Georgina Gould-Hardwick

2023 Haymes Family Foundation Award

2021 Isobella Foundation Award
2021 Mentoring Program
Genre: Visual Arts

An interdisciplinary artist based in Ballarat. Georgina creates realistic coloured pencil illustrations of Australian flora & fauna. With tertiary degrees in both fine art and environmental management, her artworks communicate themes of environmental conservation, and aims to increase public awareness of native Australian species.

Kat Pengelly

2004 BAF Award
2022 Mentoring Program
Genre: Fashion Design

Kat Pengelly creates wearable art. Her label ‘Koshka’ is a creative force of Art Fuelled Fashion.

With a background in Fine Art, Kat’s fashion collections enter the world via art galleries and theatres. Her artistic label was unleashed at the Art Gallery of Ballarat with a solo show and performance called Launch Pad. A capacity crowd was in attendance and the gallery acquired one of Kat’s garments for their permanent collection.

Kat’s artful fashion incorporates sculptural and image making processes and are often presented as performance art. Her favorite artistic expression is to create thought provoking Fashion Concept Shows. The collaboration required to execute such events is a source of inspiration for her.

A successful applicant of many grants, Kat has received significant funding from the Regional Arts Fund, administered by Regional Arts Victoria to produce her shows called Feeling the Ceiling – Fashion for Rock Climbers (2011) and Fashion for Funerals – Putting the FUN into Funerals (2015). Both of these performances were premiered at the Nati Frinj Biennale.

https://koshka.com.au/