R e a (artist)

r e a Saunders (born 1962), known as r e a, is an Indigenous Australian artist, Academic and Lecturer at the University of Queensland. She works with photography, digital media and installation art.
Early life.
She was born in Coonabarabran, Australia and is a descendant of the Gamilaraay people of northern New South Wales.
Education.
She initially studied a TAFE course in Electrical Trades at Petersham, New South Wales in 1989, and then started to move towards art a year later while studying a TAFE course in Visual Arts.
She has since received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) from the University of New South Wales in 1993, a Masters of Visual Arts at the Australian National University, and a Masters of Science, Digital Imaging and Design, New York University.
Career.
Exhibition.
She started to exhibit work in 1993 with pieces at the Performance Space and Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative in Sydney.
In 1994 her work was exhibited in "Localities of Desire: Contemporary Art in an International World," "Don’t Leave Me This Way: Art in the Age of AIDS," "Blackness: Blak City Culture!" and "True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists Raise the Flag."
in 1995 she had her first Solo exhibition was titled '"Ripped Into Pieces Blak Body"' at Performance Space, Sydney.
in 1997, at the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists' Co-op she had a solo exhibion as a part of the 1997 "Festival of the Dreaming: a celebration of the art and culture of indigenous peoples from around the world" called "EYE/I'MMABLAKPIECE." The installation art exhibited aimed to challenge the male gaze through the use of mirrors.
in 1998 she exhibited work in "bLAK bABE(z) & kWEER kAT(z)" with Brook Andrew.
Work.
Her Collection "Look Who's Calling The Kettle Black" is a collection of photographic print in three colors.