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'''Rox De Luca''' (born 1963) is an Australian visual artist |
'''Rox De Luca''' (born 1963) is an Australian visual artist whose work examines environmental issues and sustainability through sculpture and public art, predominantly made from found plastics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allatson |first=Paul |date=2020 |title=Rox De Luca: Gleaning for plastics, defying wastefulness |url=https://www.roxdeluca.com/images/Gleaning_for_plastics_defying_wastefulness_by_Paul_Allatson_2020_.pdf |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=Rox De Luca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rox De Luca – Canberra Art Biennial |url=https://canberraartbiennial.com/artist/rox-de-luca/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |language=en-AU}}</ref> Her work is held by multiple national and regional collections including [[Artbank]], [[Deakin University]] Art Collection (Victoria), [[New England Regional Art Museum]] (New South Wales), and [[Edith Cowan University]] (Western Australia), and at [[Royal Perth Hospital]] (Western Australia) and [[University of Sydney]] Union (New South Wales). |
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== Art work and career == |
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De Luca's early practice was influenced by her Italian migrant background.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Brennan |first=Anne |date=1 December 1997 |title=Beyond reason: Jo Darbyshire and Rox De Luca |journal=Eyeline |volume=35 |pages=22–24}}</ref> She investigated histories of migration and the cross-cultural impact of everyday objects like kitchen implements and personal items such as a collection of Italian needlework patterns her mother gave to her,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Accarigi |first=Vanni |year=2016 |title=The Transcultural Edge |url=https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/45398/2/The%20Transcultural%20Edge.pdf |journal=PORTAL |volume=13 |issue=1}}</ref> and painted portraits.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Allatson |first=Paul |date=1996 |title=Men and Mettle |journal=Artlink |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=24–26}}</ref> |
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De Luca's parents came to Australia from Italy.<ref name="theculturetrip.com">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-25 |title=Sea Of Plastic: An Artists Quest To Address Ocean Pollution |url=https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/sea-of-plastic-an-artists-quest-to-address-ocean-pollution |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Culture Trip |language=en}}</ref> She has three sisters.<ref name="theculturetrip.com"/> Her mother, Anna De Luca was an artist and has work in the [[National Gallery of Australia]] collection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anna De Luca |url=https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/object?keyword=anna%20de%20luca&searchIn=artistOrCulture&searchIn=title&searchIn=medium&uniqueId=127158 |access-date=14 April 2024 |website=National Gallery of Australia| date=15 April 1999 }}</ref> |
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⚫ | Since the early 2010s De Luca's work has focused on the concepts of abundance, excess and waste,<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Luca |first=Rox De |date=2016-02-13 |title=Abundance, Excess, Waste |url=https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/4793 |journal=PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies |language=en |volume=13 |issue=1 |doi=10.5130/portal.v13i1.4793 |issn=1449-2490|doi-access=free }}</ref> and the ethics of living sustainably.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Millner |first1=Jacqueline |title=Contemporary art and feminism |last2=Moore |first2=Catriona |publisher=Routledge |year=2022 |location=New York |pages=193}}</ref> Her studio practice involves collecting kilos of plastic waste debris from the shores of local beaches such as [[Bondi Beach]] or [[Rose Bay, New South Wales|Rose Bay]] in Sydney,<ref name="theculturetrip.com">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-25 |title=Sea Of Plastic: An Artists Quest To Address Ocean Pollution |url=https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/sea-of-plastic-an-artists-quest-to-address-ocean-pollution |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Culture Trip |language=en}}</ref> guided primarily by colour.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Millner |first=Jacqueline |title=SAVED |publisher=James Dohary Project Space |year=2012 |location=Sydney}}</ref> At her studio the plastics are sorted and threaded using strings of wire into sculpture works that speaks to consumption, abundance, [[plastic pollution]] and waste.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lei |first=Celina |date=9 November 2021 |title=Artists giving materials a new life |url=https://www.artshub.com.au/news/features/artists-giving-materials-a-new-life-2512531/ |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=Arts Hub}}</ref> <ref name="theculturetrip.com" /> |
