Painting
Emmaleen Diaz
Emmaleen Diaz has been creating art since she was eight years old. Born in Colombia and raised in Australia, her practice focuses on expressive portrait and abstract painting, often enriched with vibrant colours and bold brush strokes.
Artist Profile
Emmaleen Diaz has been creating art since she was eight years old. Born in Colombia and raised in Australia, her practice focuses on expressive portrait and abstract painting, often enriched with vibrant colours and bold brush strokes.
She is compelled to portray the rich and intricate life stories she sees in the human face and using the spontaneous gestural paint on the canvas to creative vibrant expressive abstract work. Diaz graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at the National Art School in Sydney (NAS).
Diaz was the inaugural artist in residence at Mental Gallery (Bowral, NSW) and has had work exhibited at the Aarwun Gallery in Canberra, Penrith Regional Gallery, Tyger Gallery Yass and Hillview Heritage Hotel. She is the 2023 scholarship creative arts winner of the Veolia Mulwree fund. Her inspirations include Wendy Sharpe, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.
Career Highlights
- She is the 2023 scholarship creative arts winner of the Veolia Mulwree fund
- Graduation exhibition Nas show 2023
- Group Exhibition at Tyger gallery Yass
