curriculum vitae
Makeda Duong Australia
Training and 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 and Funding
2014
Helpmann Academy Emerging Artists Mentorship with Sera Waters
Training and 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 and Funding
2014
Helpmann Academy Emerging Artists Mentorship with Sera Waters
Residencies
2020
Nexus Arts SALA Festival Studio Residency – April – June
Includes Artist Mentorship – Selected Mentor Cheryl Hutchens
Awards
2022
Finalist in the Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize
2020
Winner of the Don Dunstan Foundation SALA Award
Collections
Adelaide Migration Museum
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Mixed Race Female - as part of South Australian Living Artists Festival (SALA)– Nexus Arts, Adelaide SA –August - September
2015
The Cursed Boyfriend Sweater - Urban Cow Studio, Adelaide SA – November
2020
Nexus Arts SALA Festival Studio Residency – April – June
Includes Artist Mentorship – Selected Mentor Cheryl Hutchens
Awards
2022
Finalist in the Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize
2020
Winner of the Don Dunstan Foundation SALA Award
Collections
Adelaide Migration Museum
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Mixed Race Female - as part of South Australian Living Artists Festival (SALA)– Nexus Arts, Adelaide SA –August - September
2015
The Cursed Boyfriend Sweater - Urban Cow Studio, Adelaide SA – November
Group Exhibitions
2023
Upcoming - Exuberance, Craft ACT, Canberra, July 2023
2022
Dream Job, OzAsia Festival, Adelaide Festival Centre, - October - November 2022
2021
Embroidery: Oppression to Expression, The David Roche Foundation Museum, North Adelaide – June- September 2021
Flotsam and Jetsam - Post Office Projects, Port Adelaide, SA - June – July
Contact - Kerry Packer Kivic Gallery, UniSA City West Campus - January- March
50/50 (online) – Hamilton Gallery, NETS Victoria - February
2019
Kinder, Kuche, Kirche – Jamfactory at Seppeltsfield SA, - July- September
2018
Stitching Yarns – Art Pod, Adelaide SA – November – January 2019
Release the Beast – Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne VIC - March
2017
Disperse – Urban Cow Studio, Adelaide SA – October
FRAN Fest @ Artroom5 – Artroom5, Adelaide SA - August – September
Frome Street Exhibition – Urban Cow Studio, Adelaide SA - March
2015
Diverse Feminisms – West Bar, UniSA City West Campus, Adelaide SA – September
Crossing Threads - Carclew Foyer, Adelaide SA – July – August
2014
The Healing Cloth –Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide SA - November – December
Feminine Strands – Metropolitan Hotel, Adelaide SA -September
Chopped Collective Presents: Chopping -as part of SALA – Adelaide City Library, Adelaide SA - August
2013
Full Circle - University of South Australia Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide SA - December
Dis-Em-Body - West Bar, UniSA City West Campus, Adelaide SA – November
Craft/Work - South West Community Centre, Adelaide SA – June - July
Chopped - The Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide SA – March
Presentations
2021
Artist Talk at The David Roche Museum with Margaret Lee, Caitlin Bowe, Britt Burton, as part of Embroidery: Oppression to Expression exhibition – September
Artist Talk at Post Office Projects Gallery with Cheryl Hutchens, Deborah Prior, Kay Lawrence, as part of Flotsam and Jetsam exhibition – July
Artist Talk on Zoom for AGSA Gallery Guides – July
revision: Tools for Advocacy – online zoom presentation with Esther Anatolitis, Kelli McCluskey, Sally Blackwood, as part of Guildhouse reVision online program 2021 – June
2018
Artist talk at the Australian Lace Guild - August
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 – September
Bibliography
