About

Fari McCaul is a contemporary artist based in Queensland, Australia. She grew up in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, inside her family's hands-on business, where materials and process were simply part of daily life. That early relationship with materials still runs underneath everything she creates.

Her practice is driven by an instinct for what's true, trusted long before it could be explained or proven. Working across oil, acrylic and mixed media, she creates through an intuitive process of building, disrupting and reworking. Layers of colour, gesture and texture accumulate, with traces of earlier decisions remaining visible within the finished work.

Her practice explores memory, presence and the shifting nature of experience. The work doesn't explain itself outright, it asks to be felt before it's understood, and rewards the kind of looking that isn't rushed.

McCaul has shown her work through exhibitions and residencies, including the Ipswich Artist Residency, and her paintings are held in private collections across Australia and internationally.

For available works, commissions or enquiries, please get in touch.

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Education

Ongoing — Self-directed artistic practice, Australia
2021 — Painting (Beginners and Intermediate), Sydney Art School, NSW
2016 — Beginner’s Metalwork Course, Sydney Jewellery School, NSW

Early Practice

1990s–2000s — Leatherwork and handcraft training through family-run business,
Sunshine Coast hinterland, QLD

Residencies

2025 — Ipswich Artist Residency, Ipswich Community Gallery, QLD

Solo Exhibitions

2025 — Open Studio, Artist Residency, Ipswich Art Workshop, QLD

Group Exhibitions

2025 — Ipswich Art Awards, QLD
2025 — TENFOLD, Side Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2025 — Arttime Colour Competition, Ipswich, QLD

Awards

2002 — First Prize, Nambour Show, Illustrated Children’s Book

Workshops

2025 — Process Leads Outcome, facilitated workshop, Ipswich Artist Residency, QLD

Selected Commissions

2023–2025 — Watercolour and oil commissions, Australia and international private clients

Collections

Private collections, Australia and international

Selected Press & Features

2021 — Featured artist, Yakult Australia, social media campaign