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De Luca has a Bachelor of Arts (Visual) from Canberra School of Art/ANU (1985) and a Graduate Diploma in Arts Administration, University of NSW (1988).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Gunyah artist-in-residence program |url=http://gunyah.blogspot.com/search?q=rox+de+luca |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=gunyah.blogspot.com |language=en}}</ref> At the Canberra School of Art De Luca's peers included [[Stephanie Radok]], [[Tony Ayres]], [[Jennifer Higgie]] and [[EX De Medici|EX de Medici]]. |
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In 2022 De Luca contributed work to the artist's collective Project Vortex, an international collective of artists and creatives who work to address the problems of plastic pollution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project Vortex |url=https://www.projectvortex.org/rox-de-luca |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Project Vortex |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Practice == |
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De Luca has exhibited in museums and galleries in Australia and Europe including [[Museum of Sydney]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Italiani di Sydney {{!}} MHNSW |url=https://mhnsw.au/whats-on/exhibitions/italiani-di-sydney/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Museums of History NSW |language=en}}</ref> [[Australian National Maritime Museum]],<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Rogers |first=Jo |date=15 August 2001 |title=Sewing the seas |work=The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) |pages=47}}</ref> [[Fremantle Arts Centre]], [[Arts Project Australia]], [[Canberra School of Art]], [[Bondi Pavilion]], China Cultural Centre Sydney, [[Campbelltown Arts Centre]], and Espacio Menosuno, Madrid. |
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In their 2022 book ''Contemporary Art and Feminism'', Jacqueline Millner and [[Catriona Moore]] say of De Luca's practice:<blockquote>Recyling as play-power, problem-identification, creative method and readymade material also drives Sydney-based artist Rox de Luca to string subtle, colourcoded plastic waste which she collects on her daily beach walks into beautiful sculptural forms that spill and loop across gallery walls and floors. Whether worn, draped, suspended or inhabited, they reprise the cheap, industrial materials proclaimed by Soviet Constructivist corner-reliefs during a more utopian period of design history. This haptic return of the repressed within the heterotopic space of the gallery extends righteous anger about our throwaway culture and our concern with the ethics of living sustainably.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Millner |first1=Jacqueline |title=Contemporary art and feminism |last2=Moore |first2=Catriona |publisher=Routledge |year=2022 |location=New York |pages=193}}</ref></blockquote>De Luca's earlier practice was influenced by her migrant background.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Brennan |first=Anne |date=1 December 1997 |title=Beyond reason: Jo Darbyshire and Rox De Luca |journal=Eyeline |volume=35 |pages=22–24}}</ref> She investigated histories of migration and the cross-cultural impact of everyday objects like kitchen implements and personal items such as a collection of Italian needlework patterns her mother gave to her.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Accarigi |first=Vanni |year=2016 |title=The Transcultural Edge |url=https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/45398/2/The%20Transcultural%20Edge.pdf |journal=PORTAL |volume=13 |issue=1}}</ref> In August 2001 De Luca's work was part of a group exhibition of textile artworks by female Italian migrants to Australia, held at the [[Australian National Maritime Museum|Australian Maritime Museum]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Rogers |first=Jo |date=15 August 2001 |title=Sewing the seas |work=The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) |pages=47}}</ref> |
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Her work is represented in the archive of the [[Women's Art Register]]. |
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Prior to working with plastic waste, De Luca painted portraits.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Allatson |first=Paul |date=1996 |title=Men and Mettle |journal=Artlink |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=24–26}}</ref> |
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De Luca has been a finalist in a number of art prizes including the [[Deakin University]] Contemporary Small Sculpture Award in 2018,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-18 |title=Review: Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award 2018 |url=https://www.artshub.com.au/news/reviews/review-deakin-university-contemporary-small-sculpture-award-2018-256473-2360787/ |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=www.artshub.com.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> the [[Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize|Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize]] (2017),<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Inaugural Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize – Finalists Announced |url=https://www.unsw.edu.au/news/2017/07/the-inaugural-ravenswood-australian-womens-art-prize--finalists- |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=UNSW Sites |language=en}}</ref> and the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, [[Campbelltown Arts Centre]] (2021), and won the GreenWay Art Prize,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ABOUT |url=https://www.greenwayartprize.com.au/about |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=GreenWay Art Prize |language=en}}</ref> Environmental Art and Design Prize (2021). |
