Bundanon

Frederick and Hayne’s practice centres on visual encounters with the everyday and the unseen.

Grounded in processes of deep attentiveness, interdisciplinarity and experimentation Frederick and Hayne often work with found objects, images and vernacular experiences in a conceptual and transformative way to question how value is created and remade in the contemporary world.

UK (Ursula) Frederick completed her PhD in Art Theory and Photography and Media Arts in 2014 and she is currently Senior Research Fellow in Art and Heritage at the University of Canberra. Katie Hayne completed a completed a Master of Philosophy in painting in 2022. Together they have exhibited in joint and group exhibitions and have been recognised for both their individual and shared work with numerous awards and grants. These include the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Australian Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Heritage Art Commission and Canberra-Critics-Circle Award.

In Residence at Bundanon

During their residency Frederick and Hayne will experiment with two collaborative endeavours at the intersection of the absurd and the everyday. The first project, Yeti, is based on an invented animal-beast that inhabits various environments through which they question the intricate connections between humans, machines, and other ecologies. The second project, Hoard, delves into the complexities and repulsions associated with the artists’ collection of found hairbands. Both projects will draw upon the Frederick and Hayne’s skills in photomedia, printmaking and painting to produce a body of work that considers the traces that humans leave behind and our relationships to the natural environment.