Artists
Kellie Hulm
Kellie Hulm creates large scale paintings of interiors and landscapes inspired by favourite puzzle designs and her travels around the world. She has presented two solo exhibitions: Around the World (2019) at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, and Holiday (2018) at Riverina Community College Gallery, and has shown at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery most recently in 2024 alongside Paul Williams. Hulm has also participated in numerous group exhibitions including The Clay Factory (2022) at Riverina Community College, 5 Years (2021) at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and End of Year Exhibition (2019) at HR Gallop Gallery.
Paul Williams
Paul is a jack of all trades who has practiced for over a decade, predominantly in the rural town of Temora, NSW. Paul has developed a distinct figurative style incorporating text and layers of colour, and has recently delved into sculpture. Paul has exhibited at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery alongside Kellie Hulm in Selected Works (2024) and has shown in Glazy Seven (2023), Nightmare Soup (2023) and Mixed Salad (2023) at Riverina Community College Gallery. A work of Paul's is currently installed in the Mayor of Wagga Wagga's office, as part of an out reach gallery program.
Scott Lea
Scott Lea is an artist who creates drawings, prints and paintings inspired by music, flowers and objects that remind him of his family. Drawing from his experience as a dancer, Lea was a member of the Butoh inspired Twilight Dance Group from 2007-2014. In 2020 Lea performed at Artstate in (Un)Usual: When the Strange Becomes Familiar at Wagga Wagga Civic Centre. Scott has exhibited in group shows including The Clay Factory (2022) at Riverina Community College Gallery, 5 Years (2021) at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Yield (2019) at Griffith Regional Gallery and Bush Country (2018) at Turbo Gallery in Rainbow, Victoria. In 2022 he presented a solo exhibition Flowers, Music and Life at Riverina Community College Gallery.
Jackerina Meyers
Jackerina Meyers is an multidisciplinary artist who explores pop culture and portraiture of Australian Soapy stars, family, friends and local personalities. Meyers explores her subjects through painting, drawing and performance art. Meyers is a visible leader, with her practice being featured in documentaries and short films, and performing in collaborative site-specific experimental artworks and traditional theatre plays. Meyers presented Summer Bay and Beyond (2018), a solo exhibition at Riverina Community College Gallery and has contributed work to group exhibitions including Mystery Parody and the Propaganda (2022), 5 Years (2021) at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and In the Jungle (2021) at Riverina Community College Gallery. Meyers was a lead artist in Dystopian Universe (2023) at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery.
Layla Bacayo
Layla Bacayo is a multidisplinary artist who brings together illustration, digital art and painting with her DJ persona DJ Lay Da Best. Her work highlights contemporary culture, luxury cars and new media. Since her solo exhibition, Fast Car Girl (2017) at Riverina Community College Gallery, Bacayo has been in numerous group exhibitions and presented floor talks, at Shift (2019), Coolamon Up-to-Date Store and Yeild (2019) Griffith Regional Art Gallery. In 2021 she exhibited Mash-Up at The Curious Rabbit, a collaboration with Sarah McEwan, and international artist Veronica Watson. Their series of work was featured in Portrait Magazine, National Portrait Gallery. In 2022 Bacayo contribution to the arts was recognised, being awarded the Achievement Award for Community Colleges Australia Student Award.
Lorraine O'Hara
Lorraine O'Hara is an artist based in Temora, a rural township in the Riverina. She creates huge multi-coloured images inspired by the everyday. O'Hara has exhibited in 5 Years (2021) at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, End of Year Exhibition (2019) at HR Gallop Gallery and Yield (2019) at Griffith Regional Gallery. Lorraine presented her first solo exhibition Colourful Wonderful (2021) at the E3 Art Space in Wagga Wagga and a banner of her work Vegetable Patches was featured from December 2021- February 2022 in the Civic Centre precinct, Wagga Wagga.
Isobel Lambert
Isobel Lambert is an emerging artist who uses paint, pastel, fabric and printmaking. Lambert combines processes and materials to create multi-layered imagery. Isobel has exhibited in group exhibitions, Together More Than Ever (2021) at the Riverina Community College Gallery, 5 Years (2021) at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and Beach Houses and Dreams (2019) with Rochelle Hapgood at Riverina Community College Gallery. Isobel is an accomplished emcee, hosting numerous arts events including Finissage at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and Supported Studio Forum at E3 Art Space.
Rochelle Hapgood
Rochelle Hapgood creates works on paper, using paint, pencil and watercolour and a range of drawing and printmaking processes. Hapgood's works are largely inspired by nature, often featuring flowers, trees and animals. Hapgood presented a series of monoprints in Beach Houses and Dreams (2019) an exhibiton with Isobel Lambert at the Riverina Community College Gallery and has had works in group shows Bursting at the Seams (2022), Pop Up online (2020),Yield (2019) at Griffith Regional Gallery and End of Year Exhibition (2019) at HR Gallop Gallery.
