I can’t let you go, I want you in my life: a workshop in learning self awareness through collage, by artist Kieran Butler, will invite audience members to come and destroy a life size photographic installation created by the artist in order to create their own small take home wearable piece of art.

Kieran Butler (b. 1992, Nowra, NSW, Australia) is an emerging photographic artist who works across photography, installation, costume and set design, and performance. Currently their research looks at applying transgender studies as a methodology for examining non-binary models of contemporary photographic practice, gender identity, and where these two histories might speak to one another. Kieran currently lives and works in Sydney, Australia.

Kieran has recently exhibited works at BLINDSIDE (Melb, Vic) for their first solo exhibition Rainbow Bois and Magical Gurls, and will be exhibiting works for their second solo exhibition Queen Size at ANCA (Dickson, ACT) in September. This year Kieran was a finalist in the MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize (Albury, NSW) and is currently a committee member for Cold Cuts Artist Run Initiative and is the full time Art & Design Manager for Arc @ UNSW Art & Design. They have also held volunteer positions on the committee of MOP projects, employed at Galerie Pompom and works as a freelance administrator, graphic designer and photographer for Sydney’s LGBTQIA+ and Art & Design communities.