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Website - www.francesmatassa.com Instagram - @francesmatassa Allegory of Somatic Memory Imprint Why do you make art? I make art because it’s a way for me to connect and process. My grandpa was an artist, mainly a painter, and he taught me and my sister how to draw as children. I never thought I was good enough to do it as more than a pastime because I wasn’t able to draw hyper-realistically. After I was sexually assaulted as a teenager, I withdrew from myself and struggled to

My personal concern in this painting was to have form follow function, the function being to create fascination.

In my piece Honeyeater, mischievous New Holland Honeyeaters perch on and dine from a graphite maiden adorned with fresh sprigs of grevillea.

In this work, I explore the shifting landscapes of dream worlds and the dualities between the awake and dreaming mind.

The River so Far and Low is a segment of an escapist-fantasy world seeking to heal and externalize my bodily happenings at a specific moment

Parallel Thinking is a series in which two artists compare works on the same themes, motifs, or content by responding to shared prompts.

Reveal is from my series of ink-wash drawings on vintage tablecloths, handkerchiefs, and napkins.

I grapple with ideas of identity, gender, and the ways we consume and occupy space.