Keely Varmalis interdisciplinary artist based in Naarm | Melbourne. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the Victorian College of the Arts, where she specialised in Printmaking and Sculptural practices. Her work has been showcased in prominent galleries, including Useful Objects, West Space, and the Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery.
In addition to her visual art practice, she has contributed to a range of performance projects in collaboration with other artists, presenting work at Station Gallery and Project8 Gallery. In 2022, Varmalis was honoured with the Fan the Flames Acquisitive Scholarship, and her work is now permanently displayed at the Wilin Centre, University of Melbourne. Enamoured by the sensitivity of glass as a material, Varmalis has undertaken focused and rigorous studio development with r.a.g.e. Hot Glass Studio since 2023.
In this theatre of holding, the stage commands space for impermanence. Care and rupture, care and rupture. Something of her substance is constantly falling away.