Bio
Brittany Hefren is an emerging photo-media artist based in Wagga Wagga, NSW. She uses photography and poetry as a tool for practising a disciplined deepening of attention, drawing parallels between patterns observed in nature and human experience.
Sincerity, childlike wonder and awe are characteristic of Brittany’s practice. She is adept at uncovering small stories of beauty in the everyday, often collecting and sharing written and photographic reflections on wisdom and beauty found on her daily walks. She loves to re-work her images through experimental techniques such as photo-collage to explore themes of change, growth & transformation.
Brittany graduated from Charles Sturt University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Creative Industries (Design & Visual Arts), has been a finalist in the Ballarat International Foto Biennale GradFoto Exhibition (2021) and is a co-founder of Nest Studio Collective – a female led collective of Wagga based emerging artists. Her recent bodies of work, Listening to Lilacs (2021) and Neighbourhood Notes (2022) reflect her outlook that creative processing can bring growth, hope and a new understanding of light in the everyday. She feels extremely blessed to live & work on Wiradjuri land.
Education
2021 – Bachelor of Creative Industries (Design and Visual Arts), Charles Sturt University
2018 – Higher School Certificate, Wagga Wagga Christian College
Experience
2022-current – Communications & Engagement Officer, Eastern Riverina Arts
2023-current – Media & Engagement Officer, Wagga Wagga Business Chamber
2023 – Participant, Regional Scribes, Regional Arts Australia
2021-2023 – Co Founder, Nest Studio Collective
2021 – 2022 – Gallery Assistant, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga
2021 – Creative Ageing Riverina Artist Residency, Whiddon Temora
2021 – Participant, Riverina Arts Leadership Program, Australia Council for the Arts
2020 – Photography Assistant, Anne Ferran
Exhibitions
2024 – View 2024, Photoaccess
2023 – Windows of Wondering (Solo), Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
2022 – Future Photographers Lab | Residency with F.Stop Workshop at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery | 24 September – 4 December 2022
2022 – Self & Surrounds Nest Studio Collective, Group Exhibition, The Curious Rabbit
2021 – Listening to Lilacs (Solo), F.Stop Workshop
2021 –Thinking about Thinking (Solo), Good Sport Studio
2021 – Street Scapes Projection, Griffith
2020 – Horizons Made Wide, Artstate Wagga Wagga
2020 – Bloom 2020, Charles Sturt University
Awards
2021 – Finalist, GradFoto 2021 Exhibition, Ballarat International Foto Biennale
2019, 2020, 2021 – Executive Dean’s Award (All Semesters)
Contact
britthefren@gmail.com