Biography

Amelia McLeish is an emerging contemporary visual and sound artist, administrator and researcher based in Meanjin. Her work examines the visual art community of Meanjin, primarily focusing on Artist-Run Initiatives. The resulting work often utilises the artwork of other artists and placing them in a pop cultural framework or participatory projects. She has an extensive archival practice and utilises the ephemera collected at exhibitions and also collates data related to the visual arts ecology of Meanjin to produce new work.

Amelia has exhibited throughout South-East Queensland and currently helps run the downstairs gallery at Wreckers Artspace in Woolloongabba; she is also a co-founder of Nextdoor ARI.