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In 2024 De Luca was the inaugural artist in residence at [[Orlebar Brown]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Elegantly Wasted |url=https://www.gq.com.au/style/trends/the-style-download-15324/image-gallery/a1114634ed7db996d49f80ed40e73536 |access-date=13 April 2024 |work=GQ |pages=9/10}}</ref> |
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She was on the judging panel of the [[City of Ryde]] Sustainable Waste to Art Prize in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-24 |title=Turning waste into art is a community affair |url=https://www.artshub.com.au/news/sponsored-content/turning-waste-into-art-is-a-community-affair-261135-2368551/ |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=www.artshub.com.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> |
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De Luca has received multiple artist-in-residence opportunities including the City of Waverley (NSW) Artist Studios, and the inaugural artist in residence at [[Orlebar Brown]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Elegantly Wasted |url=https://www.gq.com.au/style/trends/the-style-download-15324/image-gallery/a1114634ed7db996d49f80ed40e73536 |access-date=13 April 2024 |work=GQ |pages=9/10}}</ref> (2024), the Gunyah Residency Program,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Gunyah artist-in-residence program |url=http://gunyah.blogspot.com/search?q=rox+de+luca |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=gunyah.blogspot.com |language=en}}</ref> the Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, NSW<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rox de Luca |url=https://www.woollahragallery.com.au/Artists/Artist-in-Residence/Rox-de-Luca |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=www.woollahragallery.com.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> (2022) and the [[Fremantle Arts Centre]]<ref name=":1" /> (2019). |
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== Selected solo exhibitions<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=CV |url=https://www.roxdeluca.com/index.php/artist-cv-curriculum-de-arte |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=www.roxdeluca.com}}</ref> == |
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De Luca has received multiple artist-in-residence opportunities including in 2022 at the Gunyah Residency Program, NSW,<ref name=":1" /> and at the Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, NSW.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rox de Luca |url=https://www.woollahragallery.com.au/Artists/Artist-in-Residence/Rox-de-Luca |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=www.woollahragallery.com.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> In 2019 De Luca was artist-in-residence at the [[Fremantle Arts Centre]].<ref name=":1" /> |
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== Selected Solo exhibitions<ref name=":0"/> == |
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* 2019 - ''Gleaning for plastic, on the beach,'' Art+Climate= Change, Loop, Melbourne<ref>{{Cite web |title=ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2019 {{!}} green magazine |date=24 February 2019 |url=https://greenmagazine.com.au/artclimatechange-2019/}}</ref> |
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* 2019 - ''[https://greenmagazine.com.au/artclimatechange-2019/ Gleaning for plastic, on the beach],'' Art+Climate= Change, Loop, Melbourne |
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* 2013 - Sculpture by the sea, Sydney<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDonald |first=Shae |date=29 October 2013 |title=Plastic turns fantastic art |work=Southern Courier |pages=13}}</ref> |
* 2013 - Sculpture by the sea, Sydney<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDonald |first=Shae |date=29 October 2013 |title=Plastic turns fantastic art |work=Southern Courier |pages=13}}</ref> |
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* 2012 - ''Saved'', James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney<ref name=":2" /> |
* 2012 - ''Saved'', James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney<ref name=":2" /> |
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== Selected group exhibitions<ref name=":0"/> == |
== Selected group exhibitions<ref name=":0"/> == |
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* 2024 - ''Colour is enough'', [[Arts Project Australia]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colour is Enough - Arts Project Australia |url=https://www.artsproject.org.au/exhibitions/colour-is-enough/}}</ref> Melbourne |
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* 2024 - ''Beauty Runs the Gauntlet,'' Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beauty Runs the Gauntlet, Bondi pavilion {{!}} Eastern Suburbs Mums |date=3 March 2024 |url=https://easternsuburbsmums.com.au/beauty-runs-the-gauntlet-bondi-pavilion/}}</ref> |
