Through the roots and branches of her own familial heritage, Casey Jeffery explores the Australian suburban migrant experience and its legacy of materials. Often occupying space between figuration and abstraction, Jeffery’s paintings employ trompe l’oeil methodologies, speaking both to the history of painting, and the complex histories imbued in the fabrics she lovingly reproduces. The textiles are largely heirlooms, inherited from her Nonno, a first-generation Italian post-war migrant, who settled in Melbourne in 1951.

Casey Jeffery received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the Victorian College of the Arts and has an extensive exhibition history spanning public, non profit and private galleries in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. This includes exhibitions at LON, Town Hall Gallery, Bayside Gallery, Sarah Scout Presents, Castlemaine Art Museum, Linden New Art, West Space, TCB Art Inc, Conners Conners, MARS, and {Suite}. Her work has been presented at numerous art fairs in Australia, including SPRING 1883, Quarantine Art Fair and Sydney Contemporary. In addition to producing exhibitions for galleries, Jeffery has created public artworks for the City of Stonnington and the City of Melbourne through the Metro Tunnel Project. Jeffery has also been the recipient of several esteemed prizes and awards including The Macfarlane Fund Residency, The Fiona Myer Award, The John Vickery Scholarship and a West Space Mentorship; her work is held in the Artbank, RACV and Stevenson collections.