METAMORPHOSIS - BEA JONES

Artist and poet Bea Jones, was born in London and grew up in New Zealand and started writing poetry in the early 1990s, based in Newcastle NSW and the Hunter Valley. Bea moved to Melbourne in 1998. Over the years Bea has exhibited her art and performed poetry at readings in NSW and Melbourne and appeared as guest poet at various Regional Writers’ Festivals.

Jones has been published in many anthologies, including ‘ Visions from the Valley - Poetry of the Hunter Valley 1960 – 2000’ and ‘On the Street, a Melbourne Anthology’ 2020.

Jones won the Ada Cambridge Award in 2016 and was shortlisted for the Grieve Award 2019, the Poetica Christi Award 2020 and the ACU Award 2019/ 2020.

“I have been working with bones, mummification and found detritus for some years now and always find it very satisfying giving discarded and unloved things a new lease on life. My love of words and poetry are sometimes integrated. My home is fast becoming a mini Natural History Museum. I am working up to a big exhibition sometime, somewhere, somehow. This is a selection of my latest work.”

Bones, mixed media, various dimensions. Bea Jones.

Bones, mixed media, various dimensions. Bea Jones.

Seeking Asylum

Mixed media

H48 x W58 cm.

Bea Jones.

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