CARIZZA TEAGUE – Screen Printing, Shibori & textiles Carizza Teague is a Sydney based artist originally from Scone in regional NSW. She studied textile design at the Eastern Sydney Institute of Technology. Instead of being disheartened by the move of hand printing to digital production, she decided to launch her own hands-on studio. She has been running screen-printing studios for the past 15 years across independent, community driven creative spaces and now leads The Printroom at Monster Mouse Studios in Marrickville. Carizza teaches screen printing and shibori dyeing, prints merch for countless local bands and organisations and spends time on her own creative practice. Her work illustrates the screen-printed form scoured away, duplicated and layered until the desired aesthetic has been achieved. She also plays with textiles in abstract ways. Memory, time and identity and recurring themes in her work.
YOKO KAWADA – Kintsugi Trained in interior design in 1990s London, Yoko’s work is shaped by extensive global travel and a deep appreciation for cultural storytelling through objects and space. Now based in Sydney, she founded her studio and developed the SQUARE+ROUND washbasin – crafted from Japanese porcelain tiles and shortlisted for the Etsy Awards in 2016. Her work explores a “unity of opposites”: wabi-sabi and precision, tradition and innovation, structure and fluidity. In recent years, she has collaborated with Tajimi tile artisans in Japan and expanded into traditional practices including Kintsugi and Makie, which she also teaches.
DAMIEN SUPLINA is an Inner West–based artist working across painting and mixed media. His work is raw, instinctive, and driven by a strong connection to music, memory, and subculture. He draws inspiration from artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, along with the worlds of live music and football. His pieces move between scenes from his own band, portraits of figures like Nick Cave and Kurt Cobain, and recurring references to the game. Bold marks, layered textures, and loose composition give the work its energy and honesty. While art is a side practice, Damien’s work has earned awards, recognition and a growing following among collectors drawn to its authenticity and boldness. It is less about perfection and more about making something real.
MICHELLE KISTIMA-MENSER is an Australian textile artist, designer and printmaker, best known for her label You Are Brave Textiles, where she creates hand screen-printed fabrics and home textiles. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, she migrated to Australia as a teenager in the 1980s. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at COFA, UNSW in 1993, majoring in sculpture and design. A pivotal shift in her practice came with her discovery of surface design, which led her to retrain in textile design and screen printing. Her multidisciplinary practice spans textile design, making, teaching, and community engagement. Michelle works extensively with both children and adults through art education programs and textile printing workshops, reflecting her passion for participatory and community-based art. Michelle is also the founder and coordinator of the Makers Frontyard Trail, an annual creative market trail held in Sydney’s Inner West. Her work can be found at craft and design markets, as well as through the You Are Brave Textiles website.
PAMELA HORSNELL I am a visual artist, designer, illustrator and art tutor who has been living and working in Marrickville for 35 years. My background is in advertising and magazine/book publishing as a designer, illustrator, studio and project manager but for the past 15 years have been concentrating more on my visual arts work and have exhibited extensively in local and regional galleries. Since 2015 I have also been teaching weekly drawing and watercolour painting classes/workshops and as a member of the vibrant Inner West Arts Community participate in the local art trails, art markets and other events in the area. My passion is the versatility and spontaneity of watercolours creating work from detailed botanical illustration through to abstract images but also enjoy working in other media including ink, pencil, printmaking, mixed media and photography in a wide range of styles and subject matter. I currently have a studio space in creative artists’ hub, Monster Mouse Studios, having previously been one of the resident artists at Little Majestic, both located in Marrickville.
MICHAEL WHOLLEY is a multidisciplinary artist, graphic designer, and illustrator. He completed a degree in Communication studies from Murdoch University, majoring in Film and Television and Design. Since that time, Michael has worked steadily as a graphic designer, illustrator and photographer in the Australian film and television industry working on over 20 films including Alien: Covenant, Wolverine, The Great Gatsby, King Kong v. Godzilla, Elvis and Ticket to Paradise. He is an accomplished painter and is regularly commissioned. His work hangs in The Unicorn Hotel, Paddington, Continental Deli, Newtown, and in both Porteno and Bodega restaurants Surry Hills. His work has been secured by Coquun restaurant in the Hunter Valley, and the boutique Hotel, Veriu Green Square. He mainly paints landscapes and still lifes in watercolour. It is a very measured medium but allows for spontaneity. Subjects are drawn form the everyday, realised on paper and canvas liberated through considered brush handling, composition, and canvas size.
jda is a mixed media artist exploring the experience of cultural duality, the tragedy and comedy of capital and consumer culture, and the deflection of the male gaze. These themes intersect through familiar cultural signifiers and multimedia techniques to engage audiences and provoke inquisitiveness. Born in Sydney in 1983 to Australian and Turkish parents, jda was an avid collector of hip hop music as a child, which led to a DJ career in her teens. In 2012 she studied digital art at Southbank University in London and began creating video art for live music and DJ performances. She continued to develop her practice across graphic design, video, animation and web development, expanding into sculpture, painting and sound. jda has curated and exhibited work in Sydney, London, Tokyo, New York, Athens and Bangkok.
IRISH FILM FEST Dr Enda Murray | Founder and director of the Irish Film Festival Australia. Dr Enda Murray is an award-winning filmmaker and has lived and worked in Ireland, England, USA and Australia. Educated at Trinity College Dublin and St. Martin’s School of Art in London, and with a PhD from The University of Western Sydney, his academic and filmmaking practice focuses on community, social justice and popular culture. The Irish Film Festival Australia (IFF) is a not-for-profit cultural event, brought to you by passionate industry professionals and supported by Irish artists, filmmakers, cultural institutions, the Irish expat community, a champion team of volunteers and supporters, and thousands of film-lovers across Australia. It is Australia’s only film festival celebrating Irish film.
Emily Naya is a Sydney based artist, born in Germany, but spending much of her childhood in Spain and Switzerland. Her practice is based in textile sculptures, video/animation, drawing and painting. Thematically her current interests include the materiality of memory, positing forgetting as both a disruptive and creative force. Animals feature prominently in her practice, symbolizing resistance to formal communication methods and challenging anthropocentric narratives, and also her love for them.
