Biography
Makeda Duong is an artist living and working on Kaurna Land (Adelaide). Since graduating from the South Australian School of Art in 2013 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts, she has participated in several group and two solo exhibitions, locally and interstate, and taken part in advisory work with Guildhouse. In 2014 she was able to participate in a Helpmann Academy emerging artist’s mentorship with Adelaide artist Sera Waters. In her first solo exhibition The Cursed Boyfriend Sweater in 2015, she explored the parallels between craft labour and emotional labour as feminine burdens in contemporary domestic relationships.
In 2020, she undertook a Studio Residency at Nexus Arts as part of the SALA Festival. The residency included an artist mentorship, this time with local artist Cheryl Hutchens. Her current practice attempts to unravel and represent aspects of her lived experience in relation to themes such as race, gender, sexuality, and mental health. Recent themes in her work explore her identity as a Vietnamese Australian woman and the experiences of a mixed race person living in Australia.
In 2020, she undertook a Studio Residency at Nexus Arts as part of the SALA Festival. The residency included an artist mentorship, this time with local artist Cheryl Hutchens. Her current practice attempts to unravel and represent aspects of her lived experience in relation to themes such as race, gender, sexuality, and mental health. Recent themes in her work explore her identity as a Vietnamese Australian woman and the experiences of a mixed race person living in Australia.
