R e a (artist)

r e a initially studied a TAFE course in Electrical Trades at Petersham, New South Wales in 1989, and then started to move towards art a year later enrolled to studying Creative Arts at the Eora Centre in Darlington, New South Wales.^[3]

r e a has received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) from the University of New South Wales in 1993, a Masters of Visual Arts at the Australian National University, a Masters of Science, Digital Imaging and Design, New York University & a PhD in Visual Anthropology, from the UNSW Art & Design, University of New South Wales, in 2019.^[3]

r e a started to exhibit work in 1990 at the Eora Centre, then in 1992, in their second year undergraduate at CoFA, University of New South Wales. r e a's first digital work: Look Who's Calling The Kettle Black was made in 1992, followed by new works in 1993 at the Performance Space and Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative in Sydney.^[3]

In 1994 their work was exhibited in Localities of Desire: Contemporary Art in an International World,^[4] Don’t Leave Me This Way: Art in the Age of AIDS,^[5] Blackness: Blak City Culture!^[6] and True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists Raise the Flag.^[7]

In 1995 r e a's first solo exhibition was titled Ripped Into Pieces: Blak Body, at Performance Space.^[8]

in 1997, at the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists' Co-op they had a solo exhibition as a part of the 1997 Festival of the Dreaming: a celebration of the art and culture of Indigenous peoples from around the world called EYE/I'MMABLAKPIECE.^[9] The installation art exhibited aimed to challenge the male gaze through the use of mirrors.^[9]

in 1998 r e a exhibited work in bLAK bABE(z) & kWEER kAT(z) with Brook Andrew.^[10]

Their Collection Look Who's Calling The Kettle Black is a collection of photographic print in three colours.^[11][12]