Phoebe Allwell is an abstract artist whose practice explores relationality, presence and the subtle spaces where human experience unfolds.

Phoebe was born in Sydney, Australia, and currently lives and works in Byron Bay in Northern New South Wales. 

For Allwell, painting is an experimental, intuitive and process-led inquiry. Through meditative and repetitive gestures, she allows the work to unfold in response to the materials, rather than directing them towards a predetermined outcome. This way of working has been shaped by a lifelong engagement with contemplative Eastern philosophies, where spaciousness, presence and simplicity have naturally found their way into the studio.

Allwell is interested in the relational space that opens between a painting and the person looking at it — the space where something personal and unknowable may emerge. Her work does not seek to prescribe what a painting should provide or how it should be experienced, but rather to leave room for the viewer’s own experience to unfold.

EDUCATION

2024-2026 – Visual Arts Research Program. Byron School of Art. NSW. Australia.

2022-2023 – Abstract Painting and Mixed Media Classes, Michael Cusack. Byron School of Art, NSW, Australia

2015 – Master of Gestalt Psychotherapy Gestalt Therapy Brisbane, Australia.

2000 – Diploma of Healing Science, Energy Psychology & Medicine. Florida, USA.

PRIZES & EXHIBITIONS

2026 – Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Finalist.

2026 – Forthcoming Graduation Group Show, Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby, NSW.

2024 – Byron School of Art Project Space Annex, Mullumbimby, NSW – Colour Theory Exhibition.

2023 – Mist Gallery, Cabarita Beach, NSW – Harvest Exhibition.

2022   Mist Gallery, Cabarita Beach, NSW – Season Renewal.

COLLECTIONS

Phoebe’s work is held in private collections in  Sydney, Byron Bay and the Gold Coast, Australia.