STIM Drawing - Where Movement Meets Mark-making with Melissa Peacock

Melissa Peacock is a multidisciplinary visual artist, educator, and researcher based in Central Queensland. Born in Ararat, Victoria, and raised on a sheep and wheat farm in the Pyrenees district, Melissa’s regional upbringing has deeply influenced her creative practice and community focus.
She holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts with First Class Honours (1998) and a Master’s Degree in Visual Arts (2003), both completed at the Arts Academy, University of Ballarat. With over two decades of experience in the Arts and Disability sector, Melissa has worked in various roles including Artist-in-Residence, Community Arts Worker, Studio Coordinator, and Arts Educator. Melissa’s work spans multiple disciplines and has been exhibited widely across Australia and the UK. In 2018, she moved to the Gladstone Region, where she established A Country Arts Practice—a micro regional arts business that fosters creative opportunities for regional communities.
Melissa is undertaking a PhD through CQUniversity and is a recipient of the BE Scholarship. Her research explores the question: What unique insights can a multimodal social semiotic autoethnographic approach provide about my experiences as a late-in-life diagnosed neurodivergent woman artist in a regional context?