During her fellowship Mia gave a talk as part of the Art Forum series.

She also gave a masterclass for students from across VCA Art programmes exploring the importance of science fiction storytelling to create new ways of understanding and how it can be relevant to an art practice that analyses the world around them. The students engaged in a close reading of a text by Ursula K Le Guin, group discussions and drawing exercises, and students looked at the history of science fiction novels and the work of contemporary artists to create visual and literary narratives.">

Mia Boe

Mia Boe is a painter from Brisbane with Butchulla and Burmese ancestry. The inheritance and disinheritance of both cultures is the focus of her practice. Boe’s paintings respond, sometimes obliquely, to historical and contemporary acts of violence perpetrated on the people and lands of Burma and Australia. More recently, Boe has drawn on her interests in science fiction, literature and cinema. Selected solo exhibitions include Guwinganj, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Hervey Bay, QLD, 2024; Imagined realistic minds, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, 2024; The Aboriginal Robot, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 2024; Going Insein, Gertrude Contemporary Glasshouse, Melbourne, 2023.

During her fellowship Mia gave a talk as part of the Art Forum series.

She also gave a masterclass for students from across VCA Art programmes exploring the importance of science fiction storytelling to create new ways of understanding and how it can be relevant to an art practice that analyses the world around them. The students engaged in a close reading of a text by Ursula K Le Guin, group discussions and drawing exercises, and students looked at the history of science fiction novels and the work of contemporary artists to create visual and literary narratives.