Keg de Souza CV:
2016: Archive Project, collaboration with Zanny Begg, Mori Gallery, 2007.
Education
2006 Certificate in Bookbinding and Restoration; TAFE College, Sydney
2004 Bachelor of Fine Art (Time-Based Art) [graduated with Distinction]; College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
2001 Bachelor of Architecture; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. USA
2000 Bachelor of Environmental Design; University of Western Australia
Current Employment
2006- Educator; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Selected Exhibitions and Projects
2008
Schmigloo, Artrage Festival; Various Venues: The Bakery, Wasteland, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth
Schmigloo, Northbridge Festival; Various Venues: James Street, Paradise Quarter, Perth
LiveWorks (with Louise Curham), Performance Space, Sydney
888, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
Cities Without Maps – Kota Tanpa Peta (with Zanny Begg), Outdoor Film Screening Ratmakan Kampung, Kali Code and Mes56, Jogjakarta, Indonesia.
Concrete Culture (with SquatSpace Artist Collective), Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney.
Esky, Artshouse- Meat Market, Blender Art Studios, Platform Artist’s Space, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA; Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
Secrets of The Photocopier, Platform Artist’s Space, Melbourne
Redfern-Waterloo Tour of Beauty (since 2005, with Squatspace Artist Collective); included in If You See Something, Say Something, Mori Gallery, Sydney; ArtLanguage: Every Publishable Place; Cross Arts Project Space, Sydney; ChangeX Conference, Sydney University; GANG Festival, Sydney; Verge Festival, Sydney University; Engage Conference, University of Technology, Sydney
SquatFest - the Anti-TropFest Film Fest; (annually since 2001, with SquatSpace Artist Collective); various venues, Sydney
2007
Hand Made Books, Brunswick Bound, Melbourne
Keep Going (with SquatSpace Artist Collective), Hazelhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst.
The Private Lives of Ups and Downs, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
Freedman Foundation Scholarship Exhibition, COFASpace, Sydney
Sketchbooks, Brunswick Bound, Melbourne
Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney
2016: Archive Project; If You See Something, Say Something Mori Gallery, Sydney
Redfern Mapping Project (with SquatSpace Artist Collective); If You See Something, Say Something, Mori Gallery, Sydney
2006
Colors Magazine with Reporters Sans Frontieres, Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris, France
Multiplicity: Prints and Multiples (with NUCA); Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Invisible Reading Room; Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney and Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
Nicholas: The Life of a Building; Blindside Gallery, Melbourne
Kampung Street Festival; GANG Festival, Sydney
VillaTV (with SquatSpace Artist Collective); The Great Escape Festival, Sydney
2005
Beirut to Bombay Nights; Video artist, Sydney Opera House Studios
OUT-OF-GALLERY (with SquatSpace Artist Collective); Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown, NSW
Disobedience (with SquatSpace Artist Collective); Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
2004
Australia’s 50 Most Un-Collectable Artists’ Bubble-gum Collector Cards (featured artist);produced by NUCA: The Network of Un-Collectable Artists; Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
NUCA Swap meet, Cross Art Project Space, Kings Cross, Sydney
Resistance Through Rituals (with NUCA), West Space, Melbourne
Best of SquatFest screening; Breadbox Gallery, Artrage Festival; Perth
2003
Picturing Paradise (with SquatSpace Artist Collective); Mori Gallery, Sydney
Fried Chicken ATM (collaboration with Simon Yates); Window Pain Gallery, Sydney
Made; Sticky Books, Melbourne
2002
unReal Estate (with SquatSpace Artist Collective); This is Not Art Festival, Newcastle, NSW
The History of Things to Come (with SquatSpace Artist Collective); Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, NSW
Monopolies (with SquatSpace Artist collective); The Performance Space, Sydney
2001
Interventions; Joesler House, Tucson, Arizona
A Blink of an Eye, Austrian Experimental Film (with SquatSpace Artist Collective); Artspace, Sydney
2000
Don’t Board It Up, Live It Up; SquatSpace Gallery, Sydney
2008
Esky: Video Program, Curator of short film program featuring Australian video artists, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne.
