leila frijat

'Dreams of Home' exhibited at @club___garage 's inaugural show. Photo Credit: @davidsuyasa

My work 'Passing Through and Along' is now showing @pari_ari_ as part of the 'Between Tongues' group exhibition until March 28th. Come along next Saturday to listen to the Artist talks and you might find yourselves staying for kareoke. Photos: @documentphotography

august 2024 sketchbook dump!!!

Pink Engrave is 4 months old today 🩷💙 We loved writing this song, we love playing this song, we loved working with our friends @thomashughsigal (production/mixing) and @thistle.b (artwork) to bring it to life.

23/12/23 - an old study of our staycation

Graphic notation for @race_matters 'radio as alchemy' fundraiser event back in June!

Three weeks dedicated to painting, eating, babbling and walking through the French countryside during my visit to Argenton-Chateau for @studioescalier 's spring portraiture intensive program. Difficult to explain just how much I learnt from the fantastic instructors and the other students as well as the amount of cats that I saw!

8/02/23 & 26/04/23 - a dawdle and a ponder.

Rounding off the year by sharing some snapshots from my workshops and classes! Images 1-2: Zine-making workshop at the University of Sydney’s ‘Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers’ event. Using pieces from participants’ zines, I created a collage reflecting the experiences of higher degree researchers navigating academia as people of colour. Thankyou to the participants for sharing your stories and to Sulagna for inviting me to attend! Images 3-8: Document my students work from an 8-week art class over Term 4. Which all started when I had bumped into my high school art teacher, 10 years after graduating. Reconnecting gave me the chance to thank her for shaping my practice. She generously invited me to come teach her students - something that felt both exciting and daunting. Teaching is something that I’ve always wanted to do, though hesitated as I feel as though I still had so much to learn. These experiences made me rethink my approach to art-making, breaking it down into methods others could use. Working with young people reminded me how to stay curious and find joy in creating - something which I hope to carry into the new year.

MEET THE WINNERS ✨ @thinkdotank Foundation and @scribblekidsbooks are exceptionally proud to announce the three winners of our 2025 MIRROR Mentorship program for emerging bilingual writers and illustrators in kids’ literature are: Leila Frijat, Lia “Lima” Maula, and Huaning Wu. Leila Frijat: “I deeply aspire to create a bilingual children’s book that reflects the multifaceted identities of Arab kids. I want to create an exploratory space for children who can often feel pressured to simplify or reduce their existence into a singular description of their identity.” Lia Maula: “Growing up, I’ve had to move around between countries and cities, and I’d like to cater to an audience with the same experience in hiraeth. Adjusting to new environments as a kid can be difficult and I hope the things I work on can aid them in that experience.” Huaning Wu: “I transitioned to illustration three years ago from a different field. Influenced by my mother, an art teacher, I grew up with a love for art and solidified my focus on illustration during university. Since then, I have been dedicated to exploring diverse styles and expressive techniques to bring stories to life for young readers.” This program provides a year-long mentorship with Zeno Sworder, Sher Rill Ng, and Freda Chiu respectively, plus publishing masterclasses, industry networking opportunities and a $4,000 stipend for each mentee. The Mirror Mentorship program has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. @creative.australia Bios in comments! #mirror #mirrormentorship #mirror2024 #ozkidslit #bilingualism #multilingualism #newwriting #newvoices #illustration #literarytranslation #emergingwriters #emergingillustrators #emergingtranslators #firstnationscreators #POCcreators #WOCcreators #intersectionalcreators

Sharing the four illustrations for gobo projections along Main Street Blacktown that @citypeoplesydney commissioned in June! The illustrations draw on the community co-design workshops led by @sweatshop.ws where women and gender-diverse people from Blacktown wrote (and sometimes drew!) stories of their experiences of safety. Drawing inspiration from these stories, the illustrations capture small symbols that help women and gender-diverse people feel a little bit safer. The little charms in the frame that surround these illustrations also found their way onto the street signs which showcase the fantastic short stories. It was a joy to be part of such an ambitious and collaborative project. Text by Winnie Dunn & Natalia Figueroa Barroso from Sweatshop Literacy Movement, Women and Gender Diverse people of Blacktown Graphics: Kareena Bridges Photos: @photolouise Main Street, Blacktown 2148. Darug Country. Supported by Blacktown City Council and NSW Government through the Safer Cities program.

City People commissioned Sydney-based illustrator Leila Frijat to design 4 illustrations inspired by community co-design workshops led by Sweatshop Literacy Movement (@sweatshop.ws ) around the theme of safety. These illustrations were illuminated as gobo projections along Main Street, Blacktown. - - - In my bubble Bursts Baraka (blessings) Shine your light designed by Leila Frijat Year: 2024 Medium: digital illustrations for light projection 📸: Louise Whelan for Safer Cities: Her Way 📍: Main Street, Blacktown 2148 Darug Country - - - #citypeoplesydney #safercitiesherway #blacktown #winniedunn ms_figueroa_barroso Supported by Blacktown City Council and NSW Government through the Safer Cities program. Alt text provided.