about
BRZA DOLL
After more than a decade in public education, creating spaces for highschoolers to express themselves and supporting their discovery of self advocacy and realisation- I found myself circling back to… myself.
What began as a therapeutic practice centring my own expression of creativity- that I hadn’t ever lost- but had woven (sometimes unrecognisibly) into other purposes, soon unravelled. The deep thread of my formative years spent crafting, experimenting, and building with shape and colour hit the surface again- after being bound and wound in other pursuits.
“ Is there such a thing as the organised uncanny?!”
My art practice is a space where seriousness and play sit side by side. Precision, focus, and persistence from my teaching years drive my habits and goals, and are balanced by the lightness brought about through the joy of experimenting, layering, and leaning into the fantastical.
I’m drawn to oddities, small strangenesses, and the secret, surprising and sometimes hidden ethereal details of everyday life.
Through abstract painting, collage, and mixed media, I explore colour, memory, and place. My work often emerges in response to landscapes & culture (both local and afar), fragments of heritage, and the textures of lived experience. Each series invites curiosity: a chance to pause, ponder perspective, and revel in beauty that doesn’t always resolve neatly - opening to new streams of curiousity.
“ Curiousity might be the most important creative foundation.”
Today, under the name BRZA DOLL, I create independently driven bodies of work alongside community projects and workshops. My practice celebrates the spark of imagination that was patiently waiting for us - when we give ourselves permission to play, while remaining grounded in a deep respect, connection, and care.