Domina is a new series of photographic and digital works by Logan City artist Mark Kleine. The exhibition narrates the fictional relationship between a parent and their gender fluid child. The story is illustrated through the artist’s performance of both characters.
Mark Kleine is an artist based in Logan City on Yugambeh land. In 2013, Kleine completed a BFA in Visual Arts at the Queensland University of Technology and has since shown in exhibitions locally and abroad. This has included the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) in South Korea and Shiro Oni Studio in Japan. In 2022, their solo exhibition Domina was awarded a grant for developmental purposes from Queenslandโs Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF).
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ (๐๐๐๐ ). ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐.
Image: Mark Kleine, โDominaโ (detail), 2022, archival print. Courtesy of the artist.ย
