"Nonsubmersible" Painting

Janni Louise Fewster is a Melbourne-based visual artist, who creates experiences that influence thoughts, feelings, and actions. She works primarily with oil paint, acrylics, pencil, digital tools. Her carefully considered participatory experiences make for unique and deeply questioning encounters. Janni's work creates and explores both natural and imagined worlds. Recent projects have seen Janni delve into themes of emotional projection, and explore the potential for empathy between humans and animals. Janni sees a growing divide between the lives of humans and animals, and so strives to produce work that creates an interface for humans to thoughtfully connect and empathise with other species. Janni understands that empathy and compassion are needed to curb endangerment and extinction. Janni is a keen and capable design collaborator. In addition to her own artistic expertise, Janni has received training at the Node Center in Berlin for art curation, at Swinburne in Melbourne for Multimedia Design, and was Head of Curation at Australia's largest online art marketplace, Bluethumb. Janni's broad experience in creative industries has seen her cultivate a strong business sense, to complement her artistic skill. Other recently self-imposed learnings include the foundations of psychology and the effects of sound on the mind. Janni is not an artist who takes herself too seriously. Accompanying compelling themes, one often recognises whimsy and probing curiosity, intended to evoke wonder in her audience, and inspire positive change.