ABOUT

Bio

Bella Layone is a Syrian artist based in Sydney. She has completed a Diploma of Screen and Media (2020), a Diploma of Arts Screen and Production (2021), and a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the National Art School (2025), where she developed a practice grounded in painting, sculpture and installation.

Her practice is heavily influenced by experiences of immigration, identity and cultural transition. She works across painting, assemblage, sculpture and installation, exploring minimalism, abstraction and the distillation of form. Bella’s recent work carries a strong psychological and experiential focus, examining the void as a space connected to identity, memory and displacement. Through reduced forms and quiet spatial interventions, her work creates contemplative environments that reflect on what is lost, what remains and what cannot be seen.

Bella has exhibited both in Australia and internationally and has been recognised as a finalist in the Blacktown City Art Prize (2024) and the Burwood Art Prize (2024 and 2025). Her practice continues to evolve through material experimentation and an interest in the subtle narratives embedded within objects and space.