Exuberance Exhibition Catalogue
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Makeda Duong<br />
ARTIST STATEMENT<br />
Since graduating from the South Australian School of Art<br />
in 2013 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts, Makeda Duong has<br />
participated in several group and two solo exhibitions and<br />
undertaken a residency at Nexus Arts. She also<br />
participated in two mentorships, with local artists Sera<br />
Waters and Cheryl Hutchens. Her current practice<br />
attempts to unravel and represent aspects of her lived<br />
experience in relation to themes such as race, gender,<br />
and mental health. Recent themes in her work explore her<br />
experiences as a mixed-race person living in Australia.<br />
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY<br />
Makeda Duong holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts, (Textiles) -<br />
University of SA, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide,<br />
SA. In 2016 she successfully completed a NAVA Arts<br />
Business Basics Course. She has had two solo exhibitions:<br />
Mixed Race Female (2020) as part of South Australian<br />
Living Artists Festival (SALA) at Nexus Arts, Adelaide SA<br />
and The Cursed Boyfriend Sweater (2015) at Urban Cow<br />
Studio, in Adelaide SA. Her group exhibitions include<br />
Embroidery: Oppression to Expression (2021) The David<br />
Roche Foundation Museum, North Adelaide, Flotsam and<br />
Jetsam (2021) Post Office Projects, Port Adelaide, SA,<br />
Contact (2021) Kerry Packer Kivic Gallery, UniSA, Kinder,<br />
Kuche, Kirche (2019) Jamfactory at Seppeltsfield SA and<br />
Release the Beast (2018) Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne<br />
VIC.
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