About

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

2024View 2024, Photoaccess

2023 – Windows of Wondering  (Solo), Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

2022Future Photographers Lab | Residency with F.Stop Workshop at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery | 24 September – 4 December 2022

2022Self & Surrounds Nest Studio Collective, Group Exhibition, The Curious Rabbit

2021Listening to Lilacs (Solo), F.Stop Workshop 

2021Thinking about Thinking (Solo), Good Sport Studio

2021Street Scapes Projection, Griffith 

2020Horizons Made Wide, Artstate Wagga Wagga

2020Bloom 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