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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You Are Here Too by Kink, published 11.04.2025

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Nathan Beard

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Born in Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia, Australia.
Nathan Beard, Garland, 2022, Painted silicone, steel, UK size 4 Gucci ‘Siam Glitter’ platform sandals in red patent leather, custom automotive paint modeled after a now discontinued 2014 Gucci nail varnish named ‘Siam Red,' 50 x 45 x 180cm.
Image courtesy of the artist and FUTURES..

Bio

Nathan Beard is a multidisciplinary artist who draws from his Australian-Thai heritage to unpack the porous nature of culture and memory. In exploring associations of ‘Thainess’ through archives, family history and popular media, Beard’s work reveals the slippery range of influences which shape identity.

Recent exhibition highlights include TarraWarra Biennial 2025: We Are Eagles, Tarra-Warra Museum of Art (2025),Ratana, sweet pea (2024), A Moment in Extended Crisis, UTS Gallery (2024) and A Puzzlement, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (2023) and Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (2022). In 2024 he was the recipient of the Debra Porch Award, and winner of the Darebin Art Prize. In 2022 he participated in the Creative Australia’s London residency at ACME studios, and was awarded a studio at Gertrude Contemporary (2023-25). Nathan is represented by sweet pea, Boorloo/Perth, and FUTURES, Naarm/Melbourne.

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Naarm (Melbourne), Victoria, Australia

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