Queer Australian Art and KINK acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of the lands and waters of this continent. KINK conducts its work on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation in Naarm Melbourne, the Turrbal and Jagera peoples in Meanjin Brisbane and the Gadigal lands of the Eora Nation, Sydney. We pay respect to elders past, present, and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

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Don't Forget to Remember by Amelia Barikin, Courtney Coombs, Callum McGrath, Spiros Panigirakis, and Tim Riley Walsh, published 02.05.2024

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Blake Lawrence

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Born in Yaegl (Clarence Valley), New South Wales, Australia.
Haliastur (2024), live performance for Ten Thousand Suns—the 24th Biennale of Sydney, White Bay Power Station.
Image courtesy of the artist.

Bio

Blake Lawrence (b. 1986) is an artist who lives and works on Gadigal Country in Sydney, who makes work within intersections of queer histories, story-telling and ecology. Lawrence’s projects incorporate live performance, club-kid and drag adornment practices, textiles, video, photography and installation. Such projects include: Haliastur for Ten Thousand Suns—the 24th Biennale of Sydney (2024); Psittacines for Grafton Regional Gallery (2024); and Haunting in Kensington for Firstdraft (2022). They have further exhibited nationally at Seventh Gallery, C3 Contemporary, The Walls, Verge and more. They have presented further live work for Performance Space, the Art Gallery of NSW and Newcastle’s This Is Not Art. They have performed drag at Club Kooky, The Bearded Tit, Bad Dog, Tropical Fruits, Falls Festival and more. They have published peer-reviewed articles for Queer Studies in Media & Culture and Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion, and have produced creative writing projects for Unlikely and Runway Journals. Lawrence works as a casual academic at the University of Technology, Sydney, where they are undertaking a Doctorate of Philosophy (Design).

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Gadigal (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia

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Further reading: "Haliastur"
Further reading: "Haunting In Kensington"
Further reading: "Psittacines"

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