BIO

Tayla Richardson is a poet, multidisciplinary artist, writer, filmmaker, actor, model and disability advocate living on Bunurong land. She creates to connect and untangle perceptions of ambiguous loss, hope and impermanence, drawing on her experience living with a rare neuromuscular condition. 

Her work has featured in local and international film festivals, art exhibitions across Melbourne, online with RUSSH magazine, Writers Victoria, EWF and 2025 Grieve Project, amongst others. She was the winner and subsequent Jury member of a University of Sydney Art Prize for people with disabilities, a Judge for Casey Council’s Youth Writing Competition, runner up in the 2025 Poetry D’Amour, and winner of the Best Screenwriter Award at the 2025 ‘Focus on Ability’ Film Festival. 

Tayla’s rare disease and disability advocacy work spans podcasts, presenting at expos and lived experience consultancy for; care, access, beauty, travel and medical research organisations. She is a stakeholder reference group member for Rare Voices Australia and an ambassador for Muscular Dystrophy Australia. 

She is currently writing her debut poetry memoir, an interdisciplinary work supported by a Creative Victoria grant, Mother Tongue ‘Rising Voices’ Fellowship, Varuna ‘The Writer’s Space online’ Fellowship and Wheeler Centre 'Hot Desk' Fellowship. Tayla has featured in various national campaigns and is represented by ZBD Talent, the leading inclusive talent agency in Australia and around the globe.