
2016: Archive Project, collaboration with Zanny Begg, Mori Gallery, 2007.
Keg de Souza CV:
Education
2006 Certificate in Bookbinding and Restoration; TAFE College, Sydney
2004 Bachelor of Fine Art (Time-Based Art) [graduated with Distinction]; COFA, 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
2010
(upcoming) ReMake Estate (You Are Here), ArtSpace, Sydney
(upcoming) Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition (You Are Here), ArtSpace, Sydney
(upcoming) Cockatoo Island Studio Exhibition, Cockatoo Island, Sydney
ReMake Estate (You Are Here), Abandoned House and Lot, Gary, Indiana, USA
RESPECT (You Are Here), Australia Council for the Arts Window Gallery, Sydney
Whatever Floats You Boat (performance) Cockatoo Island Studios-Balmain, Sydney Harbour
Local Brew (You Are Here) Open Fields Conference, Serial Space, Sydney
2009
Last Drinks, Frasers Studios, Sydney
Freedman Foundation Travelling Art Scholarship, COFASpace, Sydney
Print Matters, Chauvel Cinema, Sydney
There Goes The Neighbourhood (Artist-Curators-Writers with Zanny Begg), Performance Space, Sydney
The Block, Rautenstruch-Joest-Museum, Cologne, Germany (permanent exhibition)
Terra Nullius: Contemporary Art from Australia, (with SquatSpace Artist Collective) ACC, Weimar and Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany
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: An 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 Sydney Launch, Briefcase Gallery, Hollywood Hotel, Sydney
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
Fuck Art Lets Thrash; Wren 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
Workshops/Discussions/Panels/Talks
2010
You Are Here Artist Talk, Mess Hall, Chicago, USA
Teacher’s Workshop; Performance Space, Sydney
DIY Urbanism; ClubHouse, Performance Space, Sydney
2009
One Way or Another, Artspace, Sydney
Staying Alive, Electrofringe Festival, Newcastle
There Goes The Neighbourhood Book Launch; Brunswick Bound, Melbourne
Hello Mister, I love you. Zine Launch; Sticky, Melbourne
Gerald Raunig: Art and Revolution (organized with You Are Here), Serial Space, Sydney
Animation Workshops (organized with You Are Here), Redfern Community Centre, Sydney
Socially Disorganised, Participant in curatorial workshop with Vasif Kortun, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
Artists in Asia, Tiny Stadiums Festival, Eskineville, Sydney
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
Interventions and Collaborative Practices, 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
2010
(upcoming) Australia-Indonesia Institute Residency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
(upcoming) Artspace Studio Residency (You Are Here), Sydney
Australia Council Residency, Chicago – New York, Australia Council for the Arts
2009
(-2010) Cockatoo Island Studio Residency, Sydney
Frasers Studio Residency, Sydney
Inter-Arts Grant (with Zanny Begg); Australia Council for the Arts
2008
Asialink Residency; Indonesian Visual Art Archive, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Performance Space Residency, Redfern, Sydney
Self-initiated Residency with Contra File artist collective, Sao Paulo, Brazil
RUN_WAY Grant, 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
Published work
Illustrator for Sketch 17th Biennale of Sydney, Commission for Museum of Contemporary Art, 2010
Illustrator for Performance Space website, Commission for Performance Space, 2010
Local Brew, (co- editor and contributor) Book publication, You Are Here, 2010
There Goes The Neighbourhood, (co- editor and contributor) Book publication, You Are Here, 2009
MCA Zine Fair logo illustrator and program content, 2009
Culture Shock, Herding Kites: A Celebration of Australian Writing, Affirm Press, 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, 2008
2016: Archive Project (with Zanny Begg), Runway Magazine, Conversation Issue, The Invisible Inc, 2008
Strawberry Hills Forever (Illustrations for Author: Vanessa Berry); Local Consumption Press, 2007
How to make your own artist’s book instructions, Commission for the Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007
If You See Something, Say Something, (co-editor and contributor) Breakdown Press, 2007
Strawberry Hills Forever (Illustrator for Author: Vanessa Berry); Local Consumption Press, 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
2010
This is Brazil, Handbound Stencil Press Zine, edition of 150.
Flat Things In 3D, Stencil Press Printed, handbound Books, Edition of 50.
2009
Overheard in New Zealand; Stencil press zine, edition of 200.
Hello Mister. I love you; Stencil press zine, edition of 200.
2008
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 200.
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
A Bedtime Zine; Flipbook animation
Reaow; text with Sound effects CD soundtrack, handmade book, edition of 65
Toast of the town; Toast Puns Zine
2001
There’s Nothing Greater Than a Grater; Hand-Embroidered Zine
Selected Bibliography
Levinson, M. Whatever Floats Your Boat Interview, Canvas Fbi Radio, March 2010
Keehan, R. There Goes The Neighbourhood, Eyeline, Issue 70, 2010
Pemulwuy Dream Team(with Zanny Begg), Featured Artists on Australia Council for the Arts Website
Mulheron, A. Feature on Pemulwuy Dream Team on Living Black, SBS TV, September 14 2009
Millner, J. There Goes The Neighbourhood, Realtime Issue 92, August/ September 2009
Groom, A. There Goes The Neighbourhood exhibition review, Runway Magazine, Futures Issue, June 2009
Groom, A. There Goes The Neighbourhood, Two Thousand, 11 May 2009
Murray, E. Kids on The Block take on criminals, Sydney Morning Herald, 25 May 2009
Murray, E. Redfern’s bird sculpture hatches angry response, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 May 2009
Sinclair, L. Zine scene livelier thanks to feared net, The Australian, 25 May 2009
Carr, K. An Exhibition about Redfern, Inner West Courier, 19 May 2009
Groom, A. There Goes The Neighbourhood, Sydney City News, 7 May 2009, Cover story
Wells, J. There Goes The Neighbourhood, Drum Media, 5 May 2009
Carroli, L. Boom! shake-shake-shake the room... Urbanista, Arts Hub, March 2009
Newitt, Reg. Asialink-lings, Art Monthly Art Notes, Issue 214, October 2008
Barr, P. Welcome to the Schmigloo, Uliko online magazine; http://www.uliko.com.au/articles.html, Issue 1, October 2008
Morrow, C. The Zine Scene, Sydney Central, September 12, 2008
Ewing, A. Mapping The Neighbourhood, Art Monthly, Issue 212, August 2008
Begg, Z. Concrete Culture Catalogue Essay, 2008.
Petsinis, C. Esky, Architecture Victoria, August 2008, Cover
Sturrock, W. Tour of Beauty, 2008 Biennale of Sydney website, http://blog.bos2008.com/2008/06/25/tour-of-beauty/, June 2008
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
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, Multiplicity, 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
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
Catherine Freyne, 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
Other Project Sites:
SquatSpace squatspace.com
You Are Here (Keg de Souza and Zanny Begg) youarehere.me
There Goes The Neighbourhood theregoestheneighbourhood.org
SquatFest squatfest.com
Network of Un-Collectable Artists [NUCA] squatspace.com/uncollectable