What NDIS artist representation with Leah Justyce actually includes.
Not a page created and left to sit. Representation is the active work of getting a participant’s art seen and sold, under their own name - funded through NDIS, with no commission taken on anything they sell.
How this is different
Worth naming plainly, because "representation" usually means something else entirely in the art world.
A traditional commercial gallery
- Often takes 30-50% commission on every sale
- May require exclusivity
- Decides largely on its own terms what's shown and how
- Relationship can end with little say from the artist
NDIS artist representation with Leah
- No commission - ever - on anything sold
- No exclusivity required
- What’s shown, priced and pitched is always the participant’s call
- The website, shop and accounts belong to the participant from day one
Concrete examples of the work itself
Representation isn’t a concept - it’s specific, ongoing tasks. Here’s what it actually involves.
Building and running the website and shop
Set up under the participant's own name and domain - not a page parked and left empty. Products listed, priced, and able to actually take an order.
Pricing work together
Working through what a piece should sell for, call by call - the participant's decision, with Leah's experience pricing her own work as the reference point.
Writing and posting to social media
Content planned and posted on a real schedule, in the participant's voice, rather than an account created once and forgotten.
Reaching out to galleries and stockists
Identifying venues and stockists that suit the participant's work, and making the approach on their behalf - the unglamorous legwork most artists find hardest.
Pitching to press and local media
Putting the participant's story and work in front of journalists, local papers and features - the kind of coverage that's hard to get without someone pushing for it.
Submitting to open calls and exhibitions
Finding relevant exhibitions, awards and open calls, and preparing the participant's submission for them.
Handling buyer enquiries
Following up messages and enquiries about a piece, answering questions, and walking a genuine buyer through to a sale.
Free promotion through Solène Haus
The participant's work shown on the art platform Leah founded, at no listing fee and no commission - one more place real buyers can find it.
Core, Capacity Building, or both
- Regular, ongoing promotion and sales support typically sits under Core, as Supports in Employment
- Building the skills behind it - pricing, presenting, posting - typically sits under Capacity Building, as Employment Assistance
- Most plans use a mix of both as a practice develops from skill-building towards ongoing representation
- Available to plan-managed and self-managed participants (unregistered provider - not available to NDIA-managed participants)
- No commission or cut taken on anything the participant sells
- Bound by the NDIS Code of Conduct
Frequently asked
What does "NDIS artist representation" actually mean, in plain terms?
It means someone actively working to get a participant's art seen and sold, under the participant's own name - not a facilitator who sets up a page and checks in occasionally. It covers the promotion and sales side of a creative practice: a live website and shop, social media that actually posts, and direct outreach to galleries, stockists, press and buyers.
How is this different from a traditional art gallery representing an artist?
A commercial gallery typically takes a standing commission - often 30-50% - on anything sold, may ask for exclusivity, and decides largely on its own terms what's shown and how. This is the opposite: no commission is taken on anything a participant sells, there's no exclusivity, and every decision - what's shown, how it's priced, who it's pitched to - stays with the participant. NDIS funding pays for the support work itself, not a share of the artist's sales.
Is this done for the participant, or with them?
With them. This is capacity-building support - Leah leads on the specific parts a participant's disability makes genuinely difficult, while the participant directs every decision and takes on more of the actual doing as their own skill and confidence grow. There's no handover of control, and no homework to complete alone.
How does representation qualify for NDIS funding?
Where it's regular, ongoing promotion and sales support for an established or developing practice, it typically sits under Core, as Supports in Employment. The skill-building side that usually comes first - learning to price, present and post - typically sits under Capacity Building, as Employment Assistance. Most plans use a mix of both as a practice develops. See the full funding guide for coordinators for item numbers and current price limits.
Does a participant need to already be selling their work?
No. Some participants are only just starting to show work outside their family. Others already sell occasionally and want it run properly. Both are a fit - representation builds from wherever the practice already is.
Is this available to plan-managed and self-managed participants?
Yes, both. Leah Justyce is an unregistered provider, which isn't available to NDIA-managed (agency-managed) participants, since unregistered providers can't claim directly from the NDIA.
Wondering if this could fit a plan?
Tell us a little about the artist and their goal, and we’ll be in touch to talk through whether this fits. See also the full breakdown of mentoring and representation together.