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Celine Cheung and Natasha Matila-Smith
In this episode, artists Celine Cheung and Natasha Matila-Smith exchange ideas on social awkwardness, feelings of inadequacy, racial dynamics, and how travel has influenced their practice.
Celine Cheung
Celine Cheung is an interdisciplinary artist, designer and community facilitator based on unceded Wallumedegal and Darug land. Her practice spans across drawing, installation, performance, jewellery-making, education and event curating. Drawing from Gothic tales, Eastern spirituality and speculative fiction, she is interested in re-tellings of familial history, interpersonal intimacy and queer coming-of-age experiences in her art practice.
Since completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts/Arts from UNSW Art and Design in 2020, she has worked with Parramatta Artists’ Studios, Utp and Diversity Arts Australia to present various projects and commissions. Her works have been exhibited at Pari, Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios and AirSpace Projects etc. In 2021, she founded a sustainable accessory label focused on creating jewellery with natural and up-cycled materials. NuTalisman’s ethereal designs celebrated fantasy, cosmology and cinema with Sydney’s creative community and beyond.
Natasha Matila-Smith
Natasha Matila-Smith is a creative based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. Her speciality is“sad girl confessional” art and finding humour in moments of awkwardness. She writes, edits and curates sometimes too.
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By UtpIn this episode, artists Celine Cheung and Natasha Matila-Smith exchange ideas on social awkwardness, feelings of inadequacy, racial dynamics, and how travel has influenced their practice.
Celine Cheung
Celine Cheung is an interdisciplinary artist, designer and community facilitator based on unceded Wallumedegal and Darug land. Her practice spans across drawing, installation, performance, jewellery-making, education and event curating. Drawing from Gothic tales, Eastern spirituality and speculative fiction, she is interested in re-tellings of familial history, interpersonal intimacy and queer coming-of-age experiences in her art practice.
Since completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts/Arts from UNSW Art and Design in 2020, she has worked with Parramatta Artists’ Studios, Utp and Diversity Arts Australia to present various projects and commissions. Her works have been exhibited at Pari, Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios and AirSpace Projects etc. In 2021, she founded a sustainable accessory label focused on creating jewellery with natural and up-cycled materials. NuTalisman’s ethereal designs celebrated fantasy, cosmology and cinema with Sydney’s creative community and beyond.
Natasha Matila-Smith
Natasha Matila-Smith is a creative based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. Her speciality is“sad girl confessional” art and finding humour in moments of awkwardness. She writes, edits and curates sometimes too.