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, printmaker, mixed media artist, installation artist, broadcaster, writer and performer. She has shown her work in over 120 exhibitions in Australia and internationally.
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Name
Destiny Deacon
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Video Artist)
Birth date
1957
Birth place
Maryborough, Queensland
Active Period
  • c.1990-
Residence
  • Melbourne, VIC
Training
  • Bachelor of Arts degree, 1979 -
  • Diploma of Education , 1981 -
Indigenous Australian
 
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Erub
  • Kuku
  • Mer
Cultural Heritage
  • Darnley Island, Torres Strait, far north Queensland
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Deacon, Destiny

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  • Beyond the Pale: Contemporary Indigenous Art (exhibited at)
  • Ceremony, Identity and Community (exhibited at)
  • True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists Raise the Flag (exhibited at)
  • Tyerabarbowaryaou 2 (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta (exhibited at)
  • Destiny Deacon: not another T-shirt (Lawyers, guns & money 2) (exhibited at)
  • Exit (exhibited at)
  • An Eccentric Orbit (participated in)
  • Review (exhibited at)
  • 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 (exhibited at)
  • True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists Raise the Flag (exhibited at)
  • Tyerabarbowaryaou 2 (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta (exhibited at)
  • Destiny Deacon: not another T-shirt (Lawyers, guns & money 2) (exhibited at)
  • Exit (exhibited at)
  • An Eccentric Orbit (participated in)