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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  • 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, Australia (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, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)