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Michaela Gleave: STVDIO

Sydney based ArtStarter and visual artist Michaela Gleave's installations explore the way we interact with the natural world. Step inside her cloud house and experience a fleeting moment of Big Time love.

Dougal Haslem: STVDIO

Dougal Haslem is a jewellery maker and a recipient of the Australia Council for the Arts ArtStart grant. Art Break takes a tour of Dougal's studio and meets his menagerie of magical miniature creatures.

Lucy Simpson: STVDIO

ArtStarter Lucy is a textile artist who blends traditional indigenous stories with contemporary. A Sydney artist-in-residence in Marrickville's Addison Rd. complex, Lucy works with traditional screen-printing techniques.

David Kirkpatrick: STVDIO

ArtStarter David Kirkpatrick is a multi-media artist who turned to digital music when he realised he wouldn't be the next Beethoven. Murasaki Penguin is his cross-continental collaboration with Japanese Dancer Anna Kuroda.

Jessica Singh: STVDIO

Illustrator and graphic designer Jessica Singh was born in Perth and later studied at Central Saint Martins in London. She creates images of feminine beauty and power and describes herself as a 'layer-o-holic'.

Emma Lindsay: STVDIO

Brisbane based ArtStart recipient, Emma Lindsay is a painter and installation artist. Her dead bird studies focus on the tangential relationships between culture, history, art and nature.

Demet Divaroren: STVDIO

Melbourne based ArtStarter Demet is a Turkish born writer who is passionate about fiction. Her works seek to break down stereotypes and challenge the cautions of society.

Max Berry: STVDIO

Sydney based artist Max Berry works in the studio and on the street. Featuring dreamlike landscapes, abstract characters and floating houses, his works can appear anywhere at any time.

Liesel Zink: STVDIO

Brisbane based dancer and choreographer Liesel Zink's latest project 'Fifteen' draws from in-depth studies of body language and human behaviour observed in city life.

See this video clip for ‘One And Only’ by Abby Smith, with animation by ArtStarter Todd Fuller.

Image Credit: Todd Fuller and Brenda May Gallery