Lilah Benetti (Naarm/Melbourne, Australia) is an internationally recognised artist whose work employs an autoethnographic approach to exploring the intersections of gender, sexuality, and racial politics. Grounded in a speculative and imaginative framework, their practice envisions proximate futures where the boundaries between reality and fiction converge to illuminate less visible narratives within global Indigenous Black culture.
Lilah has been awarded the Boyd Garrett Studio with the City of Melbourne from January to December 2025. During this time, they will focus on my key objectives to build their living archive Black and Blur which serves as a platform for ongoing dialogue and representation within Black Queer communities.
Through medium-format photography and interviews, Lilah will be documenting local Black LGBTQIA+ individuals from Indigenous and migrant backgrounds, aiming for a publication and solo exhibition at Photo Access Canberra in September 2025. Rooted in Australia, Lilah has travelled with Black and Blur so far across Ghana, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, and the UK, sharing a global perspective on the experiences of Black Queer communities.
