Stellar Leuna - 2021 October 08 2021

Feature Show
Outré Gallery Fitzroy
8 October – 31 October 2021

Born in Kowloon, Hong Kong and raised in Sydney, Australia, Stellar Leuna has always been fascinated by what it means to “belong”, so unsurprisingly, coming-of-age themes are frequently visited subject matter in her work. Teenage girls, witches and demons all seem to live happily and harmoniously in a surreal black-and-white dystopia where the sun never rises. It is through a subtle dark humour that Stellar is able to illustrate her feelings on heavy subject matter such as alienation, rejection, romance, death and the afterlife - without deeply upsetting the viewer. Starting out in self-publishing her own art zines and designing merch for bands and local streetwear labels, her bold cartoony renditions of “satanic panic” imagery inspired by the covers of her favourite punk and heavy metal records makes her work appealing not just to those in the underground art world - a fact that has become evident since her collaboration with major fashion labels PRADA and Tiffany & Co in 2018.