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
Other occupation
associate of
Virginia Fraser
Artist
sibling of
Janina Harding
Other occupation
sibling of
Michael Riley
Artist
associate of
Fiona Hall
1957
Artist (Installation Artist), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Mixed Media Artist)

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Copyright agents
  • Deacon, Destiny
  • Deacon, Destiny
See alsos [<ExternalResource: Sherman Galleries (2004), 'Clinton Nain', Sydney, NSW.>] [<ExternalResource: 'Museum Moderner Kunst (MUMOK), Stifting Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria'.>, <ExternalResource: Sherman Galleries (2004), 'Clinton Nain', Sydney, NSW.>]
Trainings
  • Bachelor of Arts degree, 1979 -
  • Diploma of Education , 1981 -
Cultural heritages
  • Darnley Island, Torres Strait, far north Queensland
Related people
  • Harding, Eleanor (child of)
  • Fraser, Virginia (associate of)
  • Harding, Janina (sibling of)
  • Riley, Michael (sibling of)
  • Nain, Clinton (sibling of)
  • Fraser, Virginia (associate of)
  • Harding, Janina (sibling of)
  • Harding, Johnny (sibling of)
Related person groups
  • Galleria Raffaella Cortese (associate of)
  • Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery (associate of)
Related works
  • Pacified (creator of)
  • Come on in my kitchen (creator of)
  • Pacified (creator of)
  • Snow Storm, Colour Blinded (creator of)
Related collections
  • City of Port Phillip, St Kilda, VIC (collected in)
  • City of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Banyule City Council, Ivanhoe, VIC (collected in)
  • Minter-Ellison Lawyers (collected in)
  • Austcorp Management, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Deloitte Services, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • BHP Billiton (collected in)
  • Vizard Foundation, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe University Art Museum, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Museum Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • City of Port Phillip, St Kilda, VIC (collected in)
  • City of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Banyule City Council, Ivanhoe, VIC (collected in)
  • Minter-Ellison Lawyers (collected in)
  • Austcorp Management, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Deloitte Services, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • BHP Billiton (collected in)
  • Vizard Foundation, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe University Art Museum, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Museum Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related events
  • Gazette (exhibited at)
  • Whacked (exhibited at)
  • Walk and don't look blak (exhibited at)
  • Beyond the Pale: Contemporary Indigenous Art (exhibited at)
  • Ceremony, Identity and Community (None)
  • True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists Raise the Flag (exhibited at)
  • Tyerabarbowaryaou 2 (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta (None)
  • Gazette (exhibited at)
  • Whacked (exhibited at)
  • Walk and don't look blak (exhibited at)
  • Beyond the Pale: Contemporary Indigenous Art (exhibited at)
  • Ceremony, Identity and Community (None)
  • True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists Raise the Flag (exhibited at)
  • Tyerabarbowaryaou 2 (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta (None)
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Date modified Jan. 7, 2012, 3:34 p.m. April 11, 2011, 2:59 a.m.
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Place Maryborough, Queensland