Toni Hassan
Toni Hassan (born in Durban, South Africa, grew up on Gadigal land/Sydney) lives and works on Ngunnawal-Ngambri country in the Australian Capital Territory. Toni sees her social practice and multimedia work, first and foremost, as a democratic act. She explores the themes of personal and collective histories, identity, resistance and voice, liminality and the indivisible intersections between the sacred and secular.
Toni completed Honours in visual arts in 2021. That project focussed on body, breath and lament in the wake of Black Summer, connecting sound and storytelling, politics and geography/site. Her work is held in the public collection of the ACT Legislative Assembly. Her paintings have been shown in the celebrated Fisher’s Ghost Prize three years in a row, 2020-2022 and Stations of the Cross, Sydney.
Toni is a Walkley Award-winning journalist who has appeared in The Saturday Paper and The Sydney Morning Herald. Her formative years in the trade were at the ABC where she was a reporter, producer and presenter. She is a sometimes- guest presenter of the Religion and Ethics Report.