TextaQueen
VISUAL ARTIST.
A multi-genre visual artist of Goan descent living in Naarm/Melbourne, TextaQueen is known for using the humble felt-tip marker to create majestic large-scale portraiture.
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TextaQueen (they/them) is a multi-genre visual artist of Goan descent living in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
Known for using the humble felt-tip marker to create large-scale majestic portraiture, their practice also encompasses drawing, painting, printmaking, performance, writing and murals to envision an ever-expanding alternate universe of collective and transformative possibility.
TextaQueen's work has appeared at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Western Exhibitions, Chicago; 198 Contemporary Arts, London; and Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany, and is held in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, University of Queensland, Monash University of Modern Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia and National Portrait Gallery of Australia.
Mural commissions include de Young Museum, San Fransisco; Murray Art Museum Albury; City of Merri-bek; City of Melbourne and residencies include ACME, London; International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York; and Queensland Art Gallery.
A nationally mid-career survey toured via Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery in 2017; and they received the inaugural Copyright Agency Partnerships Commission for Bollywouldn't at 4a Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in 2022.