Floralia
Meet the artists
The practices behind the work, across ceramics, painting, collage and jewellery.
Aylee Kim
Oil painting
Aylee Kim is a Brisbane-based oil painter with a background in sculpture. Through light and colour, her Light and Solitude series turn Queenslander homes, quiet streets and familiar landscapes into moments of fleeting beauty.
Juni Margrie
Ceramics
Juni Margrie makes small-batch functional porcelain in Meanjin/Brisbane. Each piece is wheel-thrown, then hand carved and painted with original botanical illustrations of local flora and fauna.
Cilla Russell
Ceramics
Cilla Russell holds a Masters of Contemporary Arts in Ceramics. Guided by the organic forms, rhythms and imperfections of nature, she makes tactile ceramics to be experienced as well as seen.
Kelly Bonk
Ceramics
Kelly Bonk is a Brisbane-based ceramic artist creating bold, sculptural pieces that blur the line between everyday object and artwork. Through hand-built forms, vibrant colour and intricate blooms, her work brings a playful sense of the fantastical into considered spaces.
Jemica Ostrofski
Jewellery
Jemica Ostrofski is a Brisbane-based silversmith and founder of Meekz Contemporary Jewellery, making minimalist, sculptural pieces from recycled and repurposed materials, inspired by the natural and urban environment.
Pia Kuykhoven
Painting & ceramics
Pia Kuykhoven is an Adelaide artist and trained landscape designer. Her vibrant floral still lifes in acrylic and hand-built ceramics carry memories of home, gardens and place.
Helen Evans
Botanical painting
Helen Evans paints flowers she grows herself, looking closely at their layers, structure and colour. Her botanical paintings invite viewers to fall into each image and share her awe at the natural world.
Sue Yoon
Oil painting
Sue Yoon is a Brisbane-based oil painter drawing on her Korean heritage and life in Australia. Flowers, peaceful landscapes and traditional hanok are reimagined through memory, light and colour.
Christine Pickett
Ceramics
Christine Pickett throws tactile, everyday ceramics in her Boronia Heights studio, painting them with Australian flora and cheeky cameos of local birds and fauna.
Marlyn Radley
Ceramics
Marlyn Radley creates ceramics inspired by the delicate beauty of nature, combining wheel-throwing and hand-building to explore forms drawn from the plants and animals of her local bushland.