FELTspace would like to sincerely thank committee members past and present for their enduring work, ongoing support and advocacy over the years.

THE FELTspace committee / co - directors

Isla Hannan Francis (Chair)
Isla Hannan Francis is an emerging artist, living and practicing on Kaurna Land. She grew up in a creative environment, with both parents working in the arts, inspiring her to pursue a career in the same field. Isla completed a Bachelor of Contemporary Art at the University of South Australia in 2023. Her practice incorporates text, video, audio, installation, and performance, and is primarily concerned with the human body; the queer body – in particular its ‘sheddings’ and abject nature. Isla started as a gallery sitting volunteer at FELTspace in 2022 then joined the board of directors as the Volunteer Coordinator in 2023. Isla took on the role of Co-chair in 2024. She is interested in the role that art and art spaces play in community building.

Gassan Aqel (Design & Social Media/Web Officer)
Gassan Aqel, often referred to as Gass, is recognised as a versatile artist with a rich background spanning visual arts, music, writing, animation, video editing, design, and poetry. After an initial career in the corporate world as a video game developer and later a TV & commercial producer, Gassan made a significant career shift in 2016 to pursue a passion for the arts full-time. Since then, he has exhibited his visual art around the world, produced six music albums (including four solo albums), and written a book with the screenplay in the making. Gassan usually explores topics such as love, consumerism, philosophy, psychology, sexuality, depression, and the environment.

Luna Chan (Finance Officer)
Luna completed her Master of Design (Contemporary Art) at the University of South Australia in 2023, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her artistic journey. Since 2018, Luna has played the role of art administrator at WMA Space, a Hong Kong non-profit contemporary photography initiative.
Luna's practice transcends boundaries and encompasses a spectrum of mediums, centering around the curation of found objects and the creation of still and moving images. Delving into the intricacies of identity, time, and existence, Luna's work presents a narrative that explores our place in the world, offering a perspective on the dynamics of being and being-in-the-world. Through art, Luna invites viewers to embark on a journey that prompts contemplation, challenging preconceptions and sparking a dialogue about the multifaceted nature of the human experience.

Alyssa Powell-Ascura (Fundraising Officer)
Alyssa Powell-Ascura is an award-winning emerging visual artist, writer and curator primarily recognised for her socially engaged and conceptual works. Working in the intersections of food, culture and identity, her work intricately holds space for an open dialogue, intertwining personal history with broader societal narratives.

Powell-Ascura was the inaugural artist recipient for pilot programs such as the Delima Residency (2023, Malaysia) and Watch This Space x FELTspace Artist Exchange Program (2024, Mparntwe/Alice Springs). Her first solo exhibition, Halo-halo (2024) received The City of Adelaide SALA Award (2024). Recent achievements include being appointed The City of Adelaide Emerging Curator (2025) and receiving the Guildhouse Catapult Mentorship (2026).

If she’s not talking to the local Aunties and writing about food and culture, she can be found by the beach or singing karaoke late at night.

Antoni Phillips (Gallery Manager)
Antoni Phillips is a contemporary visual artist, multi-faceted fabricator and arts worker based on Kaurna Country (Tarndanya/Adelaide). Working across large-scale and immersive sculptural installation, his practice explores the relationship between the body, materiality, perception, place and space.

He works primarily with fabricated mild steel, tensioned nylon and industrial materials, using processes of construction, tension and balance to investigate vulnerability, embodiment and the conditions that shape physical experience.

His approach is informed by phenomenology and existential philosophy, alongside an interest in materials as carriers of labour, industry and transformation.

Phillips holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours, Second Class Division A) from Flinders University, with additional qualifications in entrepreneurship and metal fabrication. He is Co-Director and Gallery Manager of FELTspace, and works professionally across fabrication, installation and technical production at Exhibition Studios and ACE Gallery.

Zoe Butters (Studio Manager)
Zoe Butters is an emerging visual artist living and working on Kaurna land. Zoe completed her Bachelor of Visual Art degree from Adelaide Central School of Art in 2023, she’s a recipient of the FELTspace graduate Award in 2024 with a mentorship with curator Leigh Robb, and currently works at the Art Gallery of South Australia as a Front of House officer and Education facilitator. Zoe is a multidisciplinary artist working across drawing, sculptural intervention, photography/video and installation. Her playful interventions exude a sense of absurd uncanniness. Her practice has a focus on viewer engagement, and considers the themes of memory within her work. 

Shani Engelbrecht (Access and Inclusion Officer)
Shani Engelbrecht is an emerging multidisciplinary artist living and creating on Kaurna Land. They hold a Bachelor of Creative Arts (2021) and Honours degree in Visual Arts (2022) from Flinders University and Adelaide College of the Arts. Their practice explores identity, belonging and the complexities of growing up between cultures. Working across textiles, performance, video, drawing, and painting, Shani creates tactile works that invite audiences to engage through sensory and physical experiences. They combine traditional and contemporary techniques to explore the duality of their upbringing and how identity is shaped by the spaces, cultures, and communities we grow up in.

Stevie Woolfe (Volunteer Coordinator)
Stevie Woolfe was born and raised in Aotearoa New Zealand and is now living and practicing on Kaurna Land. With a background spanning film production and music, she has worked extensively as a producer and Assistant Director across a diverse range of projects, with a particular interest in audio-visual, experimental, and collaborative practices. Stevie is passionate about a people-first approach to the arts and creative industries, and is committed to providing the structural and practical support that enables artists and creative communities to bring their ideas to life. Stevie has been involved in a wide range of community initiatives supporting the creative industries, such as To the Front (Girls Rock!) Aotearoa (music), the New Zealand International Film Festival (film), and Project Make (graphic design). As Volunteer Coordinator at FELTspace, she is interested in fostering an inclusive, engaged, and supportive community around the gallery and its artists.
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Former committee members: Christine Poon, Ariella Napoli, Tayer Stead, Pantelis Georgiadis, Mia Fan, Ava Viscariello, Tarsha Cameron, Abbey Murdoch, Shirley Wu, Eleen Deprez, Nicole Clift, Ena Grozdanic, Suzanne Close, Sarah Norris, Asha Southcombe, Alise Hardy, Athanasios Lazarou,, Madeline Reece, Sally Craven, Rebecca McEwan, Brianna Speight, Alice Castello, Lee Walter, Hen Vaughan, Liv Spiers, Tamara Baillie, Ashleigh McLarin, Chelsea Farquhar, Elise Bonato, Bernadette Klavins, Nancy Downes, Kate Kurucz, Alice Blanch, Lauren Abineri, Becci Love, Fiona Borthwick, Luke Wilcox, Jenna Pippett, Carly Snoswell, Serena Wong, Tamzin Buchan, Kate Moskwa, Kate Power, Ray Harris, Tara Tahmasebi, Meg Wilson, Jemimah Dodd, Jess Miley, Derek Sargent, Steph English, Eleanor Scicchitano, Sundari Carmody, Polly Dance, Riley O'Keeffe, Patrick Rees, James L Marshall, Matt Huppatz, Sam Howie, Jessie Lumb, Celeste Aldahn, Brigid Noone (founding member), Rayleen Forester (founding member), Annika Evans (founding member), Monte Masi (founding member), Logan Macdonald (founding member).