About Bea
Maker of magical things. Bringing a little weird into the world and helping others find and express their weird.
I’m a multi-disciplinary artist, maker and performer. I create magical objects and build spaces that invite participation and play.
What if… we could use art and creativity to help people connect more deeply to nature and each other, collaboratively solve problems and envision a different, more compassionate future?
At the heart of everything I do is a simple drive: to inspire others and help people connect to and express their creativity, to play without fear and create in bold and unexpected ways.
Creative leadership
- Principle CX Designer and human-centred design facilitator in NSW Government with over 25 years experience
- Art Lead for Australian regional Burning Man events (Burning Seed, The 3rd Degree), managing the art grants program, mentoring artists and running onsite artists support services (volunteer position)
- Presented a talk at the 2026 BONZA summit on building community through art and creative leadership
- Recorded a 2026 BONZAAR podcast on building large scale, burnable art
- Creative director for Miss Peaches, an interactive performance art theme camp that offers a range of participatory activities such as karaoke, untalent shows and other forms of creative self-expression
- Run Lady Sketchy’s Debaucherous Drawing Room – art workshops including journaling, drawing, writing and making monster plushies
About my art practice
Participatory art leads to participatory lives
My work is concept-driven and takes many forms: painting, mixed media, installation, kinetic sculpture, junk metal art, music and performance. Often, my larger pieces transform waste into art — reclaiming discarded materials to spark imagination and new ways of seeing.
My practice is built around four main principles:
Permission
Making accessible, fun art that has a connective function, provides a voice for everyone and welcomes people to create, share ideas and build community.
Collaboration
Bringing people together and using creative design thinking to inspire asking questions, thinking differently, imagining better and making change.
Participation
Making engaging art designed to be touched, handled and moved through in a public arena and that invites a collaborative response from an audience.
Experience
Creating unexpected delightful experiences and imaginative, playful spaces for people to discover, explore and enjoy.
Exhibitions and events
2026
November:
- Catbus at Canberra Kinetic Sculpture Race
- The Scrying Fields at Neomenia
October:
- The Altar of Passion at Sydney Decom
September:
June:
- Playing sax with the Femmes Fatales at Dark Scarp, Wombarra Bowling Club
May:
- ARTery lead + The Stargate portal at Burning Seed “Pilot Burn”, Capertee Valley
April:
- Natural World 2 abstract landscape paintings in group exhibition, Red Point Gallery, Wentworth St, Port Kembla
February:
- The Altar of Passion (installation space) at Spice of Life, St Albans
- Shadow dance 4 B&W paintings at Noir et Blanc group exhibition at Project Contemporary Space, Wollongong
January:
- Playing sax with the Femmes Fatales at Honk Oz, Wollongong
2025
November:
- Spoken word performance at DaRkStAr Episode two, Plushtown Studios, Brookvale
September:
- Natural World + Rat Tosser + Baby Girl at Soundworks Arts Hub party and exhibition, Marrickville
- Miss Peaches Theme Camp at The 3rd Degree
August:
- MC’d and managed performers for Winter Wonderland Soiree, Rikota, Marrickville
July:
- The Devil Dances in Me + Baby Girl at Halo Goth + Alt Club, Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst
April:
- MC + spoken word performance collaboration with Alasdair Greenbard and Jesse McCormack for Here Be Dragons, Church St Studios, Camperdown
March:
- Totemic Spirit Figures + The Devil Dances in Me + Miniature Art Gallery and open studio at Soundworks Arts Hub Inaugural Art Show, Marrickville
March:
- Spoken word performance at DaRkStAr Episode one, Plushtown Studios, Brookvale
2024
November:
- Miss Peaches at Sydney Decom, Sydney Park
October:
- Spoken word performance, Burn-O-Ween, Botany View Hotel
October:
- The Devil Dances In Me + spoken word performance at Halloween group show, Tap Gallery, Surry Hills
September:
April:
February:
- Spoken word performance at Sophie Cook’s show “Conspiracy”, Wollombi
2023
September:
- Miss Peaches Theme Camp, The 3rd Degree, Central Coast
March:
- Catbus + Miss Peaches Speakeasy at Burning Seed “Rekindle”, Matong State Forest, Matong
February:
- Stall at Sydney Xpressions art expo, Camperdown, Sydney
January:
- The Little Things + Totemic Spirit Figures, Good Space, Ultimo
2022
December:
- Now is the Summer of our DiscoTent, Wild Yam “A Midsummer Night’s Yam”, Lower Mangrove”
November:
- Art Groupie Exhibition, Darlinghurst Road Gallery
October:
- Catbus at Canberra Kinetic Sculpture Race
September:
- Totemic Spirit Figures at Ku-ring-gai Sculpture Trail, St Ives Wildflower Gardens (2nd place winner)
June:
- Miss Peaches Speakeasy at Potnia Sacred Honey Winter Solstice Burn, Canberra
Education
Bachelor of Arts (Visual Communication, Multimedia Design)
2010 Raffles College of Design & Commerce (North Sydney)
Associate Diploma of Arts (Graphic Arts)
1991 University of Western Sydney (Nepean)
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