Born Sydney Australia 1983.

Twenty-five year old China de la Vega is a graduate of the University of Technology, Sydney. Graduating with a degree in Communications, de la Vega majored in creative writing and cultural studies. Her art practice began after graduating from High School with the exhibition ‘Sculpture by the Sea’. De la Vega creates abstract impressions of landscape through the manipulation of found objects, using raw materials which reference the places in where they were found. Bringing these objects together in her work, objects which she describes as ‘forgotten artifacts of contemporary culture’ de la Vega is mainly interested in putting together the words and information attached to these objects almost as poems or short stories. De la Vega’s work is not so much the manifestation of environmentalist concerns but is more a celebration of the ultimate authority of nature.

Education
2001 – 2005 University of Technology, Sydney

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2008
“Something or Nothing?”, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney

Born Sydney Australia 1983.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
“Sculpture 2009”, Global Gallery, Sydney
2008
“Christmas Show”, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
“Colored Diggers”, Damien Minton Gallery. Sydney
2004
“The Barkly”, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland

Career History
2006
Art Studio Assistant, Julalikari Art and Crafts
Arts Project Officer, Barkly Regional Arts
February 2006 – December 2006: Literary Project Officer, Writers NT.
2001
Assistant Director , “The Quiet American”

Artist in Residency
June – July 2007
Artist in Residence Julalikari Arts and Crafts
Art Projects
June 2009
Barkly Artists Camp c/o Desart and Barkly Regional Arts for
six visiting communities. Batik/Painting/Sculpture.
April – May 2009
Epenarra Arts Project
August 2008
Barkly Artists Camp
June – August 2008
Epenarra Arts Project
August – November 2007
A New Landscape – Epenarra/Ali Curung
Arts Development Project