Artists

Aretha Brown is a proudly queer, Blak visual artist and screenwriter from Melbourne’s western suburbs. Her work blends bold storytelling with truth-telling and is informed by her lived experience as a young Aboriginal woman growing up in an urban colony.

Working across paint, pop culture and public space, Brown uses her practice to amplify Blak voices and disrupt colonial narratives. Her approach is direct, collaborative and grounded in accessibility, with work that moves fluidly between cultural, public and commercial contexts.

Brown was among the youngest artists to exhibit at the National Gallery of Australia, opening the 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial(2025–26) with her largest and most significant project to date. Her work has also been shown at the National Gallery of Victoria, West Space Gallery, the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne. She has collaborated with Apple, Amyl and the Sniffers, KNEECAP, Greenpeace, Converse, Puma, VOLLEY, Bad Apples Music, Strawberry Fields and Pitch Music & Arts Festival.

Corin Ileto(she/her) is a Filipina-Australian electronic producer, performer and composer. Coming from a background in classical piano, Ileto is known for creating trance-like melodies, immersive sound design and cinematic soundscapes drawing from science fiction, classical music and post-human themes. In her music traditional forms merge with hyper-digital sounds to create new imaginary realms.

Over the past decade, Ileto has presented music under her solo electronic project ‘CORIN’, releasing multiple albums to accolades including nominations for the Australian Music Prize,‘Best Electronic Act’ &‘Best Avant Garde Act’ at The Age Music Victoria Awards. In 2023 she released her sophomore album ‘Lux Aeterna’ which encompassed a full length recording alongside a live performance that toured internationally. Based in Sydney, Ileto is forerunner in the experimental electronic music scene having performed locally at Dark Mofo, Now or Never, an internationally at Berlin Atonal and Unfold(Seoul).

In tandem, composition for dance, film, video, theatre and gallery contexts has become a parallel arc of her practice, with commissions presented at major institutions including Arts House, MCA, Art Gallery of NSW, Carriageworks and the Sydney Opera House. She has created sonic branding for the Sydney Opera House, Australia Council for the Arts and New Annual Festival (Newcastle) and through her experience collaborating with a diverse community of cultural practitioners such as Marrugeku she understands the nuances and complexities of diverse cultural material, creating compositions that draw from ancestral stories but reimagined in future forms.

INJURY is a multidisciplinary creative studio led by Gene Leung and Dan Tse, working across fashion, digital art, music and experiential culture.

Founded in 2004 by Creative Director Gene Leung, INJURY is shaped by architectural thinking, conceptual narrative and cross-disciplinary design. As Brand and Design Director, Dan Tse leads the studio’s cultural strategy, womenswear design, creative communications and collaborative direction.

Under their joint leadership, INJURY has presented on the official schedules of Paris, New York, Sydney, Shanghai and Beijing Fashion Weeks, and has retailed in over 80 stores worldwide, including Harvey Nichols, I.T. and D-Mop. Their work has been featured in VOGUE, SHOWstudio, HYPEBEAST/HYPEBAE, Harper’s Bazaar, GQ, WWD, WAD and So-en Magazine.

Together, they have curated and directed projects including FFFRIDAY and Heart Of Cyberpunk, working across fashion, film, digital media and spatial design with a focus on cultural storytelling and collaborative world-building.

Dr Jess Herrington is an artist, creative technologist and neuroscientist. She has a 20-year history as an award-winning creative and holds a PhD in neuroscience.

Her work blends interaction, innovation and human behaviour, with a focus on artificial intelligence and immersive technologies. Drawing on scientific research and creative practice, Herrington develops projects that explore the intersection of human experience and emerging technology.

Working across cultural, commercial and research contexts, her practice brings scientific insight into applied creative environments, shaping new ways audiences engage with digital systems and experiential work.

Kasimyn, born Aditya Surya Taruna, is an Indonesian electronic musician and DJ working across experimental club music and performance. He is best known as one half of Gabber Modus Operandi, alongside MC Ican Harem, a project recognised internationally for fusing traditional Indonesian musical forms with high-energy electronic genres including gabber and noise.