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* 2023 - ''[https://waggaartgallery.com.au/whats-on/past-exhibitions/exhibitions-2023/plastic-unwrapping-the-world Plastic: Unwrapping the World]'', [https://waggaartgallery.com.au/ Wagga Wagga Art Gallery] |
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* 2023 - ''Plastic: Unwrapping the World'', Wagga Wagga Art Gallery<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plastic: Unwrapping the World {{!}} Wagga Wagga Art Gallery |date=13 February 2023 |url=https://waggaartgallery.com.au/whats-on/past-exhibitions/exhibitions-2023/plastic-unwrapping-the-world}}</ref> |
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* 2022 - ''[https://plasticfreebiennale.sydney/2022/05/27/announcing-plastic-free-kandos/ Plastic-free Biennale Kandos],'' collaboration with ''Plastic Free Biennale'', (Lucas Ihlein, Kim Williams, First Nations Sister GlitterNullius), ''Wayout,'' Kandos, NSW |
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* 2022 - ''Plastic-free Biennale Kandos,'' collaboration with ''Plastic Free Biennale'', (Lucas Ihlein, Kim Williams, First Nations Sister GlitterNullius), ''Wayout,'' Kandos, NSW<ref>{{Cite web |title=Announcing Plastic-free Kandos! – Plastic-free Biennale |date=27 May 2022 |url=https://plasticfreebiennale.sydney/2022/05/27/announcing-plastic-free-kandos/}}</ref> |
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* 2022 - ''[https://cccsydney.org/2022/06/07/closing-ceremony-material-girl-all-that-shine/ Material Girl],'' [https://cccsydney.org/ China Cultural Centre, Sydney], Curated by Nicholas Tsoutsas ''Omnivores'', Duckrabbit, Redfern |
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* 2022 - ''Material Girl,'' China Cultural Centre, Sydney, Curated by Nicholas Tsoutsas |
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* 2021 - ''[https://www.fac.org.au/whats-on/post/hundreds-and-thousands/ Hundreds and Thousands],'' [[Fremantle Arts Centre]], Western Australia |
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* 2022 - ''Omnivores'', Duckrabbit, Redfern, NSW |
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* 2021 - ''[https://www.gallerycentral.com.au/category/exhibitions/page/7/ On REvolution]'', [https://www.gallerycentral.com.au/category/exhibitions/ Gallery Central], North Metro TAFE, Perth |
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* 2021 - ''Hundreds and Thousands,'' Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hundreds & Thousands - Fremantle Arts Centre |url=https://www.fac.org.au/whats-on/post/hundreds-and-thousands/}}</ref> |
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* 2021 - ''On REvolution'', Gallery Central, North Metro TAFE, Perth<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gallery Central {{!}} Exhibitions |url=https://www.gallerycentral.com.au/category/exhibitions/page/7/}}</ref> |
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* 2019 - ''[https://www.artforthewilderness.com The Art for the Wilderness]'', Queen Street Galleries, Woollahra, Sydney |
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* 2018 - ''[https://www.gcsgallery.com.au/news/Documents/Sentient%20Visibility%20Catalogue.pdf Sentient Visibility]'', [https://www.gcsgallery.com.au/ Grace Cossington Smith Gallery], Sydney |
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* 2019 - ''The Art for the Wilderness'', Queen Street Galleries, Woollahra, Sydney<ref>{{Cite web |title=Art for the Wilderness |url=https://www.artforthewilderness.com}}</ref> |
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* 2010 - [https://menosuno.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/masrazones.pdf Más Razones], with Jo Darbyshire, Espacio Menosuno, Madrid |
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* 2018 - ''Sentient Visibility'', Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levitch |first=Anne |title=Sentient Visability |url=https://www.gcsgallery.com.au/news/Documents/Sentient%20Visibility%20Catalogue.pdf |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=Grace Cossington Smith Gallery}}</ref> |
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⚫ | * 2001 - ''Stitches - Fare Il Punto''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stitches = fare il punto : 18 August - 30 September 2001, Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling... - Catalogue {{!}} National Library of Australia |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/2669794 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=catalogue.nla.gov.au |language=en}}</ref> |
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* 2010 - ''Más Razones'', with Jo Darbyshire, Espacio Menosuno, Madrid<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lencinas |first=Queralt |title=Más Razones |url=https://menosuno.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/masrazones.pdf |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=Menos Uno}}</ref> |
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* 1999 - ''[https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1654408 Family Ties],'' [https://www.singulart.com/en/art-galleries/australia/northern-territory/darwin/24hr-art-14318 24HR Art, Darwin] |
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* 2003 - ''Italiani di Sydney'', Museum of Sydney, Sydney<ref name=":4" /> |
