DEFNE huzmeli

CREATIVE PRODUCER

Defne Huzmeli is a queer Turkish-Australian multidisciplinary artist with a style that’s definitely hers and a career that fuses her infinite interests. She graduated with distinction in a Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing & Theatre) & Fine Arts (Photography & Graphic Design) from UNSW in 2023. Defne is also the Creative Director and host of West Side Poetry Slam, a monthly hybrid event based in Parramatta. She has been published in UNSWeetend & Tharunka and featured across Story Week, ‘23 Adelaide Writers’ Week, Art Gallery NSW, UNSW, Enough Said and Bread & Butter Poetry Slam. Most recently she’s performed her own show of poetry & song “DEFNE Opens Up” at Flight Path Theatre, Marrickville. Defne is always up to some creative mischief, whether writing songs or shooting shows. The world is her runway as she finds ways to overrun it with connection.