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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Name
Destiny Deacon
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Video Artist)
Other Occupation
  • -
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
 
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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Forms That Turn (2008), 'Destiny Deacon and Virginia Fraser'.>, <ExternalResource: Museum of Contemporary Art (November 2004), 'Destiny Deacon: Walk & don’t look blak', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Fraser, Virginia (2008), 'Making a show of it: Indigenous entertainers and entrepreneurs in 1950s Melbourne', City of Melbourne, Art and Heritage Branch, Exhibition Catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Ron Hurley (2011), 'Tyerabarrbowaryaou II - I Shall Never Be A White Man'.>, <ExternalResource: Koorie Women Mean Business (2004), 'Victorian Aboriginal Womens Awards 2000'.>, <ExternalResource: Richard Bell (2004), 'Dolled Up'.>, <ExternalResource: Jill Bennett (2005), 'A Concept of Prepossession'.>, <ExternalResource: Daniel Browning (17 October 2010), 'The Black Mile'.>, <ExternalResource: Eddie Chambers, INIVA and Boomalli Aborginal Artists Co-operative (1994), 'True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Artists Raise the Flag', Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Brenda Croft (2004), 'A Date with Destiny'.>, <ExternalResource: Felicity Fenner (2005), 'Siteseeing: Trauma and Place in the Work of Destiny Deacon, Tracey Moffatt and Darren Siwes'.>, <ExternalResource: Virginia Fraser (2004), 'Not Much of a Soul to Bare'.>, <ExternalResource: Eleanor Harding (1989), 'Aboriginal Fitzroy', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Natalie King (2004), 'Episodes: A Laugh and a Tear in Every Photo', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Natalie King (2011), 'Profile: Destiny Deacon'.>, <ExternalResource: Marcia Langton (2004), 'Valley of the Dolls: Black Humour in the Art of Destiny Deacon', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Victoria Lynn (2006), 'Michael Riley: Sights Unseen'.>, <ExternalResource: Rachel Maza (8 January 2006), 'Summer Series 6: Destiny Deacon/Black Olive - Balmain Bugs'.>, <ExternalResource: George Negus (6 October 2003), 'Pitt Family'.>, <ExternalResource: Nikos Papastergiardis (2000), 'Destiny Deacon', Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Ashley Rawlings (14 May 2006), 'Destiny Deacon: Walk & don’t look blak'.>] [<ExternalResource: Museum of Modern Art, New York (1994), 'An Eccentric Orbit: Video Art in Australia', New York, USA.>, <ExternalResource: Sherman Galleries (2004), 'Clinton Nain', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: National Gallery of Victoria (May 2011), 'Destiny Deacon'.>, <ExternalResource: Artfacts.net (January 2011), 'Destiny Deacon'.>, <ExternalResource: National Gallery of Art, Canberra (2000), 'Re-take: Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Photography'.>, <ExternalResource: Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney NSW (2011), 'Destiny Deacon'.>, <ExternalResource: World News Network (2011), 'Destiny Deacon'.>, <ExternalResource: Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (2001), 'Destiny Deacon: Forced into Images'.>, <ExternalResource: Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery (2001), 'Destiny Deacon (Kuku/Erub/Mer) - Forced Into Images', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery (2009), 'Destiny Deacon, Gazette, 2009', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: 2008 Biennale of Sydney: Revolutions - Forms That Turn (2008), 'Destiny Deacon and Virginia Fraser'.>, <ExternalResource: Museum of Contemporary Art (November 2004), 'Destiny Deacon: Walk & don’t look blak', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Fraser, Virginia (2008), 'Making a show of it: Indigenous entertainers and entrepreneurs in 1950s Melbourne', City of Melbourne, Art and Heritage Branch, Exhibition Catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Ron Hurley (2011), 'Tyerabarrbowaryaou II - I Shall Never Be A White Man'.>, <ExternalResource: Koorie Women Mean Business (2004), 'Victorian Aboriginal Womens Awards 2000'.>, <ExternalResource: Richard Bell (2004), 'Dolled Up'.>, <ExternalResource: Jill Bennett (2005), 'A Concept of Prepossession'.>, <ExternalResource: Daniel Browning (17 October 2010), 'The Black Mile'.>, <ExternalResource: Eddie Chambers, INIVA and Boomalli Aborginal Artists Co-operative (1994), 'True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Artists Raise the Flag', Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Brenda Croft (2004), 'A Date with Destiny'.>, <ExternalResource: Felicity Fenner (2005), 'Siteseeing: Trauma and Place in the Work of Destiny Deacon, Tracey Moffatt and Darren Siwes'.>, <ExternalResource: Virginia Fraser (2004), 'Not Much of a Soul to Bare'.>, <ExternalResource: Eleanor Harding (1989), 'Aboriginal Fitzroy', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Natalie King (2004), 'Episodes: A Laugh and a Tear in Every Photo', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Natalie King (2011), 'Profile: Destiny Deacon'.>, <ExternalResource: Marcia Langton (2004), 'Valley of the Dolls: Black Humour in the Art of Destiny Deacon', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Victoria Lynn (2006), 'Michael Riley: Sights Unseen'.>, <ExternalResource: Rachel Maza (8 January 2006), 'Summer Series 6: Destiny Deacon/Black Olive - Balmain Bugs'.>, <ExternalResource: George Negus (6 October 2003), 'Pitt Family'.>]