Australian Women Artists

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Ep.61 Julz Beresford

Julz Beresford is known for her amazing gestural depictions of rivers, bushland and alpine terrain.

She has a very distinct, energetic approach to landscape painting which we’ll discuss. Her works showcase the movement and light of the worlds she grew up in... The Snowy Mountains and the Hawkesbury River.

And I wanted to find out how she is able to bring those memories and sensations to the studio.

Her quite rapid rise came after...a very unusual career hiatus in London which, it turns out, became very helpful to the way she works.

Julz is represented by Michael Reid Sydney (@michaelreidsydney)

And her upcoming exhibition Between Dust & Rain, with former guest @carlylecerf will be at Michael Reid Murrurundi (@murraart) from 1 - 31 May 2026

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Australian Women Artists

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Ep 60 Kiata Mason

Kiata Mason’s work explores the quiet drama of domestic life.

Her paintings showcase rooms we all have and often just rush through them but, like all good painters, Kiata’s work causes us to pause. And reflect.

Her paintings often reference her own family history and the coastal home she now lives and works in.

Kiata’s formal training was at the National Art School in Sydney, where she undertook a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting. She later built on this foundation with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) in Drawing, and then a Master of Fine Arts (Drawing), all at National Art School.

She’s been a finalist and semi-finalist in many major painting prizes including the Sulman, Doug Moran, Black Swan and Paddington art prizes and she has won the Muswellbrook Art prize for works on paper.

Across prizes, residencies and exhibitions, Kiata has held onto a deeply personal, drawing-led practice that honours the everyday without sentimentalising it.

Our discussion was broad and covered a lot of areas of interest to all artists I reckon. She’s a deep thinker and a very talented and compassionate painter.

Head to the link in my bio to have a listen to our conversation.

@kiatamasonart is represented by @akbellingergallery and @curatorialandco

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1 KM

2 Breakfast with Dorris, 2019 122 x 91

3 Because of the Spring Flowers 2019 122 x 92

4 One of Gran’s Good Plates 2017 45.8 x 61

5 Surrounded by Art 2025 73 x 90

6 From the Gallery of Small Things exhibition Paintings and Ceramics, 2026

Australian Women Artists

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Ep. 59. Adriane Strampp

Adriane’s is a fascinating journey. She was born in the United States and educated in the UK before settling in Australia.

She brings the effect of that peripatetic life to her work. Her work is defined by its sensitivity to light, memory and place. Interiors soaked in soft light, distant landscapes, objects held in suspension.

We talked about her fabulously eclectic group of subjects she’s explored in her art including horses, dresses, landscapes, interiors, still lifes and the thread which weaves itself through all of them.

She has held more than 30 solo exhibitions around Australia and internationally and has been selected as a finalist multiple times for a number of awards including the Sulman, Dobell, Calleen, Ravenswood, Len Fox and Adelaide Perry.

And alongside her studio practice, Adriane has also made a profound contribution as a teacher. She is also the Founder and Director of the Fitzroy Painting Studio which has had probably thousands of students through its doors.

Head to the link in my bio to listen to our conversation.

Adriane is represented by

King Street Gallery on William (Sydney)

Jan Manton Gallery (Brisbane)

You can see some of her works there or on her website:

www.adrianestampp.com

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1 AS by Hugh Stewart

2 The Wait (long days and longer nights) 2022, 152 x 152

3 Lucy’s Light, 2022, 152 x 152

4 Celosia, 2025, 91 x 91

5 Silent World, 2025, 162 x 205

6 Paper Lamp, 2025, 91 x 91

7 Hydrangea, 2025, 30 x 30

8 Cornucopia (painting number 2), 1996, 122 x 153

9 Passage, 2019, 91 x 91