The Emerging Writers’ Festival work, learn and play largely on the land of the Kulin nation, and pay our respects to their Elders, past and present.

EWF celebrates the history and creativity of the world’s oldest living culture.

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Leo Bagus Purnomo

Leo Bagus Purnomo is a Naarm/Melbourne–based artist and researcher, born in Central
Java, Indonesia. Working across multiple mediums—including painting, performance, and
lukisan—his practice examines epistemic structures and the ways they shape our understanding of ourselves and the world. Leo holds an MFA from the VCA and is currently a PhD candidate at MADA, exploring how animist, mystic, and occult epistemic frameworks present in Javanese Kejawen can be incorporated into contemporary art.

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