About

Amy Jane Collins is an independent artist, curator, and writer living along the banks of kanamaluka (Northen Tasmania).

Working across installation, sculpture, ceramics, sound, and time‑based media, her practice explores the relationship between identity and the body through the lens of chronic illness and disability, particularly as it intersects with the political and personal tensions of everyday life. Her curatorial projects build upon this, with a focus on arts as advocacy, socially engaged projects, and experimental practices that disrupt traditional gallery conventions.

Amy holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) from Queensland University of Technology and completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) at the University of Tasmania in 2025. Notable achievements include receiving the Hilde Chenhall Memorial Scholarship for outstanding potential to contribute to contemporary arts in Australia, founding the artist-run initiative Undone, and her recent solo exhibition How Does It Feel? at Good Grief Studios in Hobart.

Through her role as Founding Director, Amy built Undone from the ground up, taking advantage of the unhoused model to collaborate with various art galleries and organisations such as; Ipswich Community Gallery, Field Trip Gallery, and House Conspiracy. Her recent curatorial project Play:Ground marked a significant career milestone, representing the first time Amy, the artists, and the ARI secured government funding support. She is passionate about the role ARIs play in fostering meaningful community and providing vital platforms for emerging and early‑career artists at pivotal moments in their careers.

Amy is a board member of Sawtooth ARI, an artist‑run initiative that brings art and ideation to the community of Launceston. Alongside her arts practice and work with ARIs, Amy is currently working on an independent curatorial project focused on platforming artists in regional and rural areas of the island. Previously, she held roles as Exhibitions Assistant and Workshop Programs Officer at artisan, the Queensland Organisation for Craft and Design.