ABC Radio Adelaide 2022, Drive, Oz Asia Festival Segment, broadcast 04/11/22, www.abc.net.au/adelaide/programs/drive/drive/14094484
Steph Fuller, SALA Podcast Episode 4, ‘DIY Audio Tour’ 2020, https://www.salafestival.com/diy-audio-tour/
Olivia De Zilva, Adelaide Review, ‘Art on her sleeve’, article, Issue #486, August 2020, Adelaide
Angela Skujins, CityMag, Indaily, ‘Makeda Duong and the warp and weft of identity’, online article, posted Aug 21 2020, URL: https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/makeda-duong-and-the-warp-and-weft-of-identity/
Emery Elizabeth, 'From Stitching by Candlelight to Crafting Online: Textiles, Self-representation and Continuing Histories of Subversive Stitches,' Cut Cloth: Contemporary Textiles and Feminism, edited by Sarah-Joy Ford, PO Publishing, London, 2017
Zabidi Masya, Collage, Adelaide University Art History Club 2017, ‘Artist Spotlight #65: Makeda Duong’, online blog post of interview, posted 19/04/2017, URL: https://collageadelaide.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/artist-
spotlight-65-makeda-duong/
Radio Adelaide 2014, ‘Art or craft? Textiles chopped from SA study’ Online podcast of radio interview, broadcast 16/03/2013, University of Adelaide, URL: https://radio.adelaide.edu.au/art-or-craft-textiles-chopped-from-sa-study/
Perri Sophie, ‘Exhibition Craft/Work on show at South West Community Centre on Sturt St, Adelaide’, City Messenger, 2013
Volunteer Work
Gallery sitting
December 2013 University of South Australia Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition
November 2011 Feltspace Gallery
2021
Artist Talk at The David Roche Museum with Margaret Lee, Caitlin Bowe, Britt Burton, as part of Embroidery: Oppression to Expression exhibition – September
Artist Talk at Post Office Projects Gallery with Cheryl Hutchens, Deborah Prior, Kay Lawrence, as part of Flotsam and Jetsam exhibition – July
Artist Talk on Zoom for AGSA Gallery Guides – July
revision: Tools for Advocacy – online zoom presentation with Esther Anatolitis, Kelli McCluskey, Sally Blackwood, as part of Guildhouse reVision online program 2021 – June
2018
Artist talk at the Australian Lace Guild - August
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 – September
Bibliography
ABC Radio Adelaide 2022, Drive, Oz Asia Festival Segment, broadcast 04/11/22, www.abc.net.au/adelaide/programs/drive/drive/14094484
Steph Fuller, SALA Podcast Episode 4, ‘DIY Audio Tour’ 2020, https://www.salafestival.com/diy-audio-tour/
Olivia De Zilva, Adelaide Review, ‘Art on her sleeve’, article, Issue #486, August 2020, Adelaide
Angela Skujins, CityMag, Indaily, ‘Makeda Duong and the warp and weft of identity’, online article, posted Aug 21 2020, URL: https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/makeda-duong-and-the-warp-and-weft-of-identity/
Emery Elizabeth, 'From Stitching by Candlelight to Crafting Online: Textiles, Self-representation and Continuing Histories of Subversive Stitches,' Cut Cloth: Contemporary Textiles and Feminism, edited by Sarah-Joy Ford, PO Publishing, London, 2017
Zabidi Masya, Collage, Adelaide University Art History Club 2017, ‘Artist Spotlight #65: Makeda Duong’, online blog post of interview, posted 19/04/2017, URL: https://collageadelaide.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/artist-
spotlight-65-makeda-duong/
Radio Adelaide 2014, ‘Art or craft? Textiles chopped from SA study’ Online podcast of radio interview, broadcast 16/03/2013, University of Adelaide, URL: https://radio.adelaide.edu.au/art-or-craft-textiles-chopped-from-sa-study/
Perri Sophie, ‘Exhibition Craft/Work on show at South West Community Centre on Sturt St, Adelaide’, City Messenger, 2013
Volunteer Work
Gallery sitting
December 2013 University of South Australia Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition
November 2011 Feltspace Gallery
