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Art & Emotion CollectiveA Curatorial Program within MIRA Gallery
The Art & Emotion Collective is a curated exhibition program within MIRA Gallery, led by Mira Corbova. It presents selected emerging and independent artists through seasonal exhibitions and international art fairs, with a focus on material sensitivity, emotional presence, and contemporary expression.
Each artist contributes a distinct visual language, brought together through a curatorial framework that values painting, object-based work, and poetic approaches to form, material, and feeling.
The program forms a cohesive yet diverse dialogue between artists, presented through MIRA Gallery’s exhibitions and art fair program across Australia and abroad.
Selected Exhibitions & Art Fairs
2026 (Upcoming)
World Art Dubai, UAE
Australian Art Fair (TBC)
Previous Exhibitions & Art Fairs
The Other Art Fair, Sydney
Auckland Art Fair
Wellington Art Show
Christchurch Art Show,
Parallax Art Fair, London, UK
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Mira Corbova
Poetic abstraction — emotional oil painting infused with light and language
Mira Corbova is an abstract artist, poet, and curator based in Sydney, Australia. Her abstract oil paintings explore colour, emotion, and spirit through layered surfaces of pigment or gold leaf, paired with original poetry to form visual–literary works grounded in lived emotional experience.
Her practice also extends into object-based works, where material, form, and light are distilled into sculptural presence.
In 2026, she expands further into three-dimensional sculptural works, continuing her exploration of stillness, transformation, and material memory.
Born in Slovakia and recognised internationally in Tokyo at age eleven, she has exhibited across Europe, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Australia, with works held in private collections worldwide. She is the founder of MIRA Gallery and the Art & Emotion Collective.
Alyson Hayes
Ceramic light sculptures that breathe calm and connection
Alyson Hayes is a Sydney-based ceramic artist creating sculptural light forms that invite quiet reflection and connection with nature. Working primarily in bone China slip, she transforms natural textures—leaves, seeds, bark—into luminous vessels that appear to glow from within.
Her work embodies stillness, regeneration, and the meditative rhythm of the natural world, offering contemplative encounters shaped by light and material presence.
She exhibits widely across Australia, including The Other Art Fair, Sculpture in the Vineyards, and Artisans in the Gardens, with works held in private and public collections.
Grubbs by Seward
Grubbs — playful, collectible sculptural figures
Grubbs are hand-crafted collectible figurines created by New Zealand–based artist Jed Seward, each one individually modelled, painted, and finished. Distinct in character and expression, they capture playful, imagined beings that balance humour with refined artistic craftsmanship.
Emerging from Seward’s fictional world of the planet Tixa, each Grubb carries its own narrative, inviting collectors into a whimsical universe where imagination and material form intersect.
Exhibited across galleries and art fairs and held in private collections internationally, Grubbs are exclusively represented in Sydney by MIRA Gallery.
Jessika Steiner
Vibrant acrylic paintings inspired by childhood memories and the beauty found in nature.
Jessika’s art springs from her early years in New Caledonia and Berowra Waters, where bushland, waterways, and natural forms left lasting impressions on her imagination. Through acrylic and mixed media, she transforms these vivid memories into paintings that celebrate colour, movement, and the organic shapes of the world around her.
Her intuitive, flowing process captures joy, wonder, and nostalgia, reflecting the emotional connection between memory and environment.
Jessika exhibits regularly, and her work is held in private collections across Australia, Switzerland, the USA, Japan, and the UK, as well as in collaborative projects with hotels and restaurants.
Tatiana Pavón
Abstract oil paintings that dance between spirit, place, and emotion.
Chilean-born and now based in Sydney, Tatiana Pavón paints at the intersection of movement, memory, and emotion.
Inspired by her Latin heritage and lifelong love of dance, she translates rhythm and vitality into layered expressions of colour, texture, and form. Subtle silhouettes of dancers and Australian wildlife emerge through atmospheric veils of paint, while hidden Spanish verses quietly whisper traces of her roots. Her work invites viewers to feel rather than define — a visual dance of emotion, belonging, and spirit.
Tatiana has exhibited in South America, New Zealand, and Australia, and her paintings are held in private collections across Australasia. Her new collection presents mixed media works with Australian animals and birds that explore the harmony between body, spirit.
ArtistMentoring
Mira Corbova mentors emerging artists through exhibitions, professional development, and curated public presentations. She collaborates closely with artists across workshops, gallery shows, and art fair opportunities, supporting the development of confidence, visibility, and sustainable creative practice.
Artists including Tamzin Blair (NZ) and Alyson Hayes (AU) have participated in exhibitions and projects under her curatorial guidance.
Selected past exhibitions, events, and artist collaborations can be viewed in the Past Exhibitions & Events section of the website.