Lorraine Simiana

Lorraine Simiana is a Sydney-based contemporary artist whose practice examines the psychological and social constraints placed on women. Working primarily in oil on linen, her large-scale paintings depict figures entangled in webs, suspended like marionettes, or isolated within stark, ambiguous spaces.
Her work explores themes of control, vulnerability, and emotional confinement, drawing attention to the often unseen weight of expectation, silence, and power imbalance. Through restrained colour palettes and deliberately minimal compositions, Simiana creates a sense of tension between presence and absence, forcing the viewer to confront both the figure and the space surrounding them.
Rather than offering resolution, her paintings sit in discomfort. Eyes emerge from emptiness, bodies are partially obscured, and narratives remain deliberately unresolved, reflecting the ongoing and complex nature of inequality and lived experience.
Simiana holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and is currently expanding her practice through further research. She has exhibited in group exhibitions and curated collaborative projects, bringing both an artistic and organisational perspective to her work.
Her practice continues to evolve through a focus on material...

Bachelor of Fine Arts - National Art School, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts - Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE, Meadowbank Campus, NSW, Australia
Diploma of Fine Arts - Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE, Meadowbank Campus, NSW, Australia

2025 Uneen/unheard, See street gallery, Meadowbank
2020 Being, belonging and becoming, The Other Art Fair, Barangaroo Reserve, Sydney
2018 - Are you listening, Can you see me, Solo Exhibition, MLC Gallery, Newtown, NSW Australia
2017 - Pinkgasm, Group exhibition, MLC Gallery, Newtown, NSW Australia
2016 Graduate Exhibition, National Art School, Darlinghurst
2014 Graduate Exhibition, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank
2014 - Fragments of memory, Solo exhibition, Lane Cove Music and Cultural Centre, NSW Australia
2013 Fragments of Time, Hungry For Art Festival, Ryde Council
2013 Graduate Exhibition, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank
2013 Energy Field, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank
2012 Meadowmorphosis, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank
2011 Translation, See Street Gallery, Meadowbank