Acrylic Painting

Magali Feuga

Magali Feuga is a French artist based on Australia’s Sunshine Coast. Her work focusses on a portrayal of the human form that values internal worlds and unique ways of being.

Artist Profile

Magali Feuga is a French artist based on Australia’s Sunshine Coast since 2018. Her work focusses on a portrayal of the human form that values internal worlds and unique ways of being.

She has a figurative practice that activates an emotional depth in both subject and observer.

Growing up aboard her parent’s sailboat, Magali’s curiosity in art developed as her artist father encouraged her creative pursuits. She studied art at the EMAP Villa Thiole in Nice in the late 90s, and her practice evolved through self–instruction, influenced by further travel over two decades as a nomadic private chef.

After settling in Australia, Magali began to focus primarily on art, with people emerging as a recuring symbol in her body of work. She continues to dwell on the human form through values of self-expression and connection.

Portraits and figures, created mostly with acrylic and mixed media, convey vivid emotions through bold and expressive visuals.

These representational and spiritual introspections have featured in Magali’s pasts exhibitions and art prizes over recent years. With ongoing projects and upcoming exhibitions, Magali is dedicated to developing her practice and hopes to further question what it means to be human through her work.

Artist Interview

What medium do you work with, and why have you chosen them?

With an openness for original outcomes, I like to experiment with expressive features and poses using various techniques and mediums with a tendency for acrylic, ink, marker pens, oil sticks, and occasionally spray paint and collage.<p> Yet, my approach is typically not wedded to certain methodologies but instead pursues energy and visual impact over realistic depiction.

How does your artwork get from initial concept to exhibition stage?

I find a constant source of inspiration in people and usually work in series that can be very different from one another. A pose, an attitude or a facial expression can spark my creative imagination and lead to a new body of work. I draw from social and creative sources to inform my representation of emotion and spirit. Influenced by the Renaissance and Expressionism, I also like to borrow elements from graphic design and street art.

Can you tell us a little more about your creative working environment/studio?

I create from my home studio. It used to be in a tiny space which was originally the laundry room and it was usually overcrowded with work in progress and ongoing projects.<p> I've recently moved to a much bigger space, full of light and allowing me to explore and approach my practice in a different way.