Keg de Souza

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Artist's work

De Souza draws from personal experiences of colonialism to inform her layered projects.

About Keg de Souza (she/her)

Keg de Souza is an artist of Goan ancestry who lives on unceded Gadigal land in Sydney. Architecturally trained, she creates social and spatial environments, making reference to her lived experiences of squatting and organising with projects that use plant and food politics, temporary architecture, publishing and radical pedagogy. 

De Souza also draws from personal experiences of colonialism to inform her layered projects that centre voices that are often marginalised, for learning about place. Themes of displacement filter through her work, sharing (often lesser-known) stories of plants, people and places.

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Keg de Souza. Photo: Bryony Jackson.

Biography

Keg has made projects for: South London Gallery; Artspace, Sydney; Setouchi Triennale; Biennale of Sydney; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver; Delfina Foundation, London; Auckland Triennial and Jakarta Biennale. She, is a member of various collaborative groups including SquatSpace and the Food Art Research (FAR) Network and has a PhD (Thesis title: Relationality in Place: Radical Pedagogy and Decolonial Space) from Wominjeka Djeembana, MADA, Monash University.

Artist's work

“She creates social and spatial environments, making reference to her lived experiences of squatting”