Destiny Deacon

DESTINY, The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Nuanced, thoughtful and at times intensely funny, the signature backhanders she creates represent the very best of what Australia has to offer the international and contemporary art scenes. But amid the laughs, there is another side — a darker side. Destiny’s disturbing visual language marries two worlds: she contrasts seemingly innocuous childhood imagery with scenes taken from the darkest reaches of adulthood.

—Myles Russell-Cook, Curator, Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Victoria.

Exhibition Dates: 23 November 2020 – 12 February 2021

Group Show, Blak In-Justice: Incarceration and Resilience
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2025

Group Show, A Fictional Retrospective: Gertrude’s First Decade 1985–1995
Gertrude Contemporary, 2025

Ten Thousand Suns
24th Biennale of Sydney, 2024

Destiny Deacon
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2024

Group Show, The First 40 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2024

Group Show, The Winter Bride
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2023

Thinking Historically in the Present
Sharjah Biennial 15, 2023

Destiny Deacon DESTINY
The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2020-21

Group Show, Workshop
University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 2019

Destiny Deacon Not Just Fun and Games
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2017

Destiny Deacon RACE
Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee, VIC, 2016

Group Show, Melbourne Noir
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2014-15

Destiny Deacon Snap out of it
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2014

Destiny Deacon Going Strait
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2012

Destiny Deacon pose-a-rama
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2011

Group Show, Head On Photography Festival
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2011

Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2009-10

Destiny Deacon Clemenger Prize
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2009

Destiny Deacon Gazette
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2009

Destiny Deacon Home Security
10th Havana Biennial, 2009

Destiny Deacon Whacked
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2007

Group Show, STOLEN RITUAL
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2006-07

Destiny Deacon Totemistical
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2006

Destiny Deacon Colour Blinded
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2005

Destiny Deacon Walk & don't look blak
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2004-05

Destiny Deacon d-tour
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2003

Destiny Deacon Postcards from Mummy
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2003

Group Show, Dirty Dozen
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002

Group Show, The First 20 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002

Destiny Deacon Forced Into Images
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2001