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Patrick McDavitt
B 1991, Wellington, Aotearoa (NZ).
Patrick McDavitt
B 1991, Wellington, Aotearoa (NZ).
Patrick McDavitt is an artist working on Gadigal land in Sydney who works in ceramics and mixed media in an experimental, practice driven approach. Patrick creates ‘queer artefacts’ by imbuing ceramic works with his own lived experiences and through this process he proposes new ways of generating and presenting queer histories. Through immersive installations, Patrick wields and re-purposes traditional methods of display used in museums to present his own intimate and minor histories, ones which do not rely on didactic representations of queer life, but actively force the viewer to discern their own meaning.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS
2023 Incinerator Gallery Art Award: Art for Social Change, Melbourne, VIC
2023 Objects of Display, AD Space, Sydney, NSW
2022 Fieldwalk, AIRspace Projects, Sydney, NSW
2022 Grey Foundations, Cementa, Kandos, NSW
2021 Reification Complex, Our Neon Foe, Sydney, NSW
2021 A Group Show, AIRspace Projects, Sydney, NSW
2020 Hatched National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, WA
2019 Undisciplined, Curated by Cal Agnew, AD Space, Sydney, NSW
2019 Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, Curated by Kurt Schranzer, AD Space, Sydney, NSW
2019 Kudos Emerging Artist and Designer Awards, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2018 Heirlooms for Mutant Children, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2018 Opening: Mucusbubble X Fork, Flow Studios, Sydney, NSW
2023 Objects of Display, AD Space, Sydney, NSW
2022 Fieldwalk, AIRspace Projects, Sydney, NSW
2022 Grey Foundations, Cementa, Kandos, NSW
2021 Reification Complex, Our Neon Foe, Sydney, NSW
2021 A Group Show, AIRspace Projects, Sydney, NSW
2020 Hatched National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, WA
2019 Undisciplined, Curated by Cal Agnew, AD Space, Sydney, NSW
2019 Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, Curated by Kurt Schranzer, AD Space, Sydney, NSW
2019 Kudos Emerging Artist and Designer Awards, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2018 Heirlooms for Mutant Children, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2018 Opening: Mucusbubble X Fork, Flow Studios, Sydney, NSW
EDUCATION
2021-2023- Master of Fine Arts, UNSW Art and Design, The University of New South Wales, Sydney
2015-2019 - Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours (First Class), UNSW Art and Design, The University of New South Wales, Sydney
2021-2023- Master of Fine Arts, UNSW Art and Design, The University of New South Wales, Sydney
2015-2019 - Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours (First Class), UNSW Art and Design, The University of New South Wales, Sydney