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Artist Residency

Vernon Ah Kee

Vernon Ah Kee visited Kluge-Ruhe as a resident artist in March 2012. He guest-lectured to a number of UVA drawing classes and delivered several community lectures.

Bio

Vernon Ah Kee is a Kuku Yalandji, Waanyi, Yidinji, and Gugu Timithirr artist known for his candid explorations of the treatment of Aboriginal people in Australia. He holds a Bachelors and a Doctorate of Visual arts from the Queensland College of Art at Griffith University. His work has been exhibited widely in Australia and internationally, and he represented Australia at the 2009 Venice Biennale.

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