Deej Fabyc
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Deej Fabyc (born 1961) is a British-born, Australian<ref name="Sculpture"/> performance video and installation artist.<ref name="Trove">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Design and Art Australia Online">Template:Cite web</ref> Fabyc is a former member of art collectives including Jillposters in Melbourne,<ref name="Prints and Printmaking">Template:Cite web</ref> FBI+ in London,<ref name="FBI">Template:Cite web</ref> and Elastic Residence in London.<ref name="Elastic Residence">Template:Cite web</ref> They were a member of the Bitumen River Gallery in Canberra, Australia.<ref name="Local Art Australia">Template:Cite book</ref>
Their work has been shown at Artspace, Sydney,<ref name="A&T">Template:Cite journal</ref> the El Museo del Barrio, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Reina Sofia Museum, and the Whitechapel Gallery.Their work deals with three primary themes: gender, space and "forensic biography." It has been described, by the art writer Robert Preece, as being "demanding, aggressively thought-provoking, and sometimes shocking in its raw content."<ref name="Sculpture" /><ref name="AM">Template:Cite journal</ref>
During the past 30 years, they have held roles in education, curating, and project management, and are currently the CEO of Live Art Ireland.<ref name="LAI">Template:Cite web</ref>
Early life and education
Fabyc was born in London and raised as a young child in England and Ireland. They attended secondary school in Australia. Fabyc went on to receive a BFA from Southern Cross University, and then earned an MFA degree at the University of New South Wales in the art and design program.<ref name="LMU">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Artist website Info page">Template:Cite web</ref>
Collections and public art
Their public art work Gateway to Mag Mell, is in the Home of the Arts (HOTA) Sculpture Park in Queensland, Australia.<ref name="HOTA1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Sculpture">Template:Cite web</ref>
Their work is held in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra.<ref name="Design and Art Australia Online"/>
Key Works
Sucking at the Sublime (1994), a 3-day performance installation created in a domestic space, commissioned by Nick Waterlow.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The White Room (1995-1998) a performance installation first shown in Sydney, then presented at the Experimental Art Foundation in Adelaide in 1997.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>