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'''Rox De Luca''' (born 1963) is an Australian visual artist who makes sculptural objects and installations predominantly from found plastics. Currently lives on Gadigal Land, in Bondi NSW.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allatson |first=Paul |date=2020 |title=Rox De Luca: Gleaning for plastics, defying wastefulness |url=https://www.roxdeluca.com/images/Gleaning_for_plastics_defying_wastefulness_by_Paul_Allatson_2020_.pdf |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=Rox De Luca}}</ref> Since the mid 1980s De Luca has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, nationally and internationally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CV |url=https://www.roxdeluca.com/index.php/artist-cv-curriculum-de-arte |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=www.roxdeluca.com}}</ref> |
'''Rox De Luca''' (born 1963) is an Australian visual artist who makes sculptural objects and installations predominantly from found plastics. Currently lives on [[Gadigal]] Land, in [[Bondi Beach|Bondi]] NSW.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allatson |first=Paul |date=2020 |title=Rox De Luca: Gleaning for plastics, defying wastefulness |url=https://www.roxdeluca.com/images/Gleaning_for_plastics_defying_wastefulness_by_Paul_Allatson_2020_.pdf |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=Rox De Luca}}</ref> Since the mid 1980s De Luca has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, nationally and internationally.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=CV |url=https://www.roxdeluca.com/index.php/artist-cv-curriculum-de-arte |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=www.roxdeluca.com}}</ref> |
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== Personal Life == |
== Personal Life == |
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De Luca's parents came to Australia from Italy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-25 |title=Sea Of Plastic: An Artists Quest To Address Ocean Pollution |url=https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/sea-of-plastic-an-artists-quest-to-address-ocean-pollution |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Culture Trip |language=en}}</ref> She has three sisters.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-25 |title=Sea Of Plastic: An Artists Quest To Address Ocean Pollution |url=https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/sea-of-plastic-an-artists-quest-to-address-ocean-pollution |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Culture Trip |language=en}}</ref> |
De Luca's parents came to Australia from Italy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-25 |title=Sea Of Plastic: An Artists Quest To Address Ocean Pollution |url=https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/sea-of-plastic-an-artists-quest-to-address-ocean-pollution |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Culture Trip |language=en}}</ref> She has three sisters.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-25 |title=Sea Of Plastic: An Artists Quest To Address Ocean Pollution |url=https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/sea-of-plastic-an-artists-quest-to-address-ocean-pollution |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Culture Trip |language=en}}</ref> |
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De Luca has a Bachelor of Arts (Visual) from Canberra School of Art/ANU (1985) and a Graduate Diploma in Arts Administration, University of NSW (1988).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Gunyah artist-in-residence program |url=http://gunyah.blogspot.com/search?q=rox+de+luca |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=gunyah.blogspot.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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== Practice == |
== Practice == |
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In 2024 De Luca was the inaugural artist in residence at [[Orlebar Brown]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Elegantly Wasted |url=https://www.gq.com.au/style/trends/the-style-download-15324/image-gallery/a1114634ed7db996d49f80ed40e73536 |access-date=13 April 2024 |work=GQ |pages=9/10}}</ref> |
In 2024 De Luca was the inaugural artist in residence at [[Orlebar Brown]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Elegantly Wasted |url=https://www.gq.com.au/style/trends/the-style-download-15324/image-gallery/a1114634ed7db996d49f80ed40e73536 |access-date=13 April 2024 |work=GQ |pages=9/10}}</ref> |
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In 2022 De Luca contributed work to the artist's collective Project Vortex - Intercepting the Plastic Waste Stream.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project Vortex |url=https://www.projectvortex.org/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Project Vortex |language=en-US}}</ref> |
In 2022 De Luca contributed work to the artist's collective Project Vortex - Intercepting the Plastic Waste Stream.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project Vortex |url=https://www.projectvortex.org/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Project Vortex |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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De Luca has been a finalist in a number of art prizes.<ref name=":0" /> |
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== Residencies == |
== Residencies == |
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De Luca has received multiple artist-in-residence opportunities including in 2022 at the [http://gunyah.blogspot.com Gunyah Residency Program], NSW,<ref name=":1" /> and at the [https://www.woollahragallery.com.au/Home Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf], NSW.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rox de Luca |url=https://www.woollahragallery.com.au/Artists/Artist-in-Residence/Rox-de-Luca |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=www.woollahragallery.com.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> In 2019 De Luca was artist-in-residence at the [[Fremantle Arts Centre]].<ref name=":1" /> |
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== Solo Exhibitions<ref>{{Cite web |title=CV |url=https://www.roxdeluca.com/index.php/artist-cv-curriculum-de-arte |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=www.roxdeluca.com}}</ref> == |
