Megan Cope

Megan Cope

 

Megan Cope is a Quandamooka Artist. Her site-specific sculptural installations, video work, paintings and public art investigate issues relating to colonial histories, the environment and mapping practices. In 2023 Cope held a solo exhibition, Whispers, at the Sydney Opera House and received the Honorary Artist Award for the 2023 IMA Annual Gala. Her work has been featured in We, On The Rising Wave, Busan Biennale, South Korea, Reclaim the Earth, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, Embodied Knowledge: Queensland Contemporary Art, Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane as well as The NGV Triennial (2020), Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Monster Theatres at the Art Gallery of South Australia, The TarraWarra Biennial (2021) and Slow Moving Waters, The National, Art Gallery of NSW (2017). In 2017-19 Cope was the Official Australian War Artist. Her work is held in Australian and International collections. She is a member of Aboriginal art collective proppaNOW and is represented by Milani Gallery, Brisbane.