Imogen Kelly is an Australian performance artist, performer, writer, director and sculptor whose multidisciplinary practice spans more than three decades. A pioneering figure in Australian burlesque, cabaret, fetish and underground queer performance, she is internationally recognised as Australia’s Queen of Burlesque and the 2012 World Queen of Burlesque (Miss Exotic World), awarded at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. Working across live performance, theatre, writing, film and visual art, Imogen’s practice explores identity, sexuality, the body, transformation, spectacle and the politics of representation. Her work draws on personal history, popular culture, social commentary and the subversive traditions of cabaret, vaudeville and experimental performance. Alongside her performance career, Imogen is an independent director, storyteller and cultural producer with a longstanding interest in preserving Australia's alternative performance histories. Her current creative practice brings together memoir, sculpture, performance and oral history, examining the intersections of art, gender, sexuality, ageing and cultural memory. With a career spanning Australia and the international stage, Imogen continues to create work that challenges conventions, celebrates the extraordinary and gives voice to stories often left outside the cultural record.