Jarra is a multidisciplinary artist known for her Melbourne Art Tram, the curation of Rising Melbourne art trams 2022 -2024, her powerful poster art, large-scale public installations, LED Wurrung works, augmented reality, digital art, game design, emu egg engravings, and commemorative signage.
Jarra’s work explores her identity, memories, future folklore, Blak Futurism and her lived experiences growing up in Melbourne and living on country surrounded by culture with knowledge passed down through her family and Elders. Her focus in public/community art looks at ways to insert contemporary cultural visual language into the urban and/or digital landscape by reclaiming space and belonging through visual storytelling.
Jarra translates this through her own contemporary lens, evolving it respectfully with her Elders permission in whatever form that it leads her to. Using personal iconography and bright vibrant colours to create works of mix mediums including natural materials, found objects, resin, led lighting and computer aided design. The main colours she uses are inspired by the blue sky, native wattle, murnong, kangaroo apple flowers and pigface flowers.
She uses these for many personal reasons, one of which is to draw the eye in to make the unseen, seen. Showing the unseen parts of herself and community, culture and the stories she creates.