Through Gabber Modus Operandi, Kasimyn combines indigenous rhythms and instrumentation with contemporary electronic production, creating work that moves fluidly between local tradition and global club culture. In 2022, he collaborated with Björk on her album Fossora, contributing to tracks including“Atopos,”“Trölla-Gabba” and the title track. Björk has acknowledged his distinctive approach to electronic music, noting his ability to integrate authentic Balinese rhythmic structures with contemporary techno. She has described his work as a seamless fusion that modernises traditional elements while preserving their cultural integrity.

Alongside his collaborative work, Kasimyn releases solo material under the name Hulubalang. In 2023, he released Bunyi Bunyi Tumbal, an album developed through research into Indonesian war archives, using sound as a means to explore memory, history and emotional response. His work continues to circulate internationally, positioning him as a key figure in the contemporary electronic music landscape.

Rainbow Chan is an award-winning vocalist, producer, and multidisciplinary artist whose practice bridges popular music and contemporary visual art. Her work explores cultural representation,(mis)translation, matrilineal histories, and diasporic heritage, with a sustained focus on women's oral traditions. Central to her practice is the bridal lament tradition of the Weitou women—Hong Kong's first settlers. This endangered vocal form, to which Chan has deep ancestral ties, is reimagined through music, performance, and immersive installation, translating these songs into contemporary contexts while preserving their subversive feminist voices and reflecting on loss, resilience, and collective memory. Ritual, song, and performance function in her work as both a means of reclaiming agency and as a living archive.

Chan's critically acclaimed solo song-cycle The Bridal Lament has been presented at major festivals and institutions including Sydney Festival, Arts House, Liveworks Festival, and OzAsia Festival. She was named Artist of the Year at the 2022 FBi SMAC Awards and recognised in the 40 Under 40: Most Influential Asian Australians Awards for her contribution to arts and culture. Alongside her solo releases, Chan composes for film, television, and theatre, and is signed to Gaga Music Publishing. She is an active mentor and educator, and currently serves on the She is an active mentor and educator, and currently serves on the Next Wave’s Arts Advisory Board.

Reelize is an interdisciplinary media art ensemble working across immersive installation, spatial design and experiential environments. Their practice combines emerging production techniques with considered design processes to create large-scale, multi-sensory works.

Grounded in immersive imagery, Reelize applies a strong understanding of spatial composition and perception to build environments that engage audiences perceptually. Their work focuses on how light, sound and structure operate together to shape experience.

As leaders in deep visualisation, Reelize integrates machine learning workflows into their practice, synthesising neural network processes with artists’ sensibilities. Their projects move fluidly between art, architecture, science and technology, expanding how immersive work is conceived and experienced.

Stanislava Pinchuk is an artist working across data-mapping, information-mining and conflict topographies, with a focus on how these systems intersect with language, literature and the politics of translation. Her practice spans architectural-scale installation, coding, film, performance, drawing, sculpture, painting and tattooing.

Pinchuk is currently the Official War Artist of Australia. Her work examines how information is recorded, translated and remembered, often using spatial and material forms to visualise complex geopolitical narratives.

Pinchuk’s work is held in major public collections including the HE Museum, the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, ACMI and the Art Gallery of South Australia, and has been the subject of career surveys at Heide MoMA and FAC. Solo exhibitions and presentationsinclude the Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Gjon Mili 17, Manifesta 14, the Adelaide Biennial and Art Basel Hong Kong Encounters.

Recent commercial collaborations include Louis Vuitton, Dior, Chanel, Gucci, Flos, Nike and Tiffany & Co.

Monographs include The Theatre of War(Perimeter Books, 2024) and Europe Without Monuments(NCCA, 2023).

VERSUS is a director duo comprising Serbian-Australian Tanya Babić and Indonesian-Australian Jason Sukadana. Based in Gadigal Sydney, VERSUS works across commercials and art projects locally and internationally.

Meeting at art school, the two bonded over a shared creative approach that combines contemporary art theory with commercial aesthetics.Now known for striking imagery and a commitment to authentic storytelling, VERSUS crafts compelling work that balances visual ambition with a distinctive artful sensibility.

Their work includes global campaigns for brands such as Nike, Google, YouTube, Audi, and Virgin, as well as original commissions from cultural institutions including the Sydney Opera House, Powerhouse, and Phoenix Central Park.

Their films have been recognised by international platforms and awards including Cannes Lions, The Webby Awards, Vimeo Staff Picks, Eye Candy, SHOTS, Best Ads, Director’s Library, NOWNESS, 1.4 Awards and Berlin Commercial.