about me:
BILLIE MORRIS
I am a visual artist working and living in Naarm*, (Melbourne) Australia
My work mostly revolves around the human form, our distortions and rituals.
I create based on my personal experiences of chronic pain, instability of physical health, dysmorphic identity.
I'm obsessed with our obsession to document and lean into this in my visual work.
Fatigued by the often exploitative nature of the 'art world' I am passionate about making my art both accessible and cherished.
This has led me to extend my practise beyond the walls and into salvaged textiles, and wearable objects, into hands and onto bodies;
art shouldn't only be gazed at from a distance but integrated into the way we dress, costumed, and consumed with fervor.
Collecting, archiving, and reworking discarded materials is special - It rejects the ethics of mass production in favour of care, memory, and repair.
I hope my creations encourage you to feel empowered in your surroundings and in your self.
To get in touch, use your preferred method - dm, email, or the contact form below.
instagram: @billiemorris_
email: hello@billiemorris.net
* (NAARM) Australia, like most of the earth, is founded on land that was stolen from Indigenous people.
Naarm, now 'Melbourne' (and surrounding) was inhabited solely by the Wurrundjeri people of the Eastern Kulin Nation who before me cared for and created their artistry and culture upon it for 60,000 years.
The wealth that has been generated by that theft is disproportionately distributed. All people who live here today, or who lived here in the past, have not benefited equally from the continuing dispossession of Indigenous people.
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