Adam Ferguson (AU)

Born 1978, Dubbo, Australia
Lives and works Gadigal country (Sydney), Australia

Adam Ferguson (b.1978) is an Australian artist living on Gadigal country (Sydney), Australia. He completed a Bachelor’s degree in Photography from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University and is currently a Master of Fine Arts research candidate at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology School of Art. Adam began his career as a photojournalist covering the U.S led war in Afghanistan and has worked internationally exploring narratives around conflict, displacement and the implications of the industrial military complex. His current body of work attempts to challenge and position archetypal tropes of Australian identity with the complex realities of contemporary life in Australia’s remote interior.