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Parminder Kaur Bhandal (she/her) is a multifaceted artist, librarian, and poet whose creative journey centers on opening the heart chakra. Her work, spanning photography, video, and installation, champions themes of self-love, compassion, empathy, and forgiveness. Through her art, Parminder redefines narratives, amplifying marginalized voices and challenging conventional perspectives on identity and place. Her practice is a tribute to community, history, and the interconnectedness of life, advocating for liberation from practices that alienate people and land from their intrinsic essence.
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Education
2019- 2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts, RMIT University.
2021-2022 Diploma of Library and Information Services
Exhibition Profile
2024- Mirages Exhibition, Changing Room Gallery
2024-WUNDERGYM X Melbourne Fringe Festival, Woods street art spaces.
2024-Show your WESTSIDE Art Prize
2024- Creatives and Coffee, Artful Yoga Gallery
2024-All you do, Unassigned Gallery, Melbourne Design Week
2024- In my little corner of the world anyone would love you, Niddrie Library
2024-Earth, Body and Soul, Incinerator Gallery
2023- Dances and Dreams, Abbotsford Convent
2023-Airtime Exhibition, Hobsons Bay Council
2023- People Exhibition, Group Exhibition @ Unassigned Gallery
2033- Resonant Voices Showcase, LeSpace
2023-Hillvale Photo Trophy, Hillvale Gallery
2023- Library at the Dock Window Display, City of Melbourne
2023- International Women's Day Exhibition, Abbotsford Convent
2023- The Bureau of Origins (BOO) Exhibition, The Pavillion
2023- Carlton Library Light Boxes, Yarra City Council
2022- WOMEN NOW Exhibition, Queen Victoria Market
2022-Woods Street Youth Art Prize
2022- The Forest I Inhabit, Compendium Gallery
2022- When you think of feminism, what do you think? , George Paton Gallery
2022- Fleeting Landscapes, Sunshine Art Spaces
2022- Re-center Exhibition, Hunt Club Community and Arts Centre
2021- Future Lens Exhibition, Hunt Club Community and Arts Centre
2021- Testing Nights, Testing Grounds
2020- Quivering in Quarantine, Volume I, An Online Curated Exhibition
https://mrosestephenson.wixsite.com/qiqgallery
2020- Covid-19 Global Quilt, An Online Global Quilt Project
http://www.katejust.com/covid19-global-quilt
2019- Seen and Heard, Creative Womxn Exhibition
2019- Born there, Raised here and Home Nowhere’, Archways, First Site Gallery
2018- Offensiveart?, Brunswick Street Gallery.
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Poetry
2024-Demure Launch, High Note
2024 - Music for Liberation, Bar 303
2024-Thin Red Line Feature, Brunswick Artist Bar
2023- Radio Laria Feature, Open Studio Northcote
2023-Brimbank Readers and Writers Festival
2022- Feature poet for GenZine Launch, Bowery Theatre
2022- Creative Producer for Slamadamdingdong
2022- Feature Poet for Melbourne Spoken Word Fresh Voices Showcase
2021- Wordcraft Feature @ The Fitzroy Art Collective
2021- Sacrificial Poet for SLAMAFAM, Loop Bar
2021- Winner of Slamadamadindong 2021
2021- Poetry Feature for The Maes Band at The Corner Hotel
2021- Feature Poet for Line-up, Sign up, Muck-up event for the Midsumma Festival
2021- Winner of Speak Up, Own Your Voice poetry Slam for Connection Art Spaces
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Residency
2024/2025- Peer- to- Peer, Trocadero projects
2023- Bowery Theatre Residency
2021- CAS X WOT Artist Residency at the Old Cheese Factory in Berwick
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Theatre
2024- Inner Sanctuary, Bowery Theatre
2023- Aza: stories of grief in diaspora, Fringe Festival
2023- The Boss of Bakersfield, Western Edge
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Workshops
2023- Flower Crown Workshop, Abbotsford Convent
2023- Earth Body Soul: Artist Workshop, Carlton Library
2023-Nature-Costume Workshop, The Bowery Theatre St Albans Community Centre
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Projects
2024- Brimabnk Arts Advisory Committee
2024- Wunder Gym, Wyndham City Council
2022- Resonant Voices, VU
2022- Youth Voice Creative Project, YMCA
2020- Future Lens Project, Brimbank City Council
Print
2024- Demure Magazine 24.01
2024- To Forever Ebb and Flow: Queer Time/Migrant Time Reader
2023, Rara Issue 6
2023- Be Log Zine, Self Published
2022- The Bold Source
2022- GenZine Issue 3
2021- GenZine Issue 2
2020 - METAMORPHOSIS Anthology, Bowen Street Press
Awards
2024- Nominated for Brimbank Young Citizen of the Year
2022- Artist Encouragement Award, Woods Street Youth Art Prize
2022- Best Youth Film Runner Up, 123 Film competition @ BE BOLD FESTIVAL
2020- Quivering in Quarantine’s People’s Choice Award
I lovingly acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nations, who have cared for the land, skies, and waterways where I create, learn, and find joy. My heartfelt respect to elders past, present, and emerging, and their profound Indigenous wisdom of knowing, listening, and connecting to Country <3