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⚫ | * 2001 - ''Stitches - Fare Il Punto'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stitches = fare il punto : 18 August - 30 September 2001, Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling... - Catalogue {{!}} National Library of Australia |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/2669794 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=catalogue.nla.gov.au |language=en}}</ref> Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney<ref name=":3" /> |
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* 1999 - ''Family Ties,'' 24HR Art, Darwin |
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* 1997 - ''25 Reasons''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Brennan |first=Anne |date=December 1997 |title=Beyond reason: Jo Darbyshire and Rox De Luca |journal=Eyeline |volume=35 |issue=Summer 1997 - 1998 |pages=22-24}}</ref> |
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== Collections == |
== Collections == |
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* [[Artbank]], Australia<ref name=":0"/> |
* [[Artbank]], Australia<ref name=":0"/> |
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* [[Deakin University]] Art Gallery Collection, Victoria<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deakin University Art Collection |title=Deakin University Art Collection |url=https://www.deakin.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/2192259/deakin_university_art_collection_artists.pdf |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=Deakin University}}</ref> |
* [[Deakin University]] Art Gallery Collection, Victoria<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deakin University Art Collection |title=Deakin University Art Collection |url=https://www.deakin.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/2192259/deakin_university_art_collection_artists.pdf |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=Deakin University}}</ref> |
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* [[Edith Cowan University]], Western Australia |
* [[Edith Cowan University]], Western Australia{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}} |
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* [[New England Regional Art Museum]], NSW |
* [[New England Regional Art Museum]], NSW{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}} |
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* [[Royal Perth Hospital]], Western Australia |
* [[Royal Perth Hospital]], Western Australia{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}} |
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* [[University of Sydney Union]], NSW |
* [[University of Sydney Union]], NSW{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}} |
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* Private collections Australia, Europe and USA.<ref name=":0"/> |
* Private collections Australia, Europe and USA.<ref name=":0"/> |
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== Publications == |
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Luca, Rox De (2016-02-13). "Abundance, Excess, Waste". ''PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies''. '''13''' (1). [[Doi (identifier)|doi]]:10.5130/portal.v13i1.4793. [[ISSN (identifier)|ISSN]] 1449-2490. <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Luca |first=Rox De |date=2016-02-13 |title=Abundance, Excess, Waste |url=https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/4793 |journal=PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies |language=en |volume=13 |issue=1 |doi=10.5130/portal.v13i1.4793 |issn=1449-2490}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:13, 1 May 2024
Rox De Luca (born 1963) is an Australian visual artist whose work examines environmental issues and sustainability through sculpture and public art, predominantly made from found plastics.[1][2] Her work is held by multiple national and regional collections including Artbank, Deakin University Art Collection (Victoria), New England Regional Art Museum (New South Wales), and Edith Cowan University (Western Australia), and at Royal Perth Hospital (Western Australia) and University of Sydney Union (New South Wales).
Art work and career
De Luca's early practice was influenced by her Italian migrant background.[3] She investigated histories of migration and the cross-cultural impact of everyday objects like kitchen implements and personal items such as a collection of Italian needlework patterns her mother gave to her,[4] and painted portraits.[5]
Since the early 2010s De Luca's work has focused on the concepts of abundance, excess and waste,[6] and the ethics of living sustainably.[7] Her studio practice involves collecting kilos of plastic waste debris from the shores of local beaches such as Bondi Beach or Rose Bay in Sydney,[8] guided primarily by colour.[9] At her studio the plastics are sorted and threaded using strings of wire into sculpture works that speaks to consumption, abundance, plastic pollution and waste.[10] [8]
In 2022 De Luca contributed work to the artist's collective Project Vortex, an international collective of artists and creatives who work to address the problems of plastic pollution.[11]
De Luca has exhibited in museums and galleries in Australia and Europe including Museum of Sydney,[12] Australian National Maritime Museum,[13] Fremantle Arts Centre, Arts Project Australia, Canberra School of Art, Bondi Pavilion, China Cultural Centre Sydney, Campbelltown Arts Centre, and Espacio Menosuno, Madrid.
Her work is represented in the archive of the Women's Art Register.
