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== Rhonda Dee ==   Rhonda Dee (born 1964, SanAntonio, Texas, USA) is a contemporary artist who livesand works in Sydney, Australia. ==Biography==Dee has studied in both America and Australia, completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honors)at Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA in 1991,and a Master of Arts (Honors) at Sydney College of the Arts, University ofSydney in 2006. Dee has shown work in international group exhibitions as wellas a number of solo shows in Sydney since 1996. In 2006 Dee was commissioned byManly Council in conjunction with Manly Art Gallery& Museum to act as artist in residence in factory and office spaces aroundSydney; a project which culminated in a series of 8 public art installationsknown as the Webless Weavers Project. Dee has given public lectures forManly Art Gallery & Museum and Bankstown Art Centre, and has exhibited as afinalist in the Wilson Art Award, Warringah Art Prize and Liverpool Art Prize.Her works feature in public collections at Sal Art Gallery, Long Island,NY, and at Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, São Paulo,Brazil. Dee is represented by MCLEMOI GALLERY in Sydney. ==Work==Dee explores (through painting,sculpture and installation) the boundaries of culturesand internal geographies of the body and psyche. She uses the body as a visualplatform for the construction and deconstruction of identity. Her works explorethe fleeting qualities of subjective experience, and our desire to transcendand move beyond the confines of form. ==References==*http://theartlife.com.au/2012/shadows-of-a-nation/*http://www.artcollector.net.au/GroupexhibitionShadowsofaNation*http://au.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/851471/diego-singh-and-daniel-arsham-headline-mclemoi-gallery-group*http://www.liu.edu/CWPost/About/News/Press-Releases/2010/October/CWP-PR4-Oct4-2010*http://rhondadee.com/press/JewishNews31.10.08.pdf*http://rhondadee.com/press/ManlyCouncilpressrelease_07-01-09.pdf*http://rhondadee.com/press/ArtsHubReview_11-05_08.pdf*http://rhondadee.com/press/SpectrumArticle4.07.jpg*http://www.artsconnect.com.au/artnews/0906_frameworks.htm*http://rhondadee.com/press/ManlyDailyPuttingworkartwork_050906.pdf*http://rhondadee.com/press/SeattleWeeklyBlurb_02-16-05.pdf*http://rhondadee.com/press/RECORDTruthinArt.pdf ==External Links==*Official website*representation