My writing has an arty, feminist spin because that's just the way I roll.
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Is the MCG a tribute to our patriarchal society?
Is the MCG a tribute to our patriarchal society? A brief history of women and the MCG.
Aug 4, 20174 min read
Welcome to the Gender Gap
t's hard to believe that in this day and age there still exist young, well-educated Australians who don't believe there is gender pay gap.
Jul 18, 20175 min read
How to survive without fashion
Franca Sozzaniwas was famously quoted as saying: I know a lot of people who buy fashion. know, perhaps, only two people who have style.
Jun 20, 20173 min read
My year of not buying clothes (so far)
Did you know that Australians are the world's second largest consumers of textiles, buying on average 27 kilograms of new clothing each year
Mar 15, 20175 min read
Defining the stages of a modern woman’s life
Klimt's depiction of Three Ages of Women encompasses Playful Child, Sexy Seductress, Good Mother and Wise Older Woman.
Jan 31, 20176 min read
What's wrong with feminist art?
Trailblazers of the feminist art movement included Yoko Ono, Vivenne Binns and Judy Chicago.
Jan 31, 20173 min read
The price of being a woman
You may know me as an artist but I'm also an accountant (yes, strange I know) and nothing upsets me more than monetary gender inequality.
Dec 7, 20164 min read
Do we need another Disney princess?
Like most little girls growing up, I dreamed of being a princess. My favourite princess was Sleeping Beauty. It was my favourite book...
Dec 7, 20162 min read
Hornsby art prize finalist
The Hornsby Art Prize finalists have been announced and my illustration, "Consume Me" has been selected as a finalist for the Hornsby Art...
Nov 14, 20161 min read
My very own artist manifesto
I've decided to write an artist manifesto. I briefly considered writing an artist memoir but decided they’re old news.
Oct 22, 20164 min read
What makes an artist: Leah Mariani and her take on fashion
This article is extracted from the Bluethumb blog. Bluethumb is an online selling platform dedicated to selling Australian art to...
Jun 29, 20162 min read
Francis Upritchard: Jealous Saboteurs
Monash University’s Museum of Modern Art (MUMA) recently held a retrospective exhibition of Francis Upritchard’s work. Upritchard has...
May 2, 20164 min read
I like pretty things: does that make me shallow?
What would you do if you won millions of dollars? I’d spend it on art and fashion. Does that make me shallow?
Nov 25, 20153 min read
Our love-hate relationship with sexual objectification
“Men look at women, women watch themselves being looked at.” It is an unavoidable truth. You might even say it’s natural.
Oct 15, 20153 min read
The Bloomsbury Group: who were they?
The Bloomsbury group made a significant contribution to modern British culture at the commencement of the 20th century. They rejected...
Jul 30, 20154 min read
Desktop magazine feature
Breaking news! The renowned Australian design magazine, Desktop, has kindly written an online feature article on my latest series "I like...
Jul 27, 20152 min read
My name in print!
Check out the current issue (#64) of Yen magazine for a 2 page feature on my artistic practice. Here is an extract of the article...
Jul 23, 20131 min read
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