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Yara (Negar) Marzban, Charlotte Newman, Em Readman, Syarisa Yasin

ARTERY x PICA Writers-in-Residence 

ARTERY x PICA Writers-in-Residence 

Em Readman, Charlotte Newman, Yara (Negar) Marzban and Syarisa Yasin will spend a month in residence at PICA developing new writing in response to works in Hatched: National Graduate Show 2026. 

Selected through a collaboration between Boorloo’s ARTERY Magazine and PICA, these four early-career writers will share a studio space, bringing together diverse perspectives and practices as they engage with the exhibition.  

Their writing will be published in a special edition of ARTERY Magazine, co-edited by PICA. 

About the artists

Yara (Negar) Marzban is a librarian and artist living and writing on Whadjuk Country. In 2025, she graduated with a Bachelor of English and Literary Studies at UWA and has previously been published in ARTERY. Born in Iran, Yara is inspired by the various definitions of home and the bittersweetness of nostalgia, memory and belonging.

Charlotte Newman is an emerging Boorloo and regional WA–based creative with a developing interest in academic arts writing and criticism. Alongside her undergraduate studies in Art History, she is involved in several arts spaces across Boorloo and maintains a casual painting practice.

Em Readman (they/them) is a queer writer and researcher living in Boorloo. They have been featured in Voiceworks, Overland, Night Parrot Press, ARTERY and other publications. Em is working on their first novel.

Syarisa Yasin is a Boorloo-based aspiring film practitioner, poet, writer and advocate. Inspired by her Indonesian and Pakistani heritage, she is passionate about bringing diverse and inclusive stories to life. Syarisa aims to create work that speaks to queer women and femmes and captures the complexity of their lives, identities and dreams. She was published in the first Australian Muslim Poetry Anthology Ritual in 2025. 

ARTERY is an ekphrastic magazine for emerging writers and artists based in Boorloo. 

Supporters

This residency program is presented in collaboration with ARTERY Magazine. Our Studio Program is supported by PICA’s Art Ambassadors.