Michelle Joy is an artist whose artistic influence is her cultural background. Her distinct visual style speaking her spiritual connection to her Kaurna heritage. Art has guided Michelle towards creating a coherent sense of her diverse cultural identity.

‘Being creatively minded has guided me onto a journey of self discovery around the connection to both my Greek & Kaurna heritage. Understanding my cultural connections, i have identified that cultural embodiment forms through our senses. I understand the intergenerational impacts of the stolen generation through my once ‘dormant’ now growing Kaurna roots.