Awards, Prizes and Residencies
De Luca has been a finalist in a number of art prizes including the Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award in 2018,[14] the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize (2017),[15] and the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre (2021), and won the GreenWay Art Prize,[16] Environmental Art and Design Prize (2021).
She was on the judging panel of the City of Ryde Sustainable Waste to Art Prize in 2020.[17]
De Luca has received multiple artist-in-residence opportunities including the City of Waverley (NSW) Artist Studios, and the inaugural artist in residence at Orlebar Brown[18] (2024), the Gunyah Residency Program,[19] the Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, NSW[20] (2022) and the Fremantle Arts Centre[19] (2019).
Selected solo exhibitions[21]
- 2021 - Chutespace, Canberra[22]
- 2019 - Gleaning for plastic, on the beach, Art+Climate= Change, Loop, Melbourne[23]
- 2013 - Sculpture by the sea, Sydney[24]
- 2012 - Saved, James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney[6]
Selected group exhibitions[21]
- 2024 - Colour is enough, Arts Project Australia,[25] Melbourne
- 2024 - Beauty Runs the Gauntlet, Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney[26]
- 2023 - Plastic: Unwrapping the World, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery[27]
- 2022 - Plastic-free Biennale Kandos, collaboration with Plastic Free Biennale, (Lucas Ihlein, Kim Williams, First Nations Sister GlitterNullius), Wayout, Kandos, NSW[28]
- 2022 - Material Girl, China Cultural Centre, Sydney, Curated by Nicholas Tsoutsas
- 2022 - Omnivores, Duckrabbit, Redfern, NSW
- 2021 - Hundreds and Thousands, Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia[29]
- 2021 - On REvolution, Gallery Central, North Metro TAFE, Perth[30]
- 2020 - Contour 556, Curated by Neil Hobbs, Canberra
- 2019 - The Art for the Wilderness, Queen Street Galleries, Woollahra, Sydney[31]
- 2018 - Sentient Visibility, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney[32]
- 2010 - Más Razones, with Jo Darbyshire, Espacio Menosuno, Madrid[33]
- 2003 - Italiani di Sydney, Museum of Sydney, Sydney[12]
- 2001 - Stitches - Fare Il Punto,[34] Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney[13]
- 1999 - Family Ties, 24HR Art, Darwin
- 1997 - 25 Reasons[35]
Collections
- Artbank, Australia[21]
- Deakin University Art Gallery Collection, Victoria[36]
- Edith Cowan University, Western Australia[citation needed]
- New England Regional Art Museum, NSW[citation needed]
- Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia[citation needed]
- University of Sydney Union, NSW[citation needed]
- Private collections Australia, Europe and USA.[21]
Publications
Luca, Rox De (2016-02-13). "Abundance, Excess, Waste". PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies. 13 (1). doi:10.5130/portal.v13i1.4793. ISSN 1449-2490. [37]
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- ^ Brennan, Anne (1 December 1997). "Beyond reason: Jo Darbyshire and Rox De Luca". Eyeline. 35: 22–24.
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- ^ a b Rogers, Jo (15 August 2001). "Sewing the seas". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). p. 47.
- ^ "Review: Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award 2018". www.artshub.com.au. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
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- ^ "Elegantly Wasted". GQ. pp. 9/10. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
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- ^ "Beauty Runs the Gauntlet, Bondi pavilion | Eastern Suburbs Mums". 3 March 2024.
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- ^ "Hundreds & Thousands - Fremantle Arts Centre".
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- ^ "Art for the Wilderness".
- ^ Levitch, Anne. "Sentient Visability" (PDF). Grace Cossington Smith Gallery. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Lencinas, Queralt. "Más Razones" (PDF). Menos Uno. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Stitches = fare il punto : 18 August - 30 September 2001, Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling... - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ Brennan, Anne (December 1997). "Beyond reason: Jo Darbyshire and Rox De Luca". Eyeline. 35 (Summer 1997 - 1998): 22–24.
- ^ Deakin University Art Collection. "Deakin University Art Collection" (PDF). Deakin University. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Luca, Rox De (2016-02-13). "Abundance, Excess, Waste". PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies. 13 (1). doi:10.5130/portal.v13i1.4793. ISSN 1449-2490.