vivonne thwaites
curator
troy-anthony baylis
Installations for Tomorrow (hang on) 2011
Pigmented inks on 310gsm Hahnemuhle German etching paper, ed 5
70 x 100 cm
Postcard (2010 - 2011) is a serial edition of art objects made of reconstructed Glomesh and 'faux-mesh' handbags, purses, and key-wallets sought from thrift stores and grandma's drawers throughout Australia. They herald communication between Australian places and personas – citing Alice Springs, Katherine Gorge, Bella Vista, Cherrybrook, Victoria Square, Sandy Gully, Crystal Brook, and other towns, rivers, and land areas that have been dragged by name from Europe. These mementos are private conversations between 'sistas' who are living in locations throughout Australia – who despite isolation, are connecting and conversing with each other through glamorous artefacts.
The high ceremony of the Postcard designs takes cue from the crescent-shaped 'breastplates' of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that were presented to Aboriginal people who aided second-settlement colonists in the assimilation process, were regarded as friendly, or who demonstrated bravery towards non-Indigenous people and were considered suitably honourable for a 'badge of distinction'.
'Breastplates' were engraved with the names of Aboriginal people and often their 'tribe' names were included. Sometimes the 'breastplates' were decorated with motifs of native plants and animals, weapons, and emblematic coronets, and engraved with the names of the non-Indigenous chiefs who presented them.
about the artist
Troy-Anthony Baylis is based in Adelaide, and is a descendant of the Jawoyn people from the NT. Troy is part of a larger contemporary movement, Indigenous and Queer, building on art, film and literary explorations of Indigenous culture that are evolving across Australia.
troy-anthony baylis - cv
| EDUCATION | |
| 2009- | PhD Candidate South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia |
| 2001 | Graduate Certificate in Management (Arts) University of South Australia |
| 1999-2000 | Bachelor Of Education (Secondary) - Post Graduate Queensland University of Technology |
| 1997 | Honours Queensland University of Technology |
| 1993-1995 | Bachelor Of Arts (Visual Arts) Queensland University of Technology |
| SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS (as a visual artist) | |
| Room for Chameleons, Artroom5, Adelaide, 1 – 18 July 2009 | |
| The Genuine Exhibition, Australia Dreaming Art, Melbourne, 23 January – 21 February 2009 | |
| Sunsets, Melbourne City Library Gallery, Melbourne, 16 January – 9 February 2008 | |
| Sunkiss/Landlove, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute: Tandanya, Adelaide, 8 November 2007 – 28 January 2008 | |
| Warhola Trees, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany, July 2007 | |
| Emotional Landscapes & Sunsets, Australia Dreaming Art, Melbourne, 26 May – 23 June 2007 | |
| Rosafarbene Sonnenuntergange / Pink Sunsets, Ruhrlandmuseum, Essen, Germany, 15 October – 10 December 2006 | |
| Ain’t MsBhavin’, Nexus, Adelaide, 3 – 18 November 2005 | |
| megaKYLIEcollection, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 2005 | |
| Ricky Mortis Southern Death, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute: Tandanya, Adelaide, 19 October – 8 December 2002 | |
| KABOOBIE improbable princess - 15 years of kylieminology, Miss Gladys Sym Choon, Adelaide, 2001 | |
| KABOOBIE improbable princess, Satellite Space, Brisbane, 2000 | |
| KABOOBIE rock n roll nigger, Soapbox, Brisbane, 2000 | |
| a TROY-ANTHONY BAYLIS room with a BARBARA CARTLAND view, xb, Dayboro, Queensland, 1999 | |
| Wonder Woman With A Twist, Smith & Stoneley, Brisbane, 1997 | |
| Emancipating Androgyny, Metro Arts, Brisbane, 1997 | |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (as a visual artist) | |
| Intangibles in Terra Australis, Kubo-Kutxa, San Sebastian, Spain, 2010 | |
| Heartlines – Adelaide Festival of Arts, University of South Australia, Adelaide, 2010 | |
| Gayme, Counihan Gallery in Brunswick, Melbourne, 2010 | |
