r e a (artist)

r e a Saunders (born 1962), known as r e a, is an Indigenous Australian artist, Academic and Lecturer at the University of Queensland.[1] She works with photography, digital media and installation art.

Early life

She was born in Coonabarabran, Australia and is a descendant of the Gamilaraay people of northern New South Wales.[2]

Education

She initially studied a TAFE course in Electrical Trades at Petersham, New South Wales in 1989, and then started to move towards art a year later while studying a TAFE course in Visual Arts.[3]

She has since received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) from the University of New South Wales in 1993, a Masters of Visual Arts at the Australian National University, and a Masters of Science, Digital Imaging and Design, New York University.[3]

Career

Exhibition

She started to exhibit work in 1993 with pieces at the Performance Space and Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative in Sydney.[3]

In 1994 her work was exhibited in Localities of Desire: Contemporary Art in an International World,[4] Don’t Leave Me This Way: Art in the Age of AIDS,[5] Blackness: Blak City Culture![6] and True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists Raise the Flag.[7]

in 1995 she had her first Solo exhibition was titled 'Ripped Into Pieces Blak Body' at Performance Space, Sydney.[8]

in 1997, at the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists' Co-op she had a solo exhibion as a part of the 1997 Festival of the Dreaming: a celebration of the art and culture of indigenous peoples from around the world called EYE/I'MMABLAKPIECE.[9] The installation art exhibited aimed to challenge the male gaze through the use of mirrors.[9]

in 1998 she exhibited work in bLAK bABE(z) & kWEER kAT(z) with Brook Andrew.[10]

Work

Her Collection Look Who's Calling The Kettle Black is a collection of photographic print in three colors.[11][12]

References
  1. "Dr r e a Saunders". atsis.uq.edu.au. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. st, Visit North Terrace Adelaide SA 5000 Australia T. +61 8 8207 7000 E. infoartgallery sa gov au www agsa sa gov au AGSA Kaurna yartangka yuwanthi AGSA; l, s on Kaurna; Maps, Open in. "Rea". AGSA - Online Collection. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. "r e a b. 1962". Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. "New Worlds: Localities of Desire | Exhibitions | MCA Australia". www.mca.com.au. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. Gott, Ted; Australia, National Gallery of (1994). Don't leave me this way: art in the age of AIDS. National Gallery of Australia. ISBN 978-0-642-13030-3.
  6. "Australian Centre for Contemporary Art". acca.melbourne. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  7. Chambers, Eddie; Andrew, Brook; Chambers, Eddie; Arts, Institute of New International Visual; Cooperative, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists (1994). True colours : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists raise the flag. Chippendale, N.S.W. : Boomali Aboriginal Artists Co-operative. ISBN 978-0-646-18211-7.
  8. Kelada, Odette; Clark, Madeleine (September 2013). "Bodies on the line: Repossession and 'talkin up' in Aboriginal women's art". Artlink. 33 (3): 39.
  9. "EYE/I'MMABLAKPIECE". www.artdes.monash.edu.au. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  10. Rea; Brady, Wendy; Chapple, Murray; Andrew, Brook (1998). Blak babe(z) & kweer kat[z. Sydney: Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras. OCLC 935605635.
  11. "NGA collection search results". artsearch.nga.gov.au. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  12. "Photographic series 'Look who's calling the kettle black'". collection.maas.museum. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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