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 BE CREATIVE REMAIN RESILIENT, Mural Commission, The Showroom, London, United Kingdom, 2023-24; Smoko Room, Paul Selzer Prize, Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, Southbank, 2023; (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; 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.
Kay Abude standing in front of her artwork WORK WORTH DOING exhibited on the façade of La Trobe Art Institute, Bendigo, Victoria.
Photo: Dr Kent Wilson (November 2020).
Abude completed a Master of Fine Art (By research) at the Victorian College of the Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne in 2010. She has received numerous awards and grants including a 2023 Arts Project Grant from the Australia Council for the Arts, a 2022 Hume Arts Activity Grant, a 2021 City of Melbourne Creative Laneways Project Grant, a 2020 Play King Foundation Grant from the Australian Tapestry Workshop, and a 2018 Vic Arts Grant from Creative Victoria.
Abude was nominated for the 2023 Paul Selzer Prize at the Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, Southbank and was shortlisted for the prestigious 2014 Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture, Federation Square. She was the recipient of the Professional Development Award and Civic Choice Award in the 2014 Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture.
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Email: kayabude@gmail.com
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