== Solo Exhibitions<ref>{{Cite web |title=CV |url=https://www.roxdeluca.com/index.php/artist-cv-curriculum-de-arte |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=www.roxdeluca.com}}</ref> == |
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Revision as of 10:27, 13 April 2024
Rox De Luca (born 1963) is an Australian visual artist who makes sculptural objects and installations predominantly from found plastics. Currently lives on Gadigal Land, in Bondi NSW.[1] Since the mid 1980s De Luca has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, nationally and internationally.[2]
Personal Life
De Luca's parents came to Australia from Italy.[3] She has three sisters.[4]
De Luca has a Bachelor of Arts (Visual) from Canberra School of Art/ANU (1985) and a Graduate Diploma in Arts Administration, University of NSW (1988).[5]
Practice
De Luca's practice often involves collecting kilos of plastic waste debris from the shores of local beaches, particularly Bondi Beach or Rose Bay in Sydney.[6] At her studio the plastics are sorted and threaded using strings of wire into sculpture works that speaks to consumption, abundance, and waste.[7] She was inspired by a talk given by Dr Jennifer Lavers of Adrift Lab about the effect of plastic in the oceans on marine life.[8]
Prior to working with plastic waste, De Luca painted portraits.[9] De Luca's practice is influenced by her migrant background.[10]
Work
In 2024 De Luca was the inaugural artist in residence at Orlebar Brown.[11]
In 2022 De Luca contributed work to the artist's collective Project Vortex - Intercepting the Plastic Waste Stream.[12]
De Luca has been a finalist in a number of art prizes.[2]
Residencies
De Luca has received multiple artist-in-residence opportunities including in 2022 at the Gunyah Residency Program, NSW,[5] and at the Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, NSW.[13] In 2019 De Luca was artist-in-residence at the Fremantle Arts Centre.[5]
Solo Exhibitions[14]
- 2023 - Slot Gallery, Redfern
- 2021 - Chutespace, Canberra
- 2020 - Still gleaning for plastics, on the beach, Articulate project space, Sydney
- 2019 - Gleaning for plastic, on the beach, Art+Climate= Change, Loop, Melbourne
- 2016 - Gleaning for plastic, on the beach, Articulate project space, Sydney
- 2012 - Saved, James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney
- 2006/8 - Studio Exhibitions, Sydney and Madrid
- 2001 - Parla, memoria, Legge Gallery, Sydney
- 1998 - Madre e Figlia, Legge Gallery, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions[15]
- 2024 - Colour is everything, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne, forthcoming Beauty Runs the Gauntlet, Bondi Pavilion Gallery
- 2023 - Plastic- Unwrapping the World, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
- 2022 - RISE 2: Considerations of saltwater, fish, mangroves & people, oil & plastic / Conversations, The Cross Arts Projects, Sydney, for Plastic Free July
- 2022 - Plastic-free Kandos, collaboration with Plastic Free Biennale, (Lucas Ihlein, Kim Williams, First Nations Sister GlitterNullius), Wayout, Kandos
- 2022 - Material Girl, China Cultural Centre, Sydney, Curated by Nicholas Tsoutsas Omnivores, Duckrabbit, Redfern
- 2021 - Hundreds and Thousands, Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia
- 2021 - Que des Femmes/Women Only Biennale, Factory 49, Sydney
- 2021 - On REvolution, Gallery Central, North Metro TAFE, Perth
- 2020 - Contour 556, Canberra Curated by Neil Hobbs
- 2020 - AT10: Articulate Turns Ten, Articulate, Sydney
- 2020 - Herland II Our Land, The Women’s Library, Newtown
- 2019 - The Art for the Wilderness, Queen Street Galleries, Woollahra, Sydney
- 2018 - Abstraction Twenty Eighteen, Five Walls Gallery, Melbourne
- 2018 - Sentient Visibility, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney
- 2018 - Making: memory, Articulate Upstairs, with Michele Elliot and Laurie Paine
- 2017 - Hidden Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney
- 2016 - Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Beach, Sydney
- 2013 - Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Beach, Sydney
- 2010 - Más Razones, with Jo Darbyshire, Espacio Menosuno, Madrid
- 2003 - Italiani di Sydney, Museum of Sydney, Sydney
- 2001 - Stitches/Fare il punto, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
- 1999 - Family Ties, 24HR Art, Darwin
- 1999 - 50 Reasons, with Jo Darbyshire, Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia
Collections
- Artbank, Australia[16]
- Deakin University Art Gallery Collection, Victoria[17]
- Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
- New England Regional Art Museum, NSW
- Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia
- University of Sydney Union, NSW
- Private collections Australia, Europe and USA.[18]
References
- ^ Allatson, Paul (2020). "Rox De Luca: Gleaning for plastics, defying wastefulness" (PDF). Rox De Luca. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ a b "CV". www.roxdeluca.com. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "Sea Of Plastic: An Artists Quest To Address Ocean Pollution". Culture Trip. 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "Sea Of Plastic: An Artists Quest To Address Ocean Pollution". Culture Trip. 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ a b c "Gunyah artist-in-residence program". gunyah.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "Sea Of Plastic: An Artists Quest To Address Ocean Pollution". Culture Trip. 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ Lei, Celina (9 November 2021). "Artists giving materials a new life". Arts Hub. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Sea Of Plastic: An Artists Quest To Address Ocean Pollution". Culture Trip. 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ Allatson, Paul (1996). "Men and Mettle". Artlink. 16 (1): 24–26.
- ^ Brennan, Anne (1 December 1997). "Beyond reason: Jo Darbyshire and Rox De Luca". Eyeline. 35: 22–24.
- ^ "Elegantly Wasted". GQ. pp. 9/10. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "Project Vortex". Project Vortex. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "Rox de Luca". www.woollahragallery.com.au. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "CV". www.roxdeluca.com. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "CV". www.roxdeluca.com. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "CV". www.roxdeluca.com. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ Deakin University Art Collection. "Deakin University Art Collection" (PDF). Deakin University. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "CV". www.roxdeluca.com. Retrieved 2024-04-13.