
Hello, I’m Kay.
I live on Biripi Country, surrounded by birdsong, tall grass, and wind-whipped trees.
I make art. I rescue wildlife.
These two threads— creativity and care — are at the heart of everything I do.
What's behind my work
This site shares only my most recent creative explorations, beginning in 2021— the year I left suburban Sydney and relocated to a large rural property on Biripi Country.
That move shifted everything.
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Here, in the hum of the bush and the hush of coastal air, I began again. Not from scratch, but from accumulation — of memory, of movement, of decades spent creating across disciplines.
My work is shaped by a 35-year career in dance and community arts. I’ve always followed instinct, drawn to the intersections of body, land, gesture, and image. Biomorphism and the unseen world have long held my attention. Recently, I’ve been drawn deeper into the lineage of early women artists like Hilma af Klint, Georgiana Houghton, Agnes Pelton, and Emma Kunz — women who trusted their intuition and made visible the invisible.
Spontaneity, intuition, and daily practice guide me. Automatism helps me listen to the quiet voice under the noise. Drawing remains my anchor — but animation, movement, and the act of witnessing (whether through video or the lens) are part of my expanded vocabulary.
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I am also a licensed wildlife carer
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​@andthebirdsaid
Recent credits
2022-present
Highlights
2024
Finalist - Focal Point Photography Award / Assimilation (digital photograph)
2023
Winner -Pix From the Stix - Gloucester Art Gallery - Assimilation (digital photograph)
​Finalist - Hunter Emerging Art Prize - as above so below (video)
Selected - Summer Salt - Group Exhibition - Newcastle Art Gallery - I breathe the sea (drawing)
2022
Finalist - Fishers Ghost Art Award – Contemporary Section – as above so below (video)
Finalist -Works on Paper Prize -Blackstone Gallery - Anatomy of Time (photogram)
Winner -Pix From the Stix - Gloucester Art Gallery - Sky Sandwich (B/W photo)
Commended - Taree Art Society Open - Trees: they speak to each other (watercolour)
Collaborative Projects
2024
2023
Embryology Futures - Dance film - Romote collaboration - Video contributions
Dir/editor: Narelle Benjamin
Words I wish I had - Immersive Performance Installation - Romote collaboration - Illustrations
Dir: Aslam Abdus-samad
Publications
2024
Critical Dialogues magazine: Edition 15: TIME - selected photo essay and writing
To see a more detailed CV please see attached

