Logan City Council has highlighted the array of local talent in its Logan Art Gallery program for 2023, which features work ranging from student pieces to Archibald Prize entries.
Former Shailer Park resident and Brisbane fashion designer Helen Miller is hosting her exhibition SOOKii, which explores multiculturalism, cultural identity and sustainability.
The exhibition will showcase digital prints, costumes, theatrical masks and ready-to-wear garments from the SOOKii archive, which Ms Miller said would reflect her cultural heritage.
"After creating for more than 20 years in Brisbane, I feel a sense of achievement being able to exhibit where I grew up and was formed as a person," she said.
"My show also reflects my multicultural upbringing in Logan."
The artist said she was influenced by her Japanese mother's post-war experience in the country, and was happy to return to her home town for the exhibition.
"You spend your young life wanting to move out not knowing what might happen," Ms Miller said.
"And then to come back after all these years with an exhibition that celebrates the ups and downs of my life experiences and reconnects with my upbringing in the culturally diverse melting pot that is the City of Logan."
City Lifestyle Chair, Councillor Laurie Koranski said Ms Miller was just one of the many talented local artists who would display their work, as the program also includes Archibald Prize runner-up Jun Chen.
"We are keen to nurture and explore the diversity of works from artists like Helen Miller with strong connections to the City of Logan supported by significant touring exhibitions from around Australia," Cr Koranski said.
"The program will especially highlight the wealth of talent we have within the city with a diverse range of talented artisans, designers and makers."
Other work to be shown includes an exhibition by Jimboomba residents Walter and Evangeline Archer and landscape paintings by Rochedale South artist Mei Mei Liu.
