Kaylene Whiskey

Kaylene Whiskey

b. 1976, Alice Springs

NT Language group: Yankunytjatjara

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Sistas, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Wonder Women, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Super Anangu, presented by blackartprojects, NeoSpace, Melbourne

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Tarnanthi, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (forthcoming)

Sweat, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany

Spirits, Popstars, and Royals, Fort Gansevort, Los Angeles, USA

The Multiverse, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, VIC

52 Artists 52 Actions, Artspace Sydney

Archibald Prize, finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Joy, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Bodywork, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

Liberté. Egalité. Beyoncé, Haus der Kunst, Munich

Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Gordon, NSW

The National: New Australian Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney

Tarnanthi, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA), winner, MAGNT, Darwin

Sir John Sulman Prize, winner, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Sydney Contemporary, presented by blackartprojects, Carriageworks, Sydney

Hard Feelings, The Honeymoon Suite, Melbourne

A Lightness of Spirit is the Measure of Happiness, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne

Nganana Kuranyukutu Ma-Palyani, APY Gallery, Sydney

Next Matriarch, ACE Open, Tarnanthi Festival, Adelaide

Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA), finalist, MAGNT, Darwin

Cossack Art Awards, Cossack WA

Desert Mob, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs

Nganampa Kililpil: Our Stars, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea NSW

Women of the World, SA Artist Representative, Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre, Katherine

Desert Mob, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs

Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA), finalist, MAGNT, Darwin

Iwantja Artists Exhibition, Short St Gallery, Broome

East APY Exhibition, Outstation Gallery, Darwin

Desert Mob, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs

Salon des Refusés, Charles Darwin University with Outstation Gallery, Darwin

Desert Mob, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Talia Smith, 'Tina Dolly Cher Diana & Kaylene', VAULT Magazine, Issue 32, pg 49

Walter Marsh, ‘Tarnanthi 2019 program invites Australia to reflect on the past and pay the rent’, The Adelaide Review, September 16, 2019

Louise Martin-Chew, 'Kaylene Whiskey', Artist Profile, no. 48, 2019, pg. 80-83

Steven Schubert, ‘Indigenous artists stage sell-out show in Sydney to raise funds for leaking Iwantja Arts’, ABC News, 3 November 2018

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Artbank

ACMI

Foundation Opale, Switzerland

Sims Dickson Collection

Heathcote Cultural Precinct, Melville, WA

SELECTED GRANTS, AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS

Melbourne Art Foundation Commission, Melbourne

Winner: Digital Art Prize, Heathcote Cultural Precinct, Melville, WA

Winner: General Painting Award, Telstra NATSIAAs Awards, MAGNT, Darwin

Winner: Sir John Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney