Kay Abude is a multidisciplinary artist based in Melbourne, Australia. Her expanded sculptural practice encompasses 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.
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Recent commissions include BE CREATIVE REMAIN RESILIENT, Mural Commission, The Showroom, London, UK, 2023–24, and Smoko Room, 2023 Paul Selzer Prize, Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, Southbank, 2023.
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Abude has been the recipient of numerous grants, including Creative Australia Project Grants in 2025 and 2023, Hume Arts Activity Grants in 2025 and 2022, a City of Melbourne Creative Laneways Project Grant in 2021, and a Play King Foundation Grant at the Australian Tapestry Workshop in 2020. Abude was a studio artist at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, from 2019 to 2022.
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Supermarket Exhibition
Kay Abude
2:30 – 4:30am, 26 January 2008
Suburban Coles Supermarket, Victoria
Polypoplin, metal poles, baskets, projectors, dvd players, extension cords, taste testing booth and product demonstrator, table, linen, glasses, food and beverages served by Coles team members
Dimensions variable
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A 'one-morning' event was held inside a suburban supermarket between the early hours of 2:30am and 4:30am on the 26 January 2008. Five films from the Duration Works: Product Drawing Series, 2007 were projected into five shopping aisles and invited guests were free to roam the supermarket akin to a gallery.
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