About.
I am a visual artist whose practice encompasses drawing, painting, performance, and curatorial projects. Through a queer and feminist lens my work has focused on artistic labour, authorship, historiography, and embodiment. My works often draw on a grunge aesthetic using everyday, overlooked, or discarded materials with an awareness of the physicality and performativity of painting itself.
I am known for an unapologetic approach to exploring themes of gender identity, sexuality, consumerism, and the environment.
I am a founding member of Barbara Cleveland, an Australian artist collective with artists Diana Baker Smith, Frances Barrett and Kate Blackmore. The collective takes their name from a fictional feminist performance artist recovered from the margins of Australian art history, a figure who has featured in our work since 2010.
I have been working on Gadigal land (Sydney) since the early 2000s, I was born in Naarm (Melbourne) and I am of Scottish descent. I hold a Bachelor of Fine Art from UNSW and a Masters in Visual Art from University of Sydney. My thesis explored the interconnections between performance and painting. In addition to my formal training, I was taught from a young age the craft of signwriting by my father whose occupation was a commercial artist for TV and theatre. I am an Alumni of the Australia Council Arts Leaders Program (2016) and
currently artist in residence at the NSW Creative Industry Residency Program, Museum of Art & Applied Sciences, Ultimo.
Most recently I have exhibited a commission In Memory at Bus Projects, Thinking Business at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery (touring nationally), Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, MUMA’s Art You Can Wear project and created a collection for the NGV Design Store. My works are held in various collections including the ABC, Sheila Foundation, Artbank, Museum of Contemporary Art and the Art Gallery of NSW.
Contact
Contact
︎@kellydollydolly
kdolly@protonmail.com
