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about

Sydney Sydney (they/he) is a curator, painter, maker, and all-round snartist (science artist). They have an honours degree in fine arts and physics from the University of Western Australia, and they are currently living and working on Wurundjeri country. They are working on using emerging technologies in conjunction with textile work to develop new Queer relationships between artwork and viewer. This practice is deeply rooted in found materials and their relationship with the body.

Their debut solo show Other People combined stuffed paintings with augmented reality, and was shown at Schoolhouse Studios and Smith and Gertrude Gallery. They were co-awarded Blindside Gallery’s emerging curator of 2023 with Playroom, exploring trans and gender diverse perspectives of childhood. Their 2024 project The Frankenstein Show brought together over 30 Queer and trans artists to explore the ways we make our own bodies and seek community.

With a background in quantum physics, they are also interested in the physical consequences of seeing and being seen. This has informed their recent exploration of drag performance as a part of their practice. You can see them performing under the mononym of Zero at various venues around Naarm.

group shows

2024

Zap Exhibitions Arise 3

Unassigned Gallery Not Just a Phase

Wundergym x Melbourne Fringe Festival Art is Food For The Soul

Show Your Westside Art Prize 2024

2023

Wundergym Recollections

Zap Exhibitions Arise

ACU Gallery Directions

Testing Grounds Drawing Attention

fortyfivedownstairs Naarm Textile Collective

City Library Novel Exhibition

Public Art Commission No Sleep Till Brooklyn

fortyfivedownstairs Transcending Spaces

Platform Exhibitions IWD4

2022

Fortyfivedownstairs Small

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts Hatched

Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery Smother

2021

UWA FAM2021 Queer Fabrications (hatched nominee)

Cool Change Selected Works

2020

Art Gallery of WA Lester Prize for Portraiture (selected finalist)

UWA FAM2020 Selected Works (UWA Most Industry Ready Fine Arts Graduate)

Midland Junction Arts Centre Hypervision (traditional media winner)

Artsource Room01 (e)merging