Brae Tye
Brae Tye creates works with gestural and sweeping movements, creating immediate mark-making that often references the colours and shapes of country. In 2018 Tye's practice was featured in a short film by Next in Line Films. Footage for the film was taken during Tye's solo exhibition No Limits (2018) on display at Riverina Community College Gallery. Tye has also exhibited in numerous group shows at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, including 5 Years (2021) and Miyagan (Relations) (2020).
Leeanna Wheeler
Leeanna Wheeler is an emerging artist based in Gundagai, she is interested in Celtic arts and alternative media. Wheeler sculpts, paints and draws, and combines media to explore dimension. Wheeler has exhibited in several group shows, juxtapose (2021) at Riverina Community College Gallery and Pop Up an online exhibition (2021).
Bella Mullins
Bella Mullins is an emerging artist who creates bold expressive strokes with brightly coloured paint to create textured works on paper. Mullin's work has been included in multiple group exhibitions, including Movie Show (2022) at the NDIS Centre in Canberra, Bursting at the Seams (2022), Together More Than Ever (2021) at Riverina Community College Gallery and Looking Forward (2020) an online exhibition. Bella is working towards a joint exhibition with Laura Jack.
Raine Mitter
Raine is a drawer, painter and printmaker. She creates small intricate figures inspired by alternative popular culture. She has exhibited in The Clay Factory (2022) at Riverina Community College Bursting at the Seams (2022), Together More Than Ever (2021) at Riverina Community College, Looking Forward an online exhibition (2020) and End of Year Exhibition (2019) at the HR Gallop Gallery.
Tanya Crawshaw
Tanya is an artist based in rural Ganmain. Her practice is influenced by lived experience and the transformation of that encounter into modern abstract works. Tanya has exhibited in her solo exhibition Chicken Dancing on a Trampoline at Riverina Community College Gallery and the group exhibitions 5 Years (2021) at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and Walking Country (2021) at the Anne Harding Conference Centre in Canberra.
Tabitha Harmer
Tabitha is a writer, painter and illustrator who creates images with detailed histories. Her characters often reflect the obstacles the characters have overcome in life. Tabitha has exhibited in Looking Forward (2020) an online exhibition and The Art Factory (2020) at the Curious Rabbit. Tabitha is working on a series of paintings for the upcoming exhibition Mystery Parody & The Propaganda at Riverina Community College.
Adrian Buntin
Adrian is a writer, illustrator, sculptor and designer. He illustrates and creates outfits of characters from pop culture, often used for his cosplay. Adrian creates 3D printed sculptures varying from pendants inspired by games to parts of a costume he is designing. Adrian has exhibited in Bursting at the Seams (2022) at Riverina Community College Gallery, Together More Than Ever (2021) at Riverina Community College Gallery and The Art Factory (2020) at the Curious Rabbit. Damian is a lead artist in Dystopian Universe, an exhibition at the E3 Art Space, Wagga Wagga.
Laura Jack
Laura is a drawer and printmaker who creates pattern based repetitive works. She overlays monoprints to create textures and depth in her prints. Laura has exhibited in The Clay Factory (2022) at Riverina Community College, Looking Forward an online exhibition (2020), End of Year Exhibition (2018) at HR Gallop Gallery. Laura is working towards a joint exhibition with fellow artist Bella Mullins.
Allison Davis
Allison is an artist based in rural Coolamon. She is a multi-skilled practitioner working with acrylic, illustration, watercolour, fabric and printmaking. She has exhibited in various group exhibitions and competitions in the region including at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and at the Riverina Community College Gallery.
Annelise Truilcio
Annelise is a drawer who creates small characters and figures inspired by animals and natural elements. She meticulously chooses the colours for her works and is extremely detail oriented. Annelise has exhibited in The Clay Factory (2022) at Riverina Community College Gallery, Wild Magic (2021) at the NDIS Centre in Canberra and in Inside Cinema vs Parallel Universe at Griffith Regional Gallery (2020).
Damian Triulcio
Damian is an illustrator and writer who is interested in history and its cultures. The historical characters he develops are thoroughly researched and illustrated contextually. Damian’s limited Radio Drama- Nemisis; The Jaded Millennium was released in July 2021. He also featured Dossier’s and original artworks at the annual Halfway Print Festival. Damian has exhibited in group shows at The Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and the Riverina Community College Gallery.
Michael Beeson
Michael is an artist originally from Tumut. He has a background in woodwork and has delved into fine art in recent years. Inspired by nature, fishing and childhood days on the farm, Michael paints and creates vibrant ceramic sculptures. He has exhibited in multiple shows at the Riverina Community College Gallery.
David Nicholls
David Nicholls enjoys painting and creating imaginary and realistic worlds. Currently exploring his identity through painting images of places visited. Dave expresses himself in colours and likes to see complex and layered he can make his work. ‘I always believe that good painting comes from good colours’
Sherryann Gill
Sherry Ann Gill works in a variety of mediums, specializing in ceramics and painting. Her work references the world around her and includes ideas generated through talking with friends and family. An avid carer of animals her clay works often incorporate the animals she loves and sees in her world at home.