Deej Fabyc
Deej Fabyc (born 1961) is a British-born, Australian performance video and installation artist. Fabyc is a former member of art collectives including Jillposters in Melbourne, FBI+ in London, and Elastic Residence in London. They were a member of the Bitumen River Gallery in Canberra, Australia.
Their work has been shown at Artspace, Sydney, the El Museo del Barrio, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Reina Sofia Museum, and the Whitechapel Gallery.Their work deals with three primary themes: gender, space and "forensic biography." It has been described, by the art writer Robert Preece, as being "demanding, aggressively thought-provoking, and sometimes shocking in its raw content."
During the past 30 years, they have held roles in education, curating, and project management, and are currently the CEO of Live Art Ireland.
Early life and education
Fabyc was born in London and raised as a young child in England and Ireland. They attended secondary school in Australia. Fabyc went on to receive a BFA from Southern Cross University, and then earned an MFA degree at the University of New South Wales in the art and design program.
Collections and public art
Their public art work Gateway to Mag Mell, is in the Home of the Arts (HOTA) Sculpture Park in Queensland, Australia.
Their work is held in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra.
Key Works
Sucking at the Sublime (1994), a 3-day performance installation created in a domestic space, commissioned by Nick Waterlow.
The White Room (1995-1998) a performance installation first shown in Sydney, then presented at the Experimental Art Foundation in Adelaide in 1997.