2007
If You See Something, Say Something, (co-curated with Zanny Begg) a multi-venue exhibition, publishing and workshop project,
Artists: Oliver Ressler (Austria), Dmitry Vilenksy (Russia), Taring Padi (Indonesia),
Contra File (Brazil), Grupo Etcetera (Argentina), Richard DeDomenici (UK),
Hito Steyerl (Germany), Arlene Texta Queen, Daniel Boyd, David Griggs,
pvi collective and Squatspace (Australia) at Mori Gallery, Gallery 4a, Chrissie Cotter Gallery and a temporary squatted venue.
2006
NUCA Shipping Container Project; Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
2005
Big Fag Press off-set printing collective, Co-organiser
2004
Best of SquatFest screening; Breadbox Gallery, Artrage Festival, Perth
Establishment of NUCA: The Network of Un-Collectable Artists and production of Australia’s 50 Most Un-Collectable Artists” Bubble-gum Collector Cards; Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
2003
Co-founder of artist run initiative; Window Pain Gallery, Marrickville, Sydney
2000
Don’t Board It Up, Live It Up; SquatSpace Gallery, Sydney
Co-founder of artist run initiative; SquatSpace Gallery, Sydney
Workshops/Discussions/Panels
2008
The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades, Meadowbank Tafe, Sydney
Cities Without Maps, Guest Artist: Education Workshop, Moderna de Arte Museu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Collaborative Practices with Bijari, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Performing Social Architectures, Performance Space, Sydney
Cities Without Maps (with Zanny Begg), IVAA and Mes56, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Zine Masterclass, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
This is Curating!, Firstdraft, Sydney
Structural Integrity, Part of Polyphonic Forum, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
2007
(un)occupied spaces, Artivistic Conference, Montreal, Canada
From the Lower East Side to Sydney, 16beaver Collective, New York, USA
2006
Multiplicity Guest Artist School Holiday Workshops, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Multiplicity Artist Talk for Generation Next; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Community Cultural Development Projects; Straight Out of Brisbane Festival, Brisbane, QLD
Bookbinding Workshop; This Is Not Art Festival, Newcastle, NSW
2004
Doing Politicised Projects; This Is Not Art Festival, Newcastle
Sustainable Cities; Straight Out of Brisbane Festival, Brisbane
2003
Surviving Artist Run Initiatives; This Is Not Art Festival, Newcastle
Residencies, Grants and Awards
2008
Asialink Residency; Indonesian Visual Art Archive, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Performance Space Residency, Redfern, Sydney
RUN_WAY Grant, to work with Contra File artist collective in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Australia Council for the Arts
City of Sydney Community Grants Scheme, Sydney
Social Activism and the Arts, JBSeed Fund, Western Australia
2007
Freedman Foundation Travelling Art Scholarship, Freedman Foundation, Sydney
Kickstart Grant, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
Sidney Myer Fund, Melbourne
2006
Community and Cultural Development Grant, City of Sydney
Skills and Arts Development Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
Marketing Grant, National Association of the Visual Arts, Australia
Cultural Grant, Marrickville City Council, NSW
2004
Next Wave Grant (with NUCA), Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
GAS Scheme, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
Marketing Grant, National Association of the Visual Arts, Australia
2003
GAS Scheme, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
Publications
2016 (with Zanny Begg), Runway Magazine, Conversation Issue, The Invisible Inc, 2008
Strawberry Hills Forever (Illustrator for author: Vanessa Berry); Local Consumption Press, 2007
If You See Something, Say Something, Breakdown Press, 2007 (editor and contributor)
Multiplicity: Prints and Multiple Catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007
Multiplicity: Prints and Multiples Education Kit, How to make your own artist’s book instructions, Commission for the Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007
Caffeinated Profiling (http://freewords.org/freepress/you/index.php), Free Press online publishing project, 2006
Black Sheep, Griffith Review Edition 13: The Next Big Thing, Griffith University and ABC Books, 2006
Do The Right Thing, Runway Magazine, Trash Issue, The Invisible Inc, 2006
Cat’s Meow, Voiceworks #66: SupaFunHappy!, Xpress Media, Spring 2006
Raeow, Cornerfold (www8.sbs.com.au/cornerfold) Issue #6; SBS On-line commission, 2003
Selected Self-Publications/ Artist’s Books / Zines
2008
Cities Without Maps (with Zanny Begg), Produced as part of a residency at the Indonesian Visual Art Archive (IVAA), Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Edition of 1000.
MCA Zine Fair Zine; Commission for Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Edition of 500.
