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Meet an Artist
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Fiona Lee was a recipient of the MRAGM 2021 Artist Bursary. Her practice is multi-disciplinary, spanning sculpture, installation, video and photography. Most recently, her work has been fuelled by the devastating 2019 bushfires, in which she lost her family home north of Taree. By the time Fiona graduated in Fine Art from The University of Newcastle in 2011, she had begun to question whether art could affect change. “I really questioned my voice in art,” Fiona says, “and I think that is ultimately why I stopped making.” In an effort to directly express her political concerns, she chose to dedicate her time to environmental activism.
During her time away from Newcastle, Fiona met her partner and began building a home together near Taree. Over many years, they realised a long-held dream for a sustainable home, and also started a family, welcoming a daughter into the world. In 2019, when bushfires were raging across the east coast of Australia, the 24
