Sherree Dawn Halliwell

Since ‘semi-retiring’ from corporate marketing to academia in 2022, Dr Sherree Halliwell has devoted herself fully to her creative passions in visual and digital art. Her multidisciplinary practice is grounded in themes of compassionate feminism, environmental sustainability, and a critical examination of social and political injustices.

Sherree’s work spans screen-based and live performance, sculpture, and multimedia installation. Her embodied performances are emotionally charged and deeply personal, inviting audiences to confront uncomfortable truths with empathy and reflection. Through a unique technique of embodied pheno-pragma-practice, she bridges the physicality of performance with the tactile presence of her sculptural and digital works.

Her creative process is both physically and emotionally demanding, requiring her to inhabit the pain and trauma associated with the issues she explores. This vulnerability becomes a powerful tool for transformation—turning personal and collective grief into a call for awareness, healing, and change. For Sherree, art is not only a form of expression but a deeply personal journey of resilience and hope.

Early in her art career, Sherree undertook a residency in the UK, where she studied form and flow. This experience significantly influenced her artistic style, which continues to explore the dynamic interplay between structure and movement.

Her digital workEye Another Day, a critical exploration of AI as a mode of ‘seeing’, was a finalist in the FoA International Short Film Festival. Her recent piecePolitics is Wallpaper received a Highly Commended award at the Foothills Art Show. Currently, she is exhibiting 34 small sculptures inSpinning Yarns, a duo exhibition at Culliford House Gallery in Toowoomba (May 27 – June 22, 2025). The exhibition explores the power of storytelling—through yarn and narrative—to bridge divides, foster empathy, and invite new perspectives.