Bridget Milesi

Mural artist, scenic artist, illustrator, Set and Costume designer, art department, prop maker.

5+ years experience, I have worked on feature films, large scale theatre productions, large scale public and private murals, commercial creative projects and private portrait commissions.

First class honors Production Design Melbourne University

Orloff Family Trust Scholarship Melbourne University

✸Various mural and community art projects: Gorman, Princess Highway, Playable Streets, Melbourne Council, Royal Highland Show Scotland

✸ Artistic Producer (which included designing and painting large scale murals, running workshops,building and designing large immersive installations and illustrations) for Playable Streets Melbourne 2018 - 2022

✸ 2023 Completed Production designs for two feature films Cinderella's Curse (Dir Louisa Warren, Champdog Films) And Sleeping Beauty (Dir Louisa Warren, Champdog Films), both fairytale horrors. Due to be released in 2024. Currently in the pre-production doing the production design for Bambi, Peter Pan and Salem's Doll.

✸ In 2019 Bridget featured as an emerging artist in First Commissions, A Major Australian Art Concept where her sculpture of a hedgehog formed a commentary on the unjust treatment of asylum seekers.

✸ In 2021 Bridget showcased her first solo art exhibition at Brunswick Street Gallery, titled ‘Straight From The Poolroom’. The exhibition feature a collection of paintings and sculptures reimagining scenes from iconic films and television.

✸Bridget has been privileged to collaborate with a diverse range of Australian theatre and film companies, including Victorian Opera, Playable Streets, Stage Mom, Gorman, Polyglot Theatre, Back to Back Theatre, The Listies and Snuff Puppets.

✸ Bridget holds a first class degree in Fine Arts Production (Design Realisation) at the Victorian College of the Arts where she was awarded the Orloff Family Trust Scholarship in 2018.