Nicole Barakat

b. 1977 Sydney, Australia

Nicole Barakat is an artist and performance maker working with a diversity of media and ideas. Barakat is also known on the stage as Wife.

Nicoles practice centres on material and aesthetic languages embodied through the manipulation of familiar materials and processes. She often uses her body as a site for artistic practice.

Her work transcends the borders of art practice and cultural production, often employing a number of disciplines and strategies including, drawing, sculpture, installation, textile processes, performance, writing, story telling and collaboration.

She says,
Through my practice, I aim to conjure alternative ways of thinking, feeling and envisioning our reality. I see creativity and imagination at the forefront of my practice and commitment to positive social change.

Nicole currently lectures in the Textiles department at the University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts in Sydney, Australia.

EDUCATION
2002Bachelor of Applied Arts Honours 1 (Textiles) UNSW College of Fine Arts

EMPLOYMENT

I am currently lecturing in textiles in the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the UNSW College of Fine Arts.

SOLO EXHIBITION

2002 '...Subverting the Feminine' Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown NSW

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008'Kudos to Kudos' Kudos Gallery, Paddington NSW
'Quick + Dirty' Performance Space, Redfern NSW
'Fairy Tales' Mori Gallery, Sydney NSW

2007'Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize' At The Vanishing Point, Newtown NSW
T Medium Rare Gallery, Redfern NSW
Domestic Love Kudos Gallery, Paddington NSW

2006 'Making Do 2' ANCA, Dickson ACT
'TFOUH! Raw Responses by Arab Artists' Mori Gallery, Sydney NSW
'Reframe' Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Paddington NSW
'Are We There Yet?' Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown NSW
'Tools' First Draft Gallery, Surry Hills NSW
2005 'Artists Against Sedition Laws' Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula NSW
2003 'Accidental Ensemble' Pine St Arts Centre, Chippendale NSW
'I Remember 1948' Performance Space, Redfern NSW

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