Celina Lei

Celina Lei is an arts writer and editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_

Celina's Latest Articles

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Small organisations and artists win in first ArtsPay grant round

A total of $55,000 has been distributed to small arts organisations and independent artists through the ArtsPay Foundation.

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Opportunities and awards

Lester Prize for Portraiture and Prime Minister's Literary Awards open for entries, plus winners of Cloncurry Poetry Competition, and more!

Panels of artworks installed outside a redbrick building. The works depict colourful First Nations motifs. Three figures are standing in front of the panels looking at them.
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Leading The Substation into its 'teenage years'

After moving to Melbourne and six months into the job as CEO of The Substation, Nuala Furtado shares her biggest…

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Celebrating the vision of female photographers in recent exhibitions

Female photographers in the spotlight with a series of currently showing and upcoming exhibitions, each expanding the idea of portraiture.

A group of people in a rehearsal room with timbre floor sitting in a loose circle. There is a women sitting and learning her body down to write on a piece of paper in the centre of the image.
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Opportunities and awards

This week’s announcements include the National Photographic Portrait Prize winner, APRA PDAs, Penguin Literary Prize, Miles Franklin shortlist and more.

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International Symposium of Electronic Art heads to Brisbane 2024

ISEA returns to Australia after a decade-long absence and is inviting explorations on time from a First Nations perspective.

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Exhibition review: Pre-Raphaelites and In the Company of Morris, Art Gallery of Ballarat

Two interwoven exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Ballarat are presented in the spirit of the Pre-Raphaelites with new contemporary…

Painting of a young man's face in close crop. In the background is a winding path in the midst of a yellow field.
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'Don't overthink it' says 2022 Hornsby Art Prize winner

Thanks to the Hornsby Art Prize, Solomon Karmel-Shann is now taking a new direction in his work, but initially it…

The inside of a heritage building with polished wooden floor and high curved ceiling. In the space is a woman projected onto the right wall, and a mirrored surface on the left side reflecting the projection.
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How the State Library of Victoria is reinventing itself through art

There are galleries in libraries and Iibraries in galleries – are these categories still relevant and what is the role…

A crowded pub where four figures with big smiley face headwear sit near a table.
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Foodie game show shaking up the status quo

'eaters' is part live performance, part pub quiz because 'we all have skin in the game' when it comes to…

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