2007
Culture and Other Shocks; Puns and musings with illustrations, hand bound zine, edition of 100.
Pardon The Pun; Puns, wordplay and illustrations, gold blocked, hand bound, hard cover book, edition of 40
You Say Geneva, I say Genova; Anecdotes and snippets from Europe and China, offset printed, hand bound book, edition of 145
2006
Puns, Guns and Fortunes; Word play & illustrations, hand bound zine edition of 50
(white) magic is the new black; glow-in-the-dark screen-printed, hand bound book,
edition of 100
You Say Tomato, I Say Tomato; text, illustrations, hand bound book, edition of 50
Do The Right Thing; Word play on the theme trash, hand-bound accordion book
2005
Shelve That Idea; Snippets from a bookstore, hand-sewn zine
What’s The Story? Edition of 50 hand-bound hardcover books with CD soundtrack
2004
The Cat’s Meow; Zine of cat puns
2003
Reaow Reaow; Illustrated Story Zine
2002
There’s Nothing Greater Than a Grater; Hand-Embroidered Zine
A Bedtime Zine; Flipbook animation
Reaow; text with Sound effects CD soundtrack, handmade book, edition of 65
Toast of the town; Toast Puns Zine
Articles, essays and writings
Morrow, C. The Zine Scene, Sydney Central, September 12, 2008
Ewing, A. Mapping The Neighbourhood, Art Monthly, Issue 212, August, 2008
Petsinis, C. Esky, Architecture Victoria, August 2008, Cover Page
Sturrock, W. Tour of Beauty, 2008 Biennale of Sydney website, http://blog.bos2008.com/2008/06/25/tour-of-beauty/
Priest, A. Raising The Bar, Leader, May, 2008
Bragge, L. 48Hours, The Age, May 31, 2008
Dean, B. Seeing What Needs to Be Seen, RealTime Issue #78 April-May 2007 pg. 46
Hand, J. Squatter Writes, Sydney Morning Herald, February 16 2007
Dunger, K. Filmmaker Unwraps World of Burlesque, MX, February 15, 2007
Radok, R. Gleaning Relational Aesthetics, Artlink Magazine, Vol 25 no 3, 2006
Begg, Z. Crowded In: The Multitude Makes A Comeback, Disobedience, Centre For Contemporary Art and Politics, UNSW, 2005
Barkley, G, Mutiplicity, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2006
Johns, K. Covert Corporations and Organised Art Article, un.Magazine, iss 7, 2006
Ihlein, L , MJWF & SquatFest, Natural Selection, Issue 5, 2005
Barron, K. & Thoms, L , A Tactical Revolution, What We Do Is Secret, Issue 1, Vol 2, 2006
Verghis, S. At Home Being An Outsider, Sydney Morning Herald, September 23, 2005
Jasper, A. Kunst bargains, Realtime 67 July 2005
Lewis, R. Five Sydney shows in five hundred words, un.Magazine, issue 1 2004
Freyne, C. Collecting the Uncollectable – The Network of Uncollectable Artists, The deep End, ABC Radio, June 3, 2004 http://www.abc.net.au/rn/deepend/stories/2004/1130184.htm
NUCA, Australia’s 50 Most Un-Collectable Artists’ Bubble-gum Collector Cards, COFA Students’ Association Annual Magazine, 2004
Quick, M, Squatspace, NAVA Quarterly, March 2006
Ihlein, L, An unRealEstate Guide To Finding Your Own Gallery, Photofile, 70, Summer 2004
Moore, T & Vincent, E, Uncollectable Prize Pool, Spinach7, Issue 4, Winter/Spring, 2004
Quick, M, Redfern-Waterloo Tour – A Thing of Beauty, South Sydney Herald, April 2006
Vincent, E; Essay: Tour of Beauty, Meanjin, vol. 65, no. 2, 2006
Cathcart, M. Requesting the Pleasure, Radio National, 30 November 2000 [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/atoday/stories/s218081.htm]
Project Sites
If You See Something, Say Something: ifyouseesomethingsaysomething.net
SquatSpace: squatspace.com
SquatFest: squatfest.com
Network of Un-Collectable Artists [NUCA]: squatspace.com/uncollectable
Big Fag Press: bigfagpress.org
Esky whereisesky.com
2016: Archive Project 2016archiveproject.com
There Goes The Neighbourhood theregoestheneighbourhood.org