‘[My] practice needs to situate itself in a space of psychogeographic layers that have built up over time, throughout the natural history, altered landscapes, and remnants of public policies that were enacted over tracts of land and peoples.’ – Megan Cope, in an interview with Mariam Arcilla, 'Invisible Agency', Issue 35: 'Space', Runway Journal , online journal, 2017.
Megan Cope
Megan Cope (Quandamooka people) is a social cartographer, curator, writer and artist based in Meanjin/Brisbane. Her site-specific sculptural installations, public art practice and paintings investigate issues relating to colonial histories, the environment and mapping practices. She is a member of Aboriginal art collective proppaNOW. Cope’s work is held in collections nationally and internationally. She was the Australian War Memorial’s Official War Artist in the Middle East in 2017.
Megan Cope (born 1982)
Quandamooka people
Quandamooka, 2013
military maps, ink and acrylic on canvas,
Parliament House Art Collections