Kellie O’Dempsey. Juried Artist
SAE
Vacant Assembly
Artist Statement
Wish you were here (2023) visualises the often unseen monotonousand highly gendered care work. In this contextt he balancing figure evokes the milieu of domestic labour and the intertwined states of endurance and exhaustion. Through the work’s non-specific locations collage elusive temporal registers non-linear narrative highlights the multidimensional nature of experience creating an absurd yet uplifting work.
About the artists
Queensland-based creative and producer Dr Kellie O’Dempsey works across the arts and cultural sector as a research-based practitioner educator and project developer. Kellie’s work explores the potential for public and private spaces to generate shared experiences of transformation and wonder. Completing a PhD at Queensland College of Art (QCA) in 2018 Kellie delivers solo and collaborative projects and programs in both regional and metropolitan areas from the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) to Cairns and the Sunshine Coast.
Creating site-generated installations and performances that integrate video collage architectural space gestural line performance and digital drawing Kellie’s approach is diverse and experimental. Using installation and projection Kellie manipulates space and alters perception to transform and reinvigorate the familiar whilst establishing a sense of brilliance. The immersive site installation and performance drawing works invite the audience to engage directly with the visceral process of making. Kellie’s past performances include: Art after Dark; Pier 2/3; 18th Biennale of Sydney; MONA FOMAHobart; White Night Melbourne; and the National Gallery of Australia Canberra Museum of Brisbane and Botanica Temporary Art in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens. Kellie is represented by Jan Manton Gallery in Brisbane.
Credits: Jan Manton Gallery
URL: www.kellieo.com