Debbie Symons

About

Debbie Symons is a multi-disciplinary Australian artist whose practice emerged out of a concern with species loss and environmental changes. A child of mixed cultural heritage (Sri Lankan and English descent), Symons grew up in one of Victoria’s biodiverse hot spots, Bunurong Country/Cape Patterson, and in her lifetime has witnessed the rapid disappearance of non-human animals. Symons’ works explore humanity’s complicated relationship with the natural environment, the dynamics of the global political economy, and consumer culture’s effects. Her works tease the links between colonialism, globalisation, and species demise. With a solid research base in contemporary science and species, Symons utilises databases to investigate the connections between these themes and collaborates with scienti