Image Vivian Gasperotto
Background &Journey
Magali Feuga is a French Australian visual artist based on the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Working across sculpture and painting, her practice focuses on the human form.
Her artistic sensibility was shaped by an unconventional childhood spent largely travelling around the world on her parent’s sailboat. This early exposure to diverse cultures and environments has fostered a lasting curiosity for human expression and connection and has continued to shape the tactile and layered quality of her work.
She later studied art at the EMAP (Ecole Municipale d’Art Plastique) in Nice in the late 1990s and continued to develop her practice through self-guided learning over the years. Since settling in Australia in 2018, Magali has returned to her studio with a focus on sculpture as her primary mode of expression.
She has been a finalist in the Du Rietz Art Awards and Sculpture on The Edge and has exhibited at The Other Art Fair in Sydney, The Affordable Art Fair in Melbourne and the Brisbane Sculpture Festival, as well as in several group exhibitions around Australia.
Image Vivian Gasperotto
Artistic Practice
Suspended between tradition and imagination, Magali’s sculptural work offers both visual and tactile engagement.
Revolving around the human form, each sculpture stands as a reimagined ancestor. A timeless presence carrying a quiet and contemplative stillness. Perhaps reminding us of the beauty of our collective heritage, as much as of our cultural uniqueness.
Years of travel have deeply influenced her work. Shaping her exploration of identity, belonging, and the ways we connect with one another and with the natural world. Symbolism, mythology, and visual languages from across the globe, are reinterpreted in the form of evocative sculptural figures.
Magali uses cardboard, papier-mâché, paper, natural fibres, discarded textiles, and reclaimed wooden elements, to thoughtfully construct each piece. Despite their seemingly temporary nature, these recycled materials can be shaped and transformed in almost the same ways as traditional mediums.
Their inherent histories and traces of previous lives become integral to the work. Echoing her interest in memory, continuity, and the enduring presence of the past within human history.
Exhibitions
2026
Urunga Small Sculpture Prize, finalist’s exhibition, Urunga, NSW
Du Rietz Art Award, finalist’s exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie, QLD
Brisbane Sculpture Festival, Mount Coot-Tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, QLD
Odd Pieces, group exhibition, The Loft Gallery, Redcliffe, QLD
Museum of Lost Things, Poetic Tiger Gallery, USA
Curious World of Peculiar Dolls, Poetic Tiger Gallery, USA
2025
Sculpture On The Edge, finalist’s exhibition, Flaxton Garden, QLD
Sunshine Coast Art & Design Fair, Flaxton Garden, QLD
Du Rietz Art Award, finalist’s exhibition, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie, QLD
Reflections, group exhibition, Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens, Tanawha, QLD
Garden Party, group exhibition, Stevens Street Gallery, Yandina, QLD
Brisbane Sculpture Festival, Mount Coot-Tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, QLD
The Other Art Fair, Sydney, NSW
2024
Eclectica, group exhibition, Butter Factory Arts Centre, Cooroy, QLD
Wild, group exhibition, Fieldtrip Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane, QLD
Sculpture On The Edge, finalist exhibition, Flaxton Garden, QLD
The Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne – Represented by Vernissage Art, VIC
The Other Art Fair, Sydney, NSW
2023
Eclectica, group exhibition, Butter Factory Arts Center, Cooroy, QLD
Sculpture On The Edge, finalist exhibition, Flaxton Garden, QLD
Be Still, group exhibition, Stevens Street Gallery, Yandina, QLD
Rustle, group exhibition, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
The Neu Neu, group exhibition, Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Emerging Artists Prize, finalist exhibition, Revival Art & Design Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2022
Life On Life’s Terms, Art Show, Brisbane, QLD
Featured artist, Stevens Street Gallery, Yandina, QLD
Dean Cogle Portrait Prize, finalist’s exhibition, Currumbin Waters, QLD
2021
Featured artist, Stevens Street Gallery, Yandina, QLD
Life On Life’s Terms, Art Show, Brisbane, QLD
Stand Still, group exhibition, Aspire Gallery, Paddington, QLD
Nature’s Beauty, group exhibition, Aspire Gallery, Paddington, QLD
Awards
2026 Finalist Urunga Small Sculpture Prize
2026 Finalist Brisbane Sculpture Festival
2026 Finalist Du Rietz Art Awards
2025 Finalist Sculpture on The Edge
2025 Finalist Du Rietz Art Awards
2025 Finalist Brisbane Sculpture Festival
2024 Finalist Sculpture on The Edge
2023 Finalist Sculpture on The Edge
2023 Salon des refusés – Lethbridge 20000 Art Award
2023 Finalist The Doyles Art Award
2023 Finalist Revival Art & Design Emerging Artist Art Prize
2023 Salon des refusés – John Villiers Outback Art Prize
2022 Finalist Dean Cogle Portrait Prize
2022 Salon des refusés- Lethbridge 20000 Art Award
2021 Salon des refusés – Lethbridge 20000 Art Award
Publications
2026 Jimmy Hornet Magazine, ‘Things that remember us’, Q&A, p. 18-23
2025 The AU review, Aussie Indie Artists Q&A series
2023 Hello Sunshine Magazine, ‘Face to Face’, interview & cover, winter issue
2023 Arts Hub, mentioned in article ‘Sculpture on the Edge promises an immersive experience’