Bella Insch is an emerging visual artist with a developing studio-based practice. Bella grew up on Yuin Country and currently lives and works in Naarm (Melbourne). She holds a Graduate diploma and Master of Art Therapy as well as a bachelor’s degree in visual arts (Majoring in sculpture and drawing). Bella is a member of the LGBTQIA+ community. Her work explores the complexity of interpersonal intimacies, religious iconography and personal narratives of loss and belonging. As well as Mechanic’s Warehouse in Pambula, Bella has exhibited at Precinct Gallery in Berry, Belconnen Arts Centre, Crackpot Studios and Gallery in Sydney and Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne. She has shown at Motel Art Fair in Bermagui, Mechanics’ Botanics, The Canberra Potter’s Society, Spiral Gallery, Thursday Plantation Sculpture Show. Bella has worked as an artist’s assistant and has participated in artists in residence programs at Belconnen Arts Centre and Milton. Bella can be found at InkandBrush on Instagram.
Established in 2021, the National Emerging Art Prize was created to provide an annual, highly visible national platform to identify, promote and support the most promising emerging visual and ceramic artists in Australia.