Vanessa Esau

Vanessa Esau is an artist based in Geelong, Australia, working with a focus on hand-cut collage. 

In her collages, Vanessa explores placing familiar objects into unfamiliar situations, settings and combinations. She uses vintage magazines, second-hand books, old postcards and other found materials to create her collages, with 1950s and 1960s advertising, word play, bright colours and the natural world frequent themes in her work.

Vanessa has appeared in various group exhibitions, most recently including:

2023 – 30x30, The Space - Gallery + Workshops, Geelong, Victoria

2023 – Botanical, Geelong Illustrators Studio Gallery, Geelong, Victoria

2022 – Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria

2022 – Little Bits, Geelong Illustrators Studio Gallery, Geelong, Victoria

2022 – Four Different Perspectives, The Space - Gallery + Workshops, Geelong, Victoria

2022 – 30x30, The Space - Gallery + Workshops, Geelong, Victoria

2022 – Small Works Art Prize 2022, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria