Destiny Deacon b. 1957

  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Video Artist)
Destiny Deacon is a Melbourne based photographer, mixed media, printer, installation artist, broadcaster, writer and performer. She has shown her work in over 120 exhibitions in Australia and internationally.
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child of
Eleanor Harding
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associate of
Virginia Fraser
Artist
sibling of
Janina Harding
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sibling of
Michael Riley
Artist
associate of
Fiona Hall
1957
Artist (Installation Artist), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Mixed Media Artist)

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