Meagan Streader

I am so excited to finally share the details of this major project! It was an absolute pleasure to work with @celiaanned and @craftvictoria on this public artwork. Thank you to @homeapartmentsau for trusting in my vision for this ambitious installation, and to the wonderful team at @tiltindustrialdesign who made this project come to life. 🤍 🌊 ‘Quietly Flowing’, 2024 Powder coated aluminium, LED lighting Fabricated by Tilt Industrial Design @tiltindustrialdesign Curated by CRAFT @craftvictoria Commissioned for Home Docklands, City of Melbourne @homeapartmentsau @cityofmelbourne @developmentvic ‘Quietly Flowing’ continues my ongoing fascination with light and how it can manipulate, reinterpret or extend the boundaries of architectural spaces. This work considers water systems in relation to the urban environment - how water moves - both gently and powerfully through its surroundings - and how these natural currents can be mirrored and interpreted within a constructed space. ‘Quietly Flowing’ sits alongside other new commissions by the very talented Vipoo Srivilasa - ‘Water Spirit’, Jamie North - ‘Drift’, Alexander Knox - ‘Time Talker’ and Marta Figueiredo - ‘River of Mists and Shadows’. @vipooart @jamie_north_studio @alexander_knox_ @martafigueiredo_figgoscope Photos by Kieran Barker @kieran.barker and Claire Armstrong @claires_arms – #CraftVictoria #HomeApartments #HomeDocklands #CraftAgency #PublicArt #CityofMelbourne #Docklands

𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 displayed for 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 last month at @robin.boyd.foundation ❤ Stunning images taken by @phamstapham

Sky Whispers for Melbourne Now @ngvmelbourne 📷 @seanfennessy

A RESIDUAL PULSE/ MEAGAN STREADER/ 21 May - 22 August Open Wednesday - Saturday, 11am - 5pm The Substation Galleries Free Entry Opening Night: Thursday 21 May, 6pm RSVP at our link in bio. ABOUT THE ARTIST/ Meagan Streader is a contemporary artist based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. Her work pushes the limits of light within sculpture and installation. Streader manipulates, reinterprets and extends upon the boundaries of constructed spaces. Her site-specific interventions and multidimensional use of light re-orientates the viewer’s relationship to the pre-existing architecture and scale of a given space. In this way, Streader reveals the pervasive role of light in governing physical and social navigations of fabricated spaces. Through phenomenological investigations, Streader explores past, present and future possibilities within her contemporary practice. She examines the emotional and social resonance of architecture and design to reveal how light, history and time converge to shape human experience. By altering perception, her work offers alternative ways of understanding our spatial relationships, inviting viewers to consider light as a fundamental element in constructing meaning, memory, and embodied experience within the environments we inhabit. Read more about Meagan at our link in bio. Credit Meagan Streader by Charlie Kinross W-INTER by the artist, photographed by Louis Lim

We’re thrilled to announce Meagan Streader @meaganstreader as the 2026 Mill Cabin Artist in Residence. Based in Melbourne, Meagan’s interdisciplinary practice sits at the intersection of art, architecture, and design, with a focus on the transformative power of light within built environments. Working across sculpture and installation, her site-responsive works reshape space—challenging how we perceive scale, material, and form. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including Melbourne Now at NGV Australia, Carriageworks, Dark Mofo, and the Amsterdam Light Festival, alongside major public commissions. Most recently, Meagan was awarded an ISS Institute and George Alexander Foundation Fellowship (2025), and a three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, after receiving the Eva Breuer Travelling Art Scholarship through the Art Gallery of New South Wales (2026). During her time at Mill Cabin, Meagan will explore the legacies of historically under-recognised women in contemporary art and modernist design. Drawing inspiration from figures such as Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Eileen Gray, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Anni Albers, and Louise Bourgeois, she will develop a new body of work investigating themes of female empowerment, transformation, time, and resilience. Through sculptural tapestries, collage, and intimate installations using copper wire, LED light, and dichroic materials, Meagan will experiment with reflection, layering, and light—responding directly to the shifting natural light of the cabin and the surrounding Snowy Mountains landscape. This residency marks an exciting and pivotal shift in her practice toward more experimental and evocative work, and we’re honoured to support this next chapter. We can’t wait to see what unfolds. Meagan is represented by @marsgallery #MillCabinResidency #ArtistInResidence #MeaganStreader #ContemporaryArt #LightArt #AustralianArtists

ANNOUNCING/ A RESIDUAL PULSE/ MEAGAN STREADER/ 21 May – 22 August Free Entry Opening Night Thursday 21 May from 6 pm Join us for the opening of Meagan Streader's A Residual Pulse and Nicole Chui's Grassroots Never Dies, Worldwide, followed by a screening of Margaret and the Grey Mare in The Substation Main Space at 8pm. PRESENTED BY THE SUBSTATION Meagan Streader's A Residual Pulse transforms The Substation into an immersive environment shaped by its hidden architectures and atmospheric systems. Drawing on the building’s history as a power conversion site, the exhibition traces The Substation's historical airflow pathways, structural geometries, and material imprints through light, flicker, and suspended form. Lines of illumination trace, extend and connect across multiple galleries. Suspended sculptures mimic the architectural frames and subtle air currents circulating through the building’s ventilation systems. A cluster of suspended neon forms echo absent hinges and machinery, hovering like fragments of an industrial afterimage. Together, the works engage the building as a living structure - as though it were breathing air and pulsing with energy, accenting the memory of its past use. A Residual Pulse activates the physical fabric of The Substation to draw attention to the building’s history. It invites audiences into a world which explores the quiet convergence between past, present and future - as a site of ongoing transformation. A Residual Pulse is curated by Nuala Furtado. Image credit W-INTER by the artist, photographed by Louis Lim

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In Focus: Meagan Streader Narrm / Melbourne-based artist @meaganstreader explores how light shapes space. Her work spans sculpture, installation and two-dimensional pieces, drawing on architecture and design to make us see (and feel) the spaces we inhabit. You can find works by Meagan in the MARS Gallery stockroom and on display at the VIP Lounge at Melbourne Art Fair, opening this week. @melbourneartfair Booth I3, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre 19 – 22 February

I’m sad to miss @melbourneartfair in person this year, but very excited to be showing this new work with @marsgallery (Booth I3) in their stockroom display. ✨ There will also be a few of my larger works dotted around the VIP private lounge if you can spot them. 🫶🏻 Melbourne Art Fair 19 - 22 Feb - Untitled (after eileen) #2 2026 Glass, enamel painted MDF, PETG, COB LEDs, blackened steel fixings, electronic components, 24v power supply

Sharing another project completion from this year 😊 My work 𝘚𝘬𝘺 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 is a multi-site light installation located at the Stanley St stairwell entrance and outdoor corridor of The Marker, in West Melbourne. Very pleased to see this work finally up! ✨ 𝘚𝘬𝘺 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 draws its inspiration from the interaction of light on the water at the nearby docklands, where the shimmering effects of reflection create a mesmerising dance of light and refraction. As the sun sets over the horizon the sky transforms through a spectrum of vibrant colours – from the burning reds and oranges to soft pinks and yellows. This daily spectacle of shifting tones is reflected in the design of 𝘚𝘬𝘺 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴, with each installation capturing the fluidity and changing nature of light and colour. 𝘚𝘬𝘺 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴, 2025  aluminium, powder coat, LED lighting, acrylic, electrical components Industrial Design and Fabrication by @tiltindustrialdesign Curated by @the_artprism aka Sophie Ullin Art Advisory Commissioned for The Marker, West Melbourne @lechtecorporation Images @tomroe__ Thanks always to @andy_dinan @marsgallery 🤍

Sky Shimmers, Meagan Streader, 2025⁠ West Melbourne | Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung & Bunurong Boon Wurrung⁠ ⁠ Sky Shimmers turns everyday corridors at 'The Marker' into an immersive neon experience. More than a sculpture, it reflects identity, celebrating West Melbourne’s vibrant culture, and sparking a sense of belonging for residents. Visible from the street, the artwork’s neon glow invites passersby to pause, connect, and engage with the place. Meagan uses the building itself as the canvas, bringing urban energy through an interplay of colour and light, while enhancing community connection.⁠ ⁠ ➡️ See more of Sky Shimmers (link in bio)⁠ ⁠ Client: @lechtecorporation ⁠ Project Team: Sophie Ullin Advisory/ @the_artprism @plusarchitecturre cremaconstructions⁠ Photography: @tomroe__ ⁠ ⁠ #UrbanArt #Placemaking #PublicArt #NeonArt #Culture #SkyShimmers

Brief recap of my recent adventure across America exploring all things neon. 🌀🌀🌀 Feeling incredibly grateful to the ISS Institute @issinstitute and The George Alexander Foundation @gaf_community in their support to undertake this project - which I had been pursuing for many years. ♥️ Thank you to the following people who helped me during this trip: @neon.hart @sarah_blood @reevesstudios @miguelsbreathwork @dalchemist91 @neonclubasu @shebendsneon @kelsey.issel23 @merylpataky @fms_neon @claudiabrand @tinagomesbrand @michaelbrandsydney @seemeinmysleep @ibosellaaa @alexa.richardson2 @fionaroslyn @jemimawyman @mcandy_ @susanspiranovic @lililakichstudio @aimeexavi @canberraglassworks @urbanglass_nyc @billybho @chankalun @zhu.ohmu @coles_neon_shop @kacielees @alfred_neon @artinstitutechi