Rox De Luca
Script error: No such module "AfC submission catcheck". Rox De Luca (born 1963) is an Australian visual artist who makes sculptural objects and installations predominantly from found plastics.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Rox De Luca was raised by Italian migrants in Moonee Ponds, Victoria. She attended the Canberra School of Art from 1981 to 1985.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
De Luca's "art practice converts found marine and industrial single-use plastics via jewellery-like processes in order to explore ideas of consumption, waste and our neglect of the environment around us."[2]
After art school the artist moved to Sydney. She painted on discarded aluminium printing plates using self portraiture and other subject matter including portraits of men.[3]
Her collaborative practice includes working with Western Australian painter Jo Darbyshire in several exhibitions.[4]
The artist collaborates with organisations such as: Clean Up Australia,[5] Plastic Free July and Plastic Free Biennale.[citation needed]
Collections[edit]
Her works have been acquired by numerous museums and galleries including:[citation needed]
- Artbank
- Deakin University Art Gallery
- Edith Cowan University
- New England Regional Art Museum
- Royal Perth Hospital
- Sydney University Union
References[edit]
- ↑ Tillers, Saskia (2020-02-25). "Sea of Plastic: An Artist's Quest To Address Ocean Pollution". Culture Trip. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ↑ "Rox de Luca". SAMAG. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ↑ "Men and Mettle: Recent Portraits by Rox De Luca". Artlink Magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ↑ "50 Reasons: Rox De Luca and Jo Darbyshire". Artlink Magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ↑ "Creating art from plastic waste". www.cleanup.org.au. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
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