| Making Tracks: A glimpse at two decades of Aboriginal art in SA, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute: Tandanya, Adelaide, 2009 | |
| Resonance, JamFactory Contemporary Craft & Design, Adelaide, 2009 | |
| Just Can’t Get Enough, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne, 2009 | |
| Four Artists, Artroom5, Adelaide, 2008 | |
| Our Metro Mob, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute: Tandanya, Adelaide, 2008 | |
| Super+Ego, Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre, Adelaide, 2007 | |
| Our Metro Mob, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute: Tandanya, Adelaide, 2007 | |
| Petroglyphs, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute: Tandanya, Adelaide, 2005 | |
| Vein, Kintolai Gallery, Adelaide, 2004 | |
| Avalon, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, 2004 | |
| Homostrata, Artspace – Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, 2003 | |
| The Stars Shine Bright, Logan Art Gallery, Logan, Queensland, 2000 | |
| Topographies, Fireworks, Brisbane, 2000 | |
| 7th Biennala des Couvertes, Centre de Art Actuel, Quebec, Canada, 1999 | |
| Creativity In The Next Millennium - The 5th Baguio International Arts Festival, Baguio Convention Centre, Baguio, The Philippines, 1999 | |
| SELECTED PERFORMANCES (as a performance artist) | |
| Kaboobie Proud Mary & Sexy Ida, TASpride Launch, Launceston & Hobart, October 2009 | |
| Kaboobie Proud Mary, White Party, GaySkiWeekNZ, Queenstown, New Zealand, September 2009 | |
| Kaboobie Proud Mary, Upstart Alley VIII, Gasworks Theatre, Melbourne, 7 February 2009 | |
| Kaboobie 3 Tina’s, Conference Dinner, Cultural Studies Association of Australia – Futures Conference, Kalgoorlie, 8 December 2008 | |
| Kaboobie Proud Mary, Feast Opening Night Party, Adelaide, November 2008 | |
| Kaboobie Proud Mary, Opening Celebration, 1st Asia Pacific Outgames, Melbourne Town Hall, 31 January 2008 | |
| Kaboobie Proud Mary, Sistagirls Are Doing It For Themselves, Mercury Cinema, Adelaide, 30 May 2006 | |
| Kaboobie Kylieminologist, megaKYLIEcabaret, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 7 June 2005 | |
| Kaboobie Proud Mary & Walk This Way, Leigh Bowery Project – “Nothing Is Taboo”, Adelaide Festival Centre – Space Theatre, November 2004 | |
| Kaboobie Proud Mary, Laugh Yourself Blak!, Adelaide Fringe 2004 HUB, Adelaide, March 2004 | |
| Ricky Mortis KKK & Kaboobie Proud Mary, 2002 International Gay Games, Olympic Park & Hyde Park, Sydney, October 2002 | |
| Ricky Mortis (with Pope Alice), Luke Roberts – “Ecce homo: These are our bodies: this is our blood”, Artspace, Sydney, 24 February 2000 | |
| Typhoon Kaboobie hits the Philippines, 5th Baguio International Arts Festival, Baguio Botanical Gardens & Tamawan Village, | |
| The Philippines, 25-26 November 1999 | |
| Ricky Mortis (with Pope Alice & Nurse Nancy), Pope Alice: Alien Pope Visits, Livid Festival, Brisbane, 1999 | |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
| 2008 | Research Fellow University of South Australia |
| 2007- | Lecturer/Tutor/Marker University of South Australia |
| 2006-2007 | Electorate Officer South Australian Parliament |
| 2005-2006 | Executive Officer Reconciliation South Australia Inc |
| 2004 | Indigenous Programs Coordinator Carclew Youth Arts Centre |
| 2004-2005 | Program Manager, First Queers Feast Festival Inc |
| 2004-2005 | Artistic and Cultural Consultant Reconciliation South Australia Inc |
| 2002-2003 | Program Manager, Public Relations Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia Inc |
| 2002 | Director Yaitya Makkitura Inc |
| 2001-2004 | Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Arts Coordinator Adelaide Fringe Inc |
| 1999 | Arts Management Workshops Wachol Correction Centre / Access Arts |
| 1998-1999 | Arts Administration Queensland Artworker's Alliance – Volunteer |
| 1996-1997 | Art Educator Southbank Institute of TAFE - Certificate in Art (ATSI) |
| 1996 | Catalogue Production Queensland University of Technology |
| 1995-2001 | Director Art Of Digital Video |
| 1995 | Gallery Administration Institute of Modern Art – Volunteer |
| 1995-1996 | Art Theory Tutor Queensland University of Technology |
| CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS | |
| Baylis, Troy-Anthony & Crowley, Vicki, The subterranean making of convivial culture: Mary G, Kaboobie and queer interventions. | |
| Futures, Curtin University, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 6-9 December 2008 | |
| Baylis, Troy-Anthony, Kylieminology: collecting and cloning, Quench: Queer Thinkers, Adelaide, 15-16 November 2008 | |
| Baylis, Troy-Anthony & Crowley, Vicki, The subterranean making of convivial culture: Mary G, Kaboobie and queer interventions. Moving Cultures, Shifting Identities, Flinders University, Adelaide, 3-6 December 2007 | |
| INVITED PRESENTATIONS | |
| Baylis, Troy-Anthony, Inheriting Loss: The legacy of Stolen Generations (panel presentation), Reconciliation Schools' Festival, | |
| Adelaide Town Hall, 30 May 2008 | |
| Baylis, Troy-Anthony, Crossing Country: Education and Art towards a certain freedom, Scotch College, Adelaide, 23 May 2008 | |
| Baylis, Troy-Anthony, From Dreamtime to Machine Time, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, 30 April 2008 | |
| Baylis, Troy-Anthony, Aboriginal Australia, Sexuality & Visual Arts, Adelaide Festival of Arts – "Living Books", State Library of South Australia, | |
| Adelaide, 8-9 March 2008 | |
| Baylis, Troy-Anthony, Convivial Culture: Mary G, Kaboobie and queer interventions. Midsumma, Melbourne City Library, 28 January 2008 | |
| Baylis, Troy-Anthony, Them There Bones (opening address), Fiona Foley – "Them There Bones", New Land Gallery, Port Adelaide, 27 February 2002 | |
| SELECTED VISUAL CULTURE PUBLICATIONS (as an author) | |
| Baylis, Troy-Anthony, Mumthelang: Silk Magic Woman, Muriel Van Der Byl – "My dreaming – past – present – future", | |
| Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre: Kerry Packer Civil Gallery, 22 February – 14 March 2008 | |
| Baylis, Troy-Anthony & Mantelli, Fulvia, The Cover Art of Cover Bands (photo essay), Photofile 77, Autumn 2006 | |
| Baylis, Troy-Anthony, Homostrata – Ex. Cat., Artspace – Adelaide Festival Centre, 7 November 2003 – 24 January 2004 | |
| SELECTED VISUAL CULTURE PUBLICATIONS (as a visual artist) | |
| Wyld, Frances, Kiss The Dirt: Knowing Place in "Troy-Anthony Baylis: Kiss The Dirt", 2009 | |
| Carsey, Gary, A Rock And A Hard Place in "Troy-Anthony Baylis: Kiss The Dirt", 2009 | |
| Nicholls, Christine, Troy-Anthony Baylis: An Extension To Love in Asian Art News, vol.18, no.1, p66-71, January/February 2008 | |
| von Uslar, Rafael, Beknitting in "Sunkiss/Landlove" – Ex cat., National Aboriginal Cultural Institute – Tandanya, 8 November 2007 – 28 January 2008 | |
| Nicholls, Christine, Emotional Landscapes and Emotional Sunsets in "Sunkiss/Landlove" – Ex cat., | |
| National Aboriginal Cultural Institute – Tandanya, 8 November 2007 – 28 January 2008 | |
| Nunn, Louise, Troy’s arts puts new spin on close-knit community in The Advertiser, p13, 14 August 2007 | |
| Pelipe, Richardo, Avalon: Art and Life of An Apartment Building, Museum of Brisbane & Vanity Publishing, 2005 | |
| Mills, David, 'Household Names' in (not only) Blue 53, p8, 2004 | |
| Simpson, Anne, Kylie rules OK & Hopelessly Devoted in The Courier Mail: Life, p4-5 & 17, 7 April 2001 | |
| Gallagher, Jane, Troy-Anthony Baylis: In Public in Eyeline 43, p51, 2000 | |
| BOARD/COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS | |
| 2009- | Board Member Heta Inc |
| 2008- | Board Member (Secretary) National Aboriginal Cultural Institute - Tandanya |
| 2007-2009 | Steering Committee - Honoring Indigenous Veterans Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
| 2005-2007 | Reconciliation Committee Member Adelaide City Council |
| 2005-2006 | Committee Member NAIDOC Adelaide |
| 2004-2006 | AGRIRC Member Government of South Australia |
| 2004-2005 | Board Member Feast Festival Inc |
| 2004 | Assessment Panel Member for Funding of the Arts (Indigenous and Emerging) Arts SA |
| 1999-2001 | Board Member Queensland Artworker’s Alliance Inc |
| 1998-2001 | Assessment Panel Member for Funding of the Arts (Visual Arts, Craft & Design) Arts Queensland |