My name is Inge, and I’m a visual artist and photographer based on Wadawurrung Country, Australia.
My practice is grounded in observation, slowness, and a deep interest in the textures of place. As someone who grew up moving between countries and cultures, I’ve often found myself navigating the in-between — between languages, homes, and ways of seeing. I explore that space through painting, photography, embroidery and sustainable processes like eco-printing and cyanotype.
Whether working with medium-format film or layering eco-printed textiles into mixed media pieces, my practice is grounded in process, experimentation, and close observation. Each work reflects a sustained engagement with material, place, and the passing of time.
Alongside my studio practice, I’ve worked as a professional photographer for over ten years — producing editorial, commercial, and documentary work for magazines, designers, artists, and independent brands. I also run a Squarespace web design service tailored to creatives and artists — helping others build thoughtful, intuitive online spaces.
SELECTED CV
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2025: Mono No Aware - The Impermanence of Things, Brunswick Street Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
2024: Komorebi, Liminal Gallery, Geelong, Australia
2009: Uchi, Dunedin School of Art Gallery, Dunedin, Aotearoa / New Zealand.
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2024: After Walter Hopps, Platform Arts, Geelong, Australia.
2024: No Vacancy Annual, No Vacancy Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
2024: Autumn Harvest, Sol Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2024: Craig’s Aspiring Art Prize, Finalist, Wanaka, New Zealand.
2023: Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
2023: Buy or Cry, Sol Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, Australia
2023: Place(s) called Home, Brunswick Street Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
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2024: Women’s United Art Prize, long listed finalist.
2024: Craig’s Aspiring Art Prize, Finalist, Wanaka, New Zealand.
2023: Women’s United Art Prize, long listed finalist.
2023: Whitewall Art Prize, finalist.
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2025: Early Careers Fund, Creative New Zealand.
2025: Development Fund for Artists and Practitioners, Creative New Zealand.
2025: Artists and Creatives Professional Development Grants, City of Greater Geelong.
2024: Clever and Creative Seed Grant, City of Greater Geelong.
2022: Building Business Capability for Individual Practitioners Fund, Creative New Zealand
Artist Statement
My work moves between painting, photography and mixed media, shaped by everyday observation to place, memory, and impermanence. Drawing on my background and lived experience across cultures, I’m interested in how we make sense of where we are — and who we are — through what we notice, carry, and leave behind. My approach to making as a way of observing and responding to the world in flux. Sustainability is central to my practice, which often involves slow, process-led techniques such as eco-printing, cyanotype, photography, embroidery, and stitching — methods that allow space for quiet observation, repetition, and grounding in place.