About ~

I was born on Whadjuk Noongar boodja just east of Boorloo / Perth, Western Australia, and am now based in Kulin Nations, near Narrm / Melbourne, Victoria. I am of settler-coloniser descent, mostly European as far as I can find - Irish, English, Jewish (Poland), Anglo-Burmese. I am grateful for my life and to call this place my home, and I offer my heartfelt thanks and respect to First Nations Bunurong and Wurundjeri people here along with all their Ancestors and kin.
I am a non-binary artist, performer, musician, poet, herbalist, and ritualist, among plenty of other named and unnamed things.

With materials including stone, eggshells, plants, voice, sound, film and performance, I create gestures of intimacy, subtly posing questions of being and emptiness through iterative & process-based making. I carve, collect, listen, and produce sound works, arranging these elements together as remnants and offerings.
Grounded in a deep-rooted vocal and sound practice, inspired by experimental archaeology and folk healing, I excavate and research, sensing affinities in my own experiences and customs of ritual, grieving, transformation and renewal.
My practice includes producing and nurturing artists, arts festivals and events, as well as curation and workshop facilitation.

© Justine Walsh 2023