a list of brisbane-based experimental musicians and performance artists who just happen to be women/trans/nonbinary/gender nonconforming
An incomplete list that I will happily add to. The list is in alphabetical order by first name for the hell of it. If you are organising some kind of experimental art event and want to contact any of these artists, please drop me a line and I will pass on their details asap.
If you or anyone you know of should be on this list – if you/they in some way practice experimental or underground live soundmaking and/or performance (and/or installations) and would like to be considered for local gigs and collaborations – please feel free to contact me here or via facebook. Also keen to include bands and collectives that feature not-all-cis-men. Just send me your name, art practice, a link to a website or example of your work, and some way of getting in touch (which if it’s a phone number or email address I won’t put up here directly, but will keep in a separate document to pass on to interested parties).
Happy weird-making!
Alex Jordan | artist, singer
Amanda Terry | violinist, improviser, composer
Amber Hansen | composer, producer, performer, electroacoustic musician
Anna Kho | percussionist, composer, curator, podcast producer
Anna Whitaker | sound designer, composer, audio engineer
Annie Larsen | clarinetist
Ariella Brooke Woods | performance poet, stand-up comic
Bonnie Hart | multidisciplinary artist, film-maker, music-maker
Caitlin Franzmann | interdisciplinary artist, focus on critical listening
Caroline Austin | interdisciplinary artist, working across installation, photography, sculpture and sound
Catherine Likhuta | composer, pianist
Charlotte Burbrook de Vere | violist
Charulatha Mani | vocalist, Indian classical musician, collaborator, improviser
Christina Langham | drummer, creative producer
Cieon Hilton | radio, performance art
Corrina Bonshek | composer, musician
Danielle Bentley | cellist, programmer, writer
El Brim | clarinetist
Eleanor Streatfeild | cellist, programmer
Elizabeth John | percussionist, improviser, programmer
Elizabeth Shearon | composer, multimedia artist (now based in Europe)
Ellie Harrison | violist, singer, improviser, composer
Elliot Rentoul | composer, conductor, teacher
Elouise McIntyre | composer, arranger
Emma Di Marco | saxophonist
Eve Klein | composer, singer, new media opera, electronica
Flora Wong | violinist, curator
Georgia Shine | cellist, improviser, dancer, facilitator
Hannah Reardon-Smith (aka cyberBanshee, aka me) | flute + electronics musicker, improviser, composer
Hannaka Johnson (aka Feather Collector) | singer, songwriter, performance artist
Heidi Chan | composer
Heidi Cutlack | bassist, vocalist, improviser, sound-maker
Helen Svoboda | upright + electric bassist, improviser, composer (now based in Melbourne)
IDYLLS | experimental rock band
Jamee Seeto | percussionist, improviser
Jan Baker-Finch | movement artist, eurythmist
Jandy Rainbow | electronica
Janet McKay | flutist, curator
Jasmin Leung | composer, erhu player, improviser
Jodie Rottle | flutist, performance artist, composer, improviser
Joyce To | percussionist, improviser (now based in Canada)
Karike Ashworth | multidisciplinary artist-researcher-teacher
Kat Martian | artist, musician, filmmaker, facilitator (now based in Europe)
Katherine Summit | composer
Kathryn McKee | cellist, singer, composer, producer, programmer
Kayleigh Pincott | vocalist, improviser, songwriter
Kellie O’Dempsey | performance drawing installation artist, collaborator
Kim Day (aka Lesbian Merzbow) | experimental DJ, noise, performance
Lara Baker-Finch | violinist
Laura Burstow | instrument maker, sculpture artist
Leah Barclay | sound artist, composer
Leif Arwen Gifford | video and sound artist
Loni Fitzpatrick | harpist, vocalist, improviser (now based in Far North Qld)
Lucia Ilett | electronica, dance core, solo & band
Lynette Lancini | composer, pianist, improviser, songstress
Marisa Allen | violinist, improviser, poet
Marisa Georgiou | interdisciplinary and performance artist
Meg Burstow | pianist, composer
Melanie Jade Simpson | sound maker
Melody Woodnut | sound, installation, contemporary theatre/liveness, film/16mm
Merinda Dias-Jayasinha | vocalist, improviser, songwriter
Miriam Byrne | composer
Monique Bartkowiak | cellist, vocalist, improviser, event-maker
Naomi Blacklock | sound installation artist, performer
Naomi O’Reilly | interdisciplinary artist, curator
Natalie Scalia | pianist
Necho Brocchi (she/they) | video artist, installations
Nicole Carroll | composer, performer, sound designer, instrument builder (now based in Newcastle)
Nicole Murphy | composer
Phoebe Bognár | flutist, composer, improviser (now based in Switzerland)
Rachael Archibald | visual artist, experimental musician
Rebecca Hlodich | experimental musician, visual artist
Rebecca Karlen | violinist, singer, improviser, composer
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones | percussionist, improviser, composer
Renata Buziak | visual artist
Saara Roppola | performance artist
Sally Molloy | visual & tattoo artist, installations and sounding experiments
Samantha Axiak | experimental musician, visual artist
Sancintya Mohini Simpson | interdisciplinary and intersectional performance artist
Sandra Selig | musician, visual artist, experimental solo, found object, flute
Sarah Bellamy | bass guitarist, composer
Sharka Bosakova | garment designer, artist
Shelley Cheng | installations, visual artist
Shiitake Boii | experimental pop band
Skye McNicol | violinist, improviser
Sophie Min | pianist, composer, improviser
Taana Rose | improviser, vocalist, lyricist, singer, songwriter, producer, electronics
Tara Pattenden (Phantom Chips) | experimental electronics, noise, performance and soft circuitry
Tonestar Le Ru | guitarist, underground musician
Toukie Wood | violinist
Vanessa Tomlinson | percussionist, composer, improviser
Vicki Kelleher | poet (Minjerribah/North Stradbroke)
Yvette Ofa Agapow | noise artist, improviser, composer
Zoe Porter | performance artist
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