Desiree Crossing

Collaborating Artist

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Desiree Crossing (b.1981) is an Australian contemporary painter, based in
Perth, Western Australia. A contemporary realist, her focus is on narrative
portraiture.

Crossing studied Fine Arts at Edith Cowan University, Central TAFE, and Set
and Costume Design at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. She
has completed two artist residencies in Italy.

Crossing has been awarded several prizes for her works including the
prestigious Baldock Family Peoples' Choice Award at the 2021 Lester Prize
for Portraiture for 'The Night Commute'.

Crossing exhibits regularly in Australia and abroad, and her work is held
within private and government collections around the world.

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