Kay Abude is an artist based in Melbourne, Australia.  She has an expanded sculptural practice working in large-scale installation, photography, performance, video and silk screen printing.  Abude’s work is about work itself: the value of it, the effort, the inequality and insecurity of it, especially for artists.  Her recent commissions include (DON’T) BE AN ARTIST, Flash Forward – Creative Laneways Project, The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, 2021; NEVER WORK/ STOP WORKING, NGV Triennial EXTRA, NGV International, Melbourne, 2021; THE BEAUTY OF ROCK BOTTOM, Stimulus Package, FUSE Festival, City of Darebin, 2021; and WORK WORTH DOING, La Trobe Art Institute, Bendigo, Victoria, 2020-21.  Abude was a studio artist at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne from 2019 to 2022. 

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