Virginia Keft Artist

20/06/2026

What a gift to attend this theatre every night ✨Lovers on a starry stage, none the wiser of their audience of one 🤍🤍

20/06/2026

✨ The Picket Fence Project ✨

Today marked the first public presentation of The Picket Fence Project as part of Creative Dialogues: Creativity, Ecology and the Future at Wollongong Town Hall.

It was incredibly special to see these community-created works gathered together for the first time and to celebrate the stories, creativity and connections they hold.

Thank you to the Wollongong City Council team Melanie and Jennine for creating the opportunity to share the work.

Supported by Create NSW and endorsed by Aunty Gwenda Jarrett, The Picket Fence Project brings together Aboriginal community voices from across Dharawal, Yuin, Jerrinja and Wandi Wandian Country.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who contributed to the project, including Noah’s Family Playgroups (Mel Harpur), Gubidja Wurrangalali Gooyoong and Cullunghutti, Young Yarns, Bilima Booris, and Burri Burri with Aunty Jodie Stewart.

City of Wollongong Wollongong CBD Create NSW Noah's Inclusion Services

12/06/2026

✨Pleased to share that Madjam: Between Light received the Sculpture Prize in the Linden Postcard Show 2026.

Now in its 36th year, the Linden Postcard Show brings together more than 1,000 small-scale artworks by artists from across Australia.
If you’re in Melbourne, the exhibition is on at Linden New Art, 26 Acland Street, St Kilda, Victoria, until 1 August.

Thank you to the judges and the team at Linden New Art.

Madjam: Between Light 🦇
Linden New Art

04/06/2026

Thank you to the wonderful team at the Women’s Trauma Recovery Centre for having me in your beautiful space to spend the morning weaving and yarning 🍃🧡

30/05/2026

💛🌿 Botanical dye art-making is not for the artist who likes things to move fast.

It’s painstakingly slow. It takes up a huge amount of space, it’s messy, experimental, sometimes a complex failure, and other times it’s breathtakingly beautiful - did I mention it’s sloooowwwww. 🐌

For this hyper focused, ADHD woman it forces my to be patient in the most frustrating and wonderful way. 🍃

This is some work on progress for my up coming finalist exhibition for the and 2026 NSW Visual Art Fellowship (Emerging). Opens July, stay tuned!

21/05/2026

Celebrated the opening of Tony Albert’s massive retrospective, NOT A SOUVENIR at the MCA last night. ✨

It was especially exciting to see Jasper Keft’s appearance in Tony’s photo series Optimism II, featuring the incredible weaving work of Erica Muriata 🧡✨

Congratulations to Girramay, Kuku Yalanji, and Yidinji artist Tony Albert on the exhibition- a seminal survey of his work over the past two decades. The show is spectacular in both scale and energy. A true testament to the artist’s exceptional talent and dedication to truth-telling through provocation and humour.

“This exhibition is an invitation. An opportunity to open something up: not just my practice, but a long and complex conversation that I have been part of for many years. Some things you encounter here may feel familiar, others may feel uncomfortable.” — Tony Albert

‘Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir takes inspiration from the MCA’s location on Sydney Harbour and the surrounding precinct of Tallawoladah/The Rocks - a colonial site now closely associated with tourism and souvenir culture. The artworks presented here grapple with the commodification and misrepresentation of Aboriginal peoples, both historically and today, while also celebrating survival, resilience, and cultural pride.

Albert’s practice is grounded in his extensive collection of historical “Aboriginalia” — mass-produced objects featuring caricatures of Indigenous peoples and cultural motifs. By intervening in this material, the artist transforms objects of prejudice into powerful symbols of resistance, asserting an Indigenous understanding of Australian culture and history.’

Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir is guest curated by curator Bruce Johnson McLean (Wierdi people), Rebecca Ray (Meriam Mer), and has been developed in close collaboration with the artist Tony Albert (Girramay, Kuku Yalanji and Yidindji peoples).



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30/04/2026

07/04/2026

🦇🤎 I’m excited to share that my work dabun dhangguray (dream soft) III is a finalist in the 2026 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize ✨

Australian Museum

This year’s prize brings together 74 artists across the Open and Emerging categories, exploring the intersection of art and science.

You can view the full exhibition online or see it in person when it opens Friday 10 April 🖤

21/03/2026

✨🍃 A lovely customer purchased this little madjam at Bundanon Maker’s Market yesterday. We got chatting about all things bats and I’ve discovered my square reader didn’t process the payment properly - this was definitely an issue on my end!
I’m hoping you, or someone you know might see this and get in touch.
Thank you! 🦇☺️

18/03/2026

✨🍃Come along this Saturday to Bundanon Artists & Maker’s Market! I will be there with a selection of artworks including woven madjam (flying foxes) 🦇, bark and silk artworks, earrings and more.

The market will showcase incredible local artists and makers at the beautiful Bundanon Art Museum and surrounds.
😄Sat 21st March - Market kicks off at 9am and finishes at 3pm.