VCA ART 2020

Ebony Hickey

Master of Contemporary Art

Divine Make-up, 2020 is an intimate installation of works sharing a message of strength and hope for intercountry and bi-racial adoptees on a journey of self-discovery. This installation brings together aspects of my multidisciplinary practice by sharing my expressive drawings across works on paper, perspex and visual performance. I use lines and patterns to discuss and challenge my lived experiences of identity and race, often relying on the bold use of words—both written and spoken—to convey the immediacy of my message. My practice is socially and politically engaged, responding to issues that affect my communities with a strong visual language that often interrogates concepts of individuality, adoption, sexuality, queerness and black identity.

Social

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Enquiries

ebonybhickey@gmail.com

Featured in tour

Pavel Pyś →
When the world as we know it falls apart, what then? →
Laura Castagnini →
States of tension, the timeless and the everyday →
The Mind's Eye →

Recipient

The David Richards Drawing Award
Bus Projects exhibition
Ebony Hickey, Divine - Makeup, posca, perspex, 2019
Ebony Hickey, Terra - Nullius, pen, posca, texta, 2020
Ebony Hickey, Terra - Nullius, pen, posca, texta, 2020
Ebony Hickey, Mother, posca, sharpie, texta, 2020
Ebony Hickey, Mother, posca, sharpie, texta, 2020
Ebony Hickey, Me, posca, texta, 2020
Ebony Hickey, Me, posca, texta, 2020
Ebony Hickey, Bitch, lady, posca, sharpie, texta, pen, oil pastel, 2020
Ebony Hickey, Bitch, lady, posca, sharpie, texta, pen, oil pastel, 2020
Ebony Hickey, She/He, pastel, posca, sharpie, 2020
Ebony Hickey, She/He, pastel, posca, sharpie, 2020
Ebony Hickey, Adopted, crayon, texta, posca, sharpie, 2020
Ebony Hickey, Adopted, crayon, texta, posca, sharpie, 2020
Ebony Hickey, Human, posca, acrylic paint, 2020
Ebony Hickey, Human, posca, acrylic paint, 2020
Ebony Hickey, *Of Self*, Suite of 32 drawings; Posca, sharpie, texta, oil paint, crayon, oil pastel, pen, nail polish on paper, 2020, documentation by Ebony Hickey.
Ebony Hickey, Of Self, suite of 32 drawings: Posca, sharpie, texta, oil paint, crayon, oil pastel, pen, nail polish on paper, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
Ebony Hickey, Installation View, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker.
Ebony Hickey, installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.

Master of Contemporary Art

Ingmar Apinis
Jeremy Blincoe
Jia Jia Chen
Yuqing Chen
Jodie Di Natale
Stephanie Garner
Ebony Hickey
Kachun Lay
Karleng Lim
Emmy Mavroidis
Anna McDermott
Arna Meldrum
Olivia Mròz
Yuying Pang
Niko Sopelario
Anna Steele
Luigi Vescio

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campus is situated, the people of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung, who have created art, made music and told their stories here for thousands of generations. We also acknowledge and extend our respect to the Traditional Owners of all lands on which our work is viewed, shared and enjoyed, and to all Elders, past, present and emerging.

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