About The Hotham Street Ladies

The Hotham Street Ladies are a group of four women artists who named their collective in an ironic nod to a ramshackle and crumbling share house they occupied together in Collingwood 3066. The preoccupations of the ladies of the house served as the inspiration for the fomentation of the group: female biology, feminism, food, dinner parties, gender politics and the contemporary domestic landscape. They collaborate on immersive and experiential works of art which address traditionally ‘feminine’ themes including domesticity, craft and the female body, but which utilise deliberate strategies of parody, humour and wicked delight to critique and question commonly held ideas and attitudes.

As well as their books, sculpture and work in other media, the Hotham Street Ladies create installations made from edible materials including icing and fondant.

Previous member Lyndal Walker now resides in Berlin, working on her solo practice. The Hotham Street Ladies are now Cassandra Chilton, Molly O’Shaughnessy, Sarah Parkes and Caroline Price.