Flame-haired, kohl-eyed and fearlessly independent in both art and life, the Australian artist Vali Myers cut a swathe through global counter-culture like few others.
Having moved out of her parent’s home in suburban Box Hill in 1944, aged 14, Myers relocated to St Kilda, where she supported herself by working in factories and as an artist’s model. By 17 she was the leading dancer of the Melbourne Modern Ballet Company – though conservative 1940’s Melbourne quickly proved too small and far too restrictive for her.
