Ingrid Banwell is a New Zealand born artist and writer living in Sydney, Australia with her family, a cat and a dog, several houseplants and a fluctuating population of pantry moths. She holds a Master's degree with First Class Honours in painting from the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland, New Zealand, and her artwork hangs in homes and offices around the world. Her three-dimensional work is also featured in several key publications on New Zealand art. In 2022 she qualified for an academic excellence award and Master of Creative Writing from Macquarie University and her short stories have appeared in Cosmos Online, Andromeda Spaceways, the NSW Writers' Centre magazine Newswrite and the University of Newcastle's Online Magazine for Postgraduate Writing Swamp. Thanks to travel-hungry genes, she's lived in Mexico City, Vienna, London and New York. In order to support her art and writing, Ingrid has had a breathless number of jobs including art teacher, market researcher, fundraising manager, librarian, consular public affairs officer and real estate receptionist. You can find out more about Ingrid, see some of her artwork and read some of her short stories on her blog: www.ingridbanwell.com
