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Kingston Arts Centre

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Longing for Home

Longing for Home, Stories of First Generation Australian Women is exhibited across the two galleries of the Kingston Arts Centre. This exhibition includes a white circular dress embroidered by 50 new Australian women, and a body of work that interprets their relationship to water. 

This show was generously supported by the City of Kingston.

Multicultural Women Victoria made this project possible thanks to its endless support.

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Born in France, Sofie Dieu’s first encounter with art was through church. With a penchant for ritual and spirituality, the artist is best known for her fragile, sombre, and sometimes violent ink paintings and textile works.

 

Poetic and humanist, her practice draws on her journeys to China and Australia. She explores how identity and memory fluctuate according to their immediate environment. Landscapes, people, secrecy, healing, and the dichotomy between light and darkness are some of her recurring themes.

  

Multi-art prizes and award finalist, her work was included in the Sydney North Art Prize, Waterhouse Natural Science prize and the Contemporary Art Award amongst others. In 2016, she worked on the Camperdown Cemetery installation for Sydney Biennale. In 2017, her work will be shown during Vivid and Mental Health Month in Sydney.

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