No-Show

Exhibition Description

“No-Show” is the first solo show by Australian overseas adoptee artist Meg O’Shea, who makes mostly autobigoraphical comics and self-publishes zines.

The title “No-Show” refers to both the English phrase for someone who fails to be present for a commitment and Meg’s approach to comic and zine making - initiating intimate communication at a safe distance.

Zines:

The Wolves of King St (2014): Memories of nights out with former friends, and one of the first proper zines I made.

Some Girls (2016): Stories of four girls I have known.

Dog (2018): Advice from a psychologist.

All Day (2015): A short comic experiment you can read forever.

Untitled (2019): Investigating everyday performance in Korea and Australia for a Crazy Multiply show.

Hotness scale (2018): A handy guide.

자경 (2019): Thoughts on names.

Retired Fantasies (2018): A list of old aspirations.

**** (2018): Fuck.

Animation:

The End (2020): A self-contradictory internal monologue about making things, humourously centred on the English slang phrase of being “up yourself” (being arrogant).

Diary comics (on walls):

Some comics of thoughts, feelings and events from the past year of living in Korea.

Dates

May 8 til May 20, 2020.

Artists

Meg O’Shea

Selected Images