Melt Open’s branding and design has been inspired by Queensland artist Easton Dunne.

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About the artist

Easton Dunne is an artist, artsworker and arts educator based in Central Queensland on Darumbal Country. Their work explores queer identity and experiences in rural and regional contexts through an autobiographical lens.

Dunne’s major solo exhibition, Welcome to Paradise, opened at Rockhampton Museum of Art in May 2023. Their recent solo exhibition, Main Drag, was shown at both Metro Arts in Meanjin/Brisbane and First Draft in Sydney on Gadigal Land in 2023. In 2024 their work will be shown at Melbourne Art Fair in First Draft’s group exhibition, Soft Cell. During 2022 they were invited to participate in Mighty Real, a group exhibition of work by LGBTQIAP+ artists curated by Todd Fuller, held at M. Contemporary in Sydney as part of Clifford Chance and Glamazon Pride Exhibition.