Fayen d'Evie

Dr Fayen d'Evie is a lecturer in the Masters of Communication Design programme of RMIT University, teaching experimental typography, curating and exhibiting communications design, and studios grounded in archival research and transformative pedagogies.

Fayen d'Evie is an artist, writer, and publisher, born in Malaysia, raised in Aotearoa New Zealand, and now living in the bushlands of unceded Jaara country, Australia. Her creative projects are often collaborative, and resist spectatorship by inviting audiences into sensorial readings of artworks.

She is the founder of 3-ply, an independent imprint which approaches artist-led publishing as an experimental, critical, and poetic site for the creation, dispersal, and archiving of texts. With artist and Yindjibarndi woman Katie West, Fayen co-founded the Museum Incognita, a decolonised museum structure grounded in custodial ethics, that activates collective readings of neglected and obscured histories, through sensorial scores, performative encounters, and intertwining threads of story.

From 2017-2019, Fayen collaborated with the Artist Initiative of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) to explore sensory encounters with artworks from the collection and temporary exhibitions. She has provided creative provocations and pedagogical guidance to numerous arts institutions committed to more inclusive structures and more ambitious curation of disability-led practice.

Prior to artmaking, Fayen worked in international peacebuilding education and sustainability, for the United Nations mandated University for Peace, and for the Earth Council. She continues to advise initiatives at the nexus of peacebuilding and arts, especially disability arts and social justice projects.


Awards:
-State Library of Victoria Marion Orme Page Regional Fellowship
Award date: 2022
Recipients: Fayen d'Evie

-Creative Victoria Creator Fund Recipient
Award date: 2018
Recipients: Fayen d'Evie

-Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture: Rural and Regional Development Award
Award date: 2017
Recipients: Fayen d'Evie

2021:
-Marrgu Virtual Residency, Durrmu Arts, Peppimenarti
-Tender Virtual Residency
-State Library of Victoria: Alchemy Grant

2020:
-Australia Council: Artist Grant
-Regional Arts Victoria: Recovery Grant

2019:
-Finalist, Experimental Print Prize, Castlemaine Art Museum
-Artist in Residence, Te Whare Hera, Te Whanganui a Tara/Wellington, Aotearoa/NZ
-Finalist, Incinerator Art Award for Social Change
-Australia Council: Artist Grant

2018:
-Artist in Residence, School of Geography and Regional Arts Collaboration, University of Melbourne
-Ian Potter Cultural Trust: Artist Grant
-Blindside Summer Studio Residency

2017:
-Finalist, John Fries Award
-Artist in Residence, Artist Initiative, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
-Bundoora Nebula Residency

2016:
-Australia Council: Artist Grant
-Monash University, Art Design and Architecture Faculty Fellowship
-Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Travel Award

2015:
-Gertrude Contemporary Studio Residency
-NAVA: Australian Artist Award

2014:
-Finalist, Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize

2013:
-Australia Council: Artstart Grant

2012:
-Howard Arkley Highly Commended Award, Notfair

2011:
-Roger Kemp Memorial Prize for Excellence in Painting, Victoria College of the Arts