Deej Fabyc
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Deej Fabyc is an Australian/British artist who works with what she calls a "forenzic biographical" type of art, with works in performance, performance installation, combined with drawing, video, photography and objects. Her work takes up the personal is political as read and does not differentiate between art and life. She has exhibited throughout Europe
, the United States
and Australia
since 1982. She lives in London
, UK
, and is the current visiting lecturer in Time Based Media at Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media & Design, London Metropolitan University
.
Fabyc's work has been shown internationally in museums, galleries and artist-run spaces for the past 15 years. Her body of work addresses the psychological dimensions of the personal and political experience of trauma, a sense or ambivalence and 'schlock horror' permeates her work. Fabyc is also Founding Director of Elastic Residence in East London.
The name "Fabyc" is an acronym meaning "Family By Choice", and she has used this name since she was nineteen, as it gives her the freedom to make her work without worrying about it reflecting on her family.
, Ireland and Islip
near Oxford, before travelling to Australia by boat as she was about to start secondary school. She attended six different secondary schools in both Australia and the UK and continued this trend with her university education. Initially she started a philosophy degree with Genevieve Lloyd
at ANU
in Canberra and attending "Act 2 performance festival", transferring to Canberra School of Art in 1982, where she was influenced by "Act 3 performance festival" which included Jill Orr
& Aleks Danko
; Phillip Institute of Technology
in Melbourne 1983 recalling classes with John Dunkley Smith; completing her BFA at Southern Cross University
in 1988 where she met Geoffrey Legge of Watters Gallery who asked her to come to Sydney and show her work to the new gallery Legge Gallery, who represented her work from 1989-94. The Artist was part of the underground feminist art collective JILLPOSTERS in Melbourne 1983-5. She was also involved in Megalo International Screenprint Workshop in Canberra as a community artist at this time having become interested in poster making from her time at the ANU and her participation in the occupation of the Vice-Chancellors residence in 1980. Fabyc went on to exhibit at a show called Fresh Art curated by Anne Loxly and Felicity Fenner and numerous other exhibitions in both Australia and internationally.
Europe
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, the United States
United States
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and Australia
Australia
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since 1982. She lives in London
London
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, UK
United Kingdom
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, and is the current visiting lecturer in Time Based Media at Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media & Design, London Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University , located in London, England, was formed on 1 August 2002 by the amalgamation of the University of North London and the London Guildhall University . The University has campuses in the City of London and in the London Borough of Islington.The University operates its...
.
Fabyc's work has been shown internationally in museums, galleries and artist-run spaces for the past 15 years. Her body of work addresses the psychological dimensions of the personal and political experience of trauma, a sense or ambivalence and 'schlock horror' permeates her work. Fabyc is also Founding Director of Elastic Residence in East London.
The name "Fabyc" is an acronym meaning "Family By Choice", and she has used this name since she was nineteen, as it gives her the freedom to make her work without worrying about it reflecting on her family.
Biography
Fabyc was born in London and spent her early childhood in London, LjubljanaLjubljana
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, Ireland and Islip
Islip
-Places:In England*Islip, Northamptonshire*Islip, OxfordshireIn the United States*Islip , New York, a town in Suffolk County, New York**Islip , New York, a hamlet and census-designated place located in the above town...
near Oxford, before travelling to Australia by boat as she was about to start secondary school. She attended six different secondary schools in both Australia and the UK and continued this trend with her university education. Initially she started a philosophy degree with Genevieve Lloyd
Genevieve Lloyd
Genevieve Lloyd is an Australian philosopher and feminist. She studied philosophy at the University of Sydney in the early 1960s and then at Somerville College, Oxford. Her D.Phil, awarded in 1973, was on 'Time and Tense'...
at ANU
Australian National University
The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
in Canberra and attending "Act 2 performance festival", transferring to Canberra School of Art in 1982, where she was influenced by "Act 3 performance festival" which included Jill Orr
Jill Orr
Jill Orr is a contemporary artist based in Melbourne, Australia. Orr is best known for her works in performance, photography, video and installation works that often explore the body, and its positioning within social, political and environmental contexts...
& Aleks Danko
Aleks Danko
Aleks Danko is one of Australia's foremost performance artists and sculptors.-External links:*...
; Phillip Institute of Technology
Phillip Institute of Technology
Phillip Institute of Technology or Preston Institute of Technology was a well known Melbourne Art School in the 1970s and 80's it is now known as a part of RMIT...
in Melbourne 1983 recalling classes with John Dunkley Smith; completing her BFA at Southern Cross University
Southern Cross University
Southern Cross University is a university based on the North and Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is a regional University with more than 14,000 students. The University's primary campus is in Lismore, with other campuses located at Coffs Harbour and Tweed Heads.The University is...
in 1988 where she met Geoffrey Legge of Watters Gallery who asked her to come to Sydney and show her work to the new gallery Legge Gallery, who represented her work from 1989-94. The Artist was part of the underground feminist art collective JILLPOSTERS in Melbourne 1983-5. She was also involved in Megalo International Screenprint Workshop in Canberra as a community artist at this time having become interested in poster making from her time at the ANU and her participation in the occupation of the Vice-Chancellors residence in 1980. Fabyc went on to exhibit at a show called Fresh Art curated by Anne Loxly and Felicity Fenner and numerous other exhibitions in both Australia and internationally.