Annie Lok is a collage artist, primarily constructing her pieces from photographic and AI generated imagery, branching out from traditional cut and paste methods to digital technology, using computer applications such as Baazart. Her ongoing Rabbit Holes series, exhibited currently at Queanbeyan’s No Name Lane Open Air Gallery, was born out of a need to break free, evolve and survive during physical and psychological hardship. Each work is a choice, as the viewer, like Alice, follows the white rabbit down the hole and explore the Wonderland beyond. Passing from familiar to unfamiliar spaces, the female figures seen in each work move gracefully or awkwardly, into or out of black voids that appear in these photo collaged worlds. Rabbit Holes draw on themes imbued in social politics such as classism and religion, feminism, and the environment, that eventually impact on our wellbeing, from feeling insignificant or validated in the space we find ourselves in.

Hear more about the series and Annie’s journey as an artist at the Queanbeyan Arts Trail launch on Thu 17 Oct at 6pm at No Name Lane, Queanbeyan.