Keg de Souza
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Keg de Souza | |
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| Born | 1978 Perth, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | University of New South Wales College of Fine Art |
| Occupation | Visual artist |
| Website | http://www.kegdesouza.com |
Keg de Souza is an Australian artist working across a range of mediums including performance art, drawing, temporary architecture, food, mapping, zines, and artist's booka.[1] Initially training in architecture, she has developed a strong focus of spatial practice also informed by time spent squatting and organising events in Sydney. Often taking a pedagogical approach, she explores themes, situation, social spaces, community, knowledge exchange as well as the commons and places with emphasis on reciprocity, playfulness and participation.
Biography[edit]
Keg De Souza was born in 1978 in Perth, Australia and now lives and works in Sydney, Australia.[2] She has been described as an inter-disciplinary artist who works in video, artist’s books, printmaking, inflatable architecture, installation and drawing.[2]
Education[edit]
De Souza graduated from University of New South Wales in Art and Design where she exhibited with fellow artist Anna John in The Private Lives of Ups and Downs in 2007.[3]
Artistic career[edit]
Temporary Spaces, Edible Places[edit]
De Souza's international picnic project Temporary Spaces, Edible Places began in 2014 at the Delfina Foundation, London.[4] Later that year she was invited to the Isle of Skye by ATLAS Arts to present the work.[5] The project then travelled to the Contemporary Gallery, Vancouver and the AC Institute, New York.[6][7][8] In each location, the artist focused on local culture and foods to explore her interest in the politics of food and space in pedagogical learning processes.[8][9]
"People often gather in spaces around food, and I want to draw on that tendency in order to have my explorations of food grounded in discussion and sharing". Keg de Souza[10]
Recent work[edit]
In July 2018, Keg de Souza first institutional solo exhibition "Common Knowledge and Learning Curves" opened at Artspace Sydney from 29 Jul 2018 until 12 Aug 2018. The exhibition included a meeting place and workshops on 'mindful eating'. The exhibition displayed all the hallmarks of her work including temporal structures using ready-made materials and site-specific events that invited participation from local residents; migrant as well as indigenous, including those who had recently moved into the community.[11][12][13]
Other exhibitions include; The National: New Australian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales (2017); 20th Biennale of Sydney (2016); Setouchi Triennale (2016); Appetite for Construction, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2016); Preservation, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2015); Temporality in Architecture, Food and Communities, Delfina Foundation, London (2014); 5th Auckland Triennial (2013) and 15th Jakarta Biennale (2013).[2][4][6][14][15][16][17]
References[edit]
- ^ "Fellow Focus: Keg De Souza | Australia Council". www.australiacouncil.gov.au. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ a b c "Keg de Souza The 5th Auckland Triennial". aucklandtriennial.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Biennale artist and aesthetic activist - Keg De Souza | UNSW Art & Design". artdesign.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Delfina Foundation — Keg de Souza". delfinafoundation.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ Keg, De Souza. Temporary spaces, edible places : Isle of Skye, Scotland. Lewis, Danielle, 1985-. [Australia]. ISBN 9780980547054. OCLC 1014191264.
- ^ a b "Keg de Souza | Appetite for Construction - Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver". Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "TEMPORARY SPACES, EDIBLE PLACES: NEW YORK KEG DE SOUZAimages | Acinstitute". acinstitute. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Mapping Relationships Between Food, Memory and the City". Edible Manhattan. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ Keg, De Souza. Temporary spaces, edible places : Isle of Skye, Scotland. Lewis, Danielle, 1985-. [Australia]. ISBN 9780980547054. OCLC 1014191264.
- ^ Keg, De Souza. Temporary spaces, edible places : Isle of Skye, Scotland. Lewis, Danielle, 1985-. [Australia]. ISBN 9780980547054. OCLC 1014191264.
- ^ Hughes, Helen (18 July 2018). "Keg de Souza's Sense of Community". Frieze (197). Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Keg de Souza". frieze.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ Digital, Atlas. "Artspace". www.artspace.org.au. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "The National" (PDF).
- ^ "#{title}". bos-legacy.s3-website-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Setouchi Triennale 2016 : Art report - Su-Mei Tse ｜ART FRONT GALLERY | ART FRONT GALLERY". ART FRONT GALLERY. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "15th Jakarta Biennale 2013 | Indonesia | ASEF culture360". culture360.asef.org. Retrieved 9 October 2018.