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Becoming Penguin Series uses parody and performance to unravel the affectual residue of embodied relations and systems of power. How can a subject orient itself in a world where perspectives of meaning are dissolving into a groundless moment? Craig kept feeling drawn to images of penguins huddling together against violent climatic conditions and felt herself becoming penguin in a residue moment of loss and gain. Craig performs this embodied confusion with props made of cardboard in a relation homage to the discard of capitalism and her adoration of the film ‘Dr Caligari’s Cabinet”.
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Born in Australia, lives and works in Sydney.
Carolyn is an interdisciplinary artist examining how power is manifested through biological relations and physical architectures. She is board member for Frontyard Projects Marrickville and founding Director of SYRUP Contemporary. She holds a PhD from the Queensland College of Art and is the head of Printmaking at the National Art School, Sydney.
Using photography and print as an active site of inscriptive performance of the body, Craig investigates established tropes and stereotypes with a