Just a reminder that today I’ll be speaking @rmit_art_intersect , Melbourne – Narrm in a free public artist talk. *may not appear as advertised image. Will attempt a live stream. Event link in bio. Tuesday 17 April 12.30pm-1.30pm
RMIT 402 Swanston St, Building 12, Level 7, Room 2. TextaQueen is known for using the humble felt-tip marker to draw out complex politics of gender, race, sexuality and identity. Her portraiture unweaves impacts of cultural and colonial legacies, and the influence of visual and popular culture on personal identity. In collaboration orative processes with other ‘othered’ and displaced people and by examining her own existence as a person of Indian origin living on others’ stolen ancestral lands, she creates portraits of people not often represented in states of empowerment.
Showing wildly and widely, from bedroom shrines to acronym-ed white walls, her work has appeared at Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; de Young Museum, San Francisco; Western Exhibitions, Chicago; and Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany, and in collections such as National Gallery of Victoria and the National Portrait Gallery of Australia. She is a current State Library of Victoria Creative Fellow. #artisttalk #textaqueen #artist #superhero Image SMH 2010, costume by @ms_edgeley