vivonne thwaites
curator
makeda duong
Makeda Duong
Affection, 2014
Cotton cross stitch on cotton, hand knitted lace
21 x 21 cm
Makeda Duong graduated from the South Australian School of Art in 2013 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts Specialising in textiles. Her work explores how home crafts such as knitting and embroidery intersect with the cultural construction of gender roles. Following on from her degree, in 2014 she was able to participate in a Helpmann Academy emerging artist’s mentorship with Adelaide artist Sera Waters. Since 2013 she has participated in several group exhibitions, some of these with the Chopped Collective, a group that formed as a response to the South Australian School of Art’s decision to cut the textiles specialisation from its visual arts course. In her first solo exhibition The Cursed Boyfriend Sweater in 2015, she explored the parallels between craft labour and emotional labour as feminine burdens in contemporary domestic relationships. Her current focus is on myths about the female reproductive system and pelvic pain conditions in women, such as vulvodynia.
makeda duong - cv
| TRAINING & EDUCATION | |
| 2016 | Successful Completion of NAVA Arts Business Basics Course |
| 2011 - 2013 | Bachelor of Visual Arts, majoring in Textiles - University of South Australia, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, SA |
| GRANTS & FUNDING | |
| 2014 | Helpmann Academy Emerging Artists Mentorship with Sera Waters |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2015 | The Cursed Boyfriend Sweater, Urban Cow Studio, Adelaide SA – November |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2017 | (Upcoming) Disperse – Urban Cow Studio, Adelaide SA – October |
| 2017 | (Upcoming) FRAN Fest @ Artroom5 – Artroom5, Adelaide SA - August – September |
| 2017 | From Street Exhibition – Urban Cow Studio, Adelaide SA - March |
| 2015 | Diverse Feminisms – West Bar, UniSA City West Campus, Adelaide SA – September |
| 2015 | Crossing Threads - Carclew Foyer, Adelaide SA – July – August |
| 2014 | Feminine Strands – Metropolitan Hotel, Adelaide SA -September |
| 2014 | Chopped Collective Presents: Chopping SALA – Adelaide City Library, Adelaide SA - August |
| 2013 | Full Circle, University of South Australia Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide SA - December |
| 2013 | Dis-Em-Body, West Bar, UniSA City West Campus, Adelaide SA – November |
| 2013 | Craft/Work, South West Community Centre, Adelaide SA – June - July |
| 2013 | Chopped, The Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide SA – March |
| PRESENTATIONS | |
| 2016 | Displayed artworks at Intersections: 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Gender and Sexuality Studies Conference as a featured artist – September |
| 2015 | Short talk on artwork as part of Elizabeth Emery’s presentation ‘Diverse Feminisms: Contemporary Feminist Practices in Visual Art’ at Transgressions: 2nd Annual Interdisciplinary Gender and Sexuality Studies Conference – Septembe |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| Perri Sophie, ‘Exhibition Craft/Work on show at South West Community Centre on Sturt St, Adelaide’, City Messenger, 2013 | |
| Radio Adelaide 2014, ‘Art or craft? Textiles chopped from SA study’ Online podcast of radio interview, broadcast 16/03/2013, University of Adelaide | |
| Collage, Adelaide University Art History Club 2017, ‘Artist Spotlight #65: Makeda Duong’, online blog post of interview, posted 19/04/2017 | |