Filming inside Taronga Zoo’s living classroom for 'Shake The Dust Off Your Wings'.
In 2023 Melvin J.Montalban and Leila’s artwork ’Shake The Dust Off Your Wings’ (2021) was displayed in the windows of Hermès in Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Shake was filmed inside Taronga Zoo’s Living Classroom and exhibited thanks to Samsung. The work features music by Nick Wales and cinematography by Chris Bryan. Photo by Pete Waddinton.
Moluccan and Red Tail exhibited as part of the SAATCHI GALLERY 2023 exhibition CIVILIZATION: The Way We Live Now. The exhibition was curated by William A. Ewing and Holly Russell Perret-Gentil, featuring over 350 works by 150 internationally renowned photographers. The Guardian called it ‘breathtaking’.
SUB-ANTARCTICA
Macquarie Island lies in the Sub-Antarctica and is home to large colonies of seabirds. Leila travelled there with the Australian Antarctic Division, sailing from Hobart on the RSV Nuyina, a state-of-the-art icebreaker and scientific research vessel. The expedition was part of her work on the upcoming book Seabird. She is scheduled to return for a second trip to the Antarctic continent to continue her research.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Behind the scenes. Photo shoot for Nikon Australia 2023. Featuring Brolly the Brolga from the Feathered Friends Rescue Centre. Video by Wes Nel.
Leila was invited in 2023 by Nikon Australia to test out the brand new Nikon Z9 camera on beautiful subjects such as Yellow-tailed black cockatoo (named L.J.), Bushstone Curlew, Tawny Frogmouths, Barn Owl, Australian Kestral, Red-tailed black cockatoo. All beautifully cared for by Feathered Friends Bird Sanctuary.
Flat Land Gallery Amsterdam presented Alpha // Female at Het Glazen Huis (The Glass House) in Amstelpark, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The show invited to viewers to reconsider traditional perspectives on animal behaviour, focussing on the concept of the ‘alpha’ in various species. September 2024.
Celery
On 11 July 2022, Australia Post released a stamp Issue using Leila’s artworks that celebrates a most Iconic Australian bird, the Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus).
The Tweets
Bluey and Liquorice
Nest was commissioned by Vivid Sydney 2024 and exhibited on the Stargazer Lawn, Barangaroo Sydney. Artists Leila Jeffreys and Melvin J. Montalban. Cinematographer - Chris Bryan. Bird Carers - Feathered Friends Bird Sanctuary. Bonsai Artist - Tree Makers. Composer - Jackson Mills. Thank you to Vivid Sydney.
Leila’s video art Nature is not a place to visit. It is home played in front of a symphony orchestra - the Orchestra National de Bretagne, France. 2023. Photo by Laurent Guizard.
Leila appeared on Series 35 Episode 1 of the much loved ABC Television programme Gardening Australia in 2024. Click play to view to the episode.
Cut-throat from ‘The wound is the place where the light enters’ series was a finalist in the Bowness Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia. 2020.
Brooke Shields with Leila Jeffreys at the Olsen Gruin Gallery, New York 2019
Opening night at the Olsen Gruin Gallery, New York 2019
This series follows Penguin, a rescued magpie whose bond with the Bloom family brought unexpected joy during a time of upheaval.
As Sam Bloom recovered from a life-changing accident, Penguin became a symbol of adaptation and care—later immortalised in the film Penguin Bloom. Leila Jeffreys captured Penguin not just as a bird, but as a companion in healing, resilience, and the quiet connections we share with other beings.
Presented by Jenny Morris, ART OF MUSIC combines both visual arts and music. Held every two years, a group of Australia’s top artists come together to create an original exhibition where each artist chooses an iconic Australian/NZ song to inspire a piece of artwork. The artwork is then auctioned to raise funds for Music Therapy during a gala dinner in the spectacular Grand Court of the Art Gallery of NSW. Leila has donated three different one off artworks to this fundraising event.
Juvenile Satin Bowerbird
Leila was featured in a documentary by Poppy Stockell on the ABC. Called Bird Nerd: The Art of Leila Jeffreys. 2019.
TEMPLE, NFSA
Temple was exhibited at the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra in 2024. An immersive and reflective audiovisual installation celebrating Australia’s native bird the cockatoo. Artists Leila Jeffreys and Melvin J. Montalban. Cinematographer - Chris Bryan. Bird Carers - Feathered Friends Bird Sanctuary. Composer - Jackson Mills. Temple was originally commissioned for Vivid Sydney 2022.
