ARTIST STATEMENT/ BIOGRAPHY/ CONTACT
Artist statement
'The untold want by life and land ne'er granted,
Now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find'.
The Untold Want
Walt Whitman 1819 - 1892
BACKSTORY
Hidden histories are the central focus of my work. A substantial personal iconography, accumulated over many years, includes knots and braids, human/animal hybrids, insects and arthropods, masks, tattoos and silhouettes, all of which serve as metaphors for marginalisation or invisibility.
Reflecting on three decades of my own creative history, the current series, Backstory, consolidates and recontextualizes key motifs and symbols from disparate bodies of work, introducing subtle shifts of meaning and new directions. No longer helpless descendants of Rapunzel, trapped in ivory towers with hope and desire held forever in check, my protagonists turn resolutely towards the horizon, intent on finding their own paths.
Biography
Deborah Klein is an artist based in Ballarat, Victoria. She holds a Master of Arts (Research), Monash University, Gippsland, 1997. Since 1988 Klein has held regular solo shows and participated in group exhibitions in Australia and internationally, including the touring survey exhibition, Deborah Klein: Out of the Past 1995-2007, held at Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Castlemaine; Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat; Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool; and Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne, 2008. Her work has received numerous awards and is held in extensive public and university museum collections. The artist's full CV is HERE.
For a private view of Deborah’s current works on paper, follow the link on the Home Page, or go HERE.
Contact
Deborah Klein
114 Eureka Street
East Ballarat 3350
Victoria
Australia
Mobile: 0438 111 028
Email: kleindeborah@rocketmail.com