Behind the Lines is an annual travelling exhibition of Australia’s year in political cartoons. The exhibition, put together by the Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD), celebrates the role of political cartoonists and highlights the power that their art has in contributing to our daily political and social discourse. 

A Night With the Artists was hosted by the exhibition curator, Dr Alex Walton, and featured engaging discussion with three female artists on their experience with political cartoons. The featured artists were:

• Cathy Wilcox – Sydney-based cartoonist and illustrator Cathy Wilcox has been drawing cartoons since 1989. Her work appears almost daily in The Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne’s The Age. She is the president of the Australian Cartoonists Association. She is also an award-winning illustrator of children’s books. Wilcox has received numerous Stanley, Walkley and Kennedy Awards. She was MoAD’s Political Cartoonist of the Year in 2009, 2016 and 2020.

• Fiona Katauskas – Sydneysider Fiona Katauskas has been a cartoonist since 1997 and is a cartoonist for The Guardian. Her work has also appeared in a wide range of publications, including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Age, New Matilda, and Eureka Street. She is the author and illustrator of The Amazing True Story of How Babies Are Made (2015) and the author and illustrator of a new kids’ book to be published in August titled Hi From Outer Space.
• Jess Harwood – Jess Harwood is an artist and campaigner living on Gadigal land in Sydney. She has published cartoons with The Guardian and her work has also been featured by the ABC, the BBC, and by social movements, charities and businesses.