KONSTANTINA
Also know as: Kate (Constantine)
REGION | SYDNEY
COMMUNITY | GADIGAL
LANGUAGE | GADIGAL
“My arts practice is my act of storytelling and reclamation, it is highly detailed in both style and cultural substance. I like to think my works represent a document in time to help connect both Aboriginal & nonAboriginal peoples to our rich Culture; our past, our present and our future.”
PROFILE
KONSTANTINA
REGION | SYDNEY
COMMUNITY | GADIGAL
LANGUAGE | GADIGAL
Konstantina (Kate Constantine) is a proud Gadigal woman of the Eora nation and a neo-contemporary Indigenous artist. She is re-imagining the traditions of her peoples’ dot painters and providing a modern narrative for all people to better understand a First Nations perspective as part of the fabric of Australia.
As a descendant of the Gadigal, she is passionate about her language, Culture and histories, much of which have been lost, misplaced or manipulated since the dawn of Colonization. As such, her practice is heavily interconnected with her Mob and their oral histories and married with her esteemed academic research.
Her artworks are a physical manifestation of these stories and histories, a document in time to reconnect her people to their Country.
Konstantina is a highly sought after contemporary artist who is represented by galleries in Paris, London, Sydney, Melbourne and Margaret River, where her solo shows have sold out consistently for almost a decade. Her works have been awarded finalist places in over twenty Art Prizes and Awards, and been profiled at international art shows, on TV, used by celebrities and for high profile restaurant and corporate works. Her public artworks are the most recent addition to her practice and have seen her take over shopping centres, parklands and office buildings with her trademark contemporary edge.
ARTIST CV
PRIZES & RECOGNITION
2023 Published book “Gadigal Ngura”. Australia
2023 Published book “L’art de l’engagement” (The Art of Commitment). France 2023 National Capital Arts Prize - Finalist
2022 National Emerging Art Prize - Finalist
2022 Ocean Shores Art Expo - Finalist
2022 Arts In The Valley - Finalist
2022 Art Lovers Australia Prize - Finalist
2021 Fishers Ghost Art Prize - Finalist
2021 Ocean Shores Art Expo - Finalist (highly commended)
2021 BAM, Byron Art Prize - Finalist
2021 The Voice Australia, Artwork & visuals for Grand Finale
2021 Keynote speaker, inaugural TEDx Byron Bay. Theme ‘the space between’ 2021 Member of Indigenous Art Steering Committee for Waverley Council 2021 Art Lovers Australia Prize - Finalist
2020 BAM, Byron Art Prize - Semi finalist
2020 Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery - Finalist (highly commended)
SOLO & SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 ’Garrigarang Badu' - Arts d’Australie • Stéphane Jacob, Paris. FR [solo] 2023 ‘Sydney Contemporary' - Carriage Works, Sydney. AU [group]
2023 ‘Parcours des Mondes’ - Paris. FR [group]
2023 ‘Connection' - The Lume, Melbourne, AU [group]
2023 ‘Antica Namur’ - Namur. BE [group]
2023 ‘Antica Bruxelles’ - Bruxelles, BE [group]
2023 ‘Black AND White’ - Cooee Art Leven, Sydney. AU [solo]
2023 ‘Djiyadi Ngumun' - Liberty Place, Sydney. AU [solo]
2023 ‘Ancrage’ - Arts d’Australie • Stéphane Jacob, Paris. FR [group]
2022 ‘Connection' - National Museum of Australia, Canberra. AU [group]
2022 ‘Pink Heater’ - Hôtel de Crillon, in assoc Arts d’Australie • Stéphane Jacob, Paris, FR [group] 2022 ‘Ngawiya Ngubadi' - The Rodd, Sidney Nolan Trust, Presteigne. UK [solo]
2022 ‘Tjukurpa' - Aboriginal Art Galleries, London. UK [group]
2022 ‘Raining On Eora' - Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney. AU [solo]
2021 ‘Negative Space' - Ninbella Gallery, Bangalow. AU [solo]
2020 ‘East Coast Matters' - Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney. AU [group]
2019 ‘Blak Enough’ - Ninbella Gallery, Bungalow. AU [solo]
2019 ‘Colour Correction’ - Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah. AU [solo]
PUBLIC ART / COMMERCIAL WORK
2024 Sydney Fish Markets, Sydney. [Reconciliation Action Plan Artwork & Commission] 2023 Qantas Domestic Terminal, Sydney. [Mural]
2023 Burwood Urban Park, Burwood Council, Burwood. [Artwork for built environment] 2023 NSW Ambulance Sydney Central Super Hub, Sydney. [Mural]
2023 Tweed Hospital, Cudgen. [Artwork commissions x3] 2023 SalesForce Head office, Sydney. [Mural]
2022 Alpha H, National Campaign. [Christmas Packaging] 2022 Westfield, Warringah Mall. [External Mural]
2022 Westfield, Parramatta. [Internal Mural]
2022 Australian Passport Office, Sydney. [Mural & artwork commissions x2]
2022 Symantec House, 207 Kent Street, Sydney. [Artwork for mural, wallpaper & decals]
2022 Baker McKenzie, Barangaroo, Sydney. [Acknowledgment of Country plaque & artwork]
2022 While You Were Sleeping, ANU & in conjunction National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. [Murals] 2021 Liberty Finance Head Office, Melbourne. [Murals & decals]
2021 Central Station, Sydney. [Hoardings]
2020 Chris O’Brien - YouCan Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. [Mural & Artwork commission] 2020 Uniting Church National office, Sydney. [Artwork commission]
2018 Byron Shire Council Laneway project, Byron Bay. [Mural]
2017 Lane Cove Council rejuvenation project, Lane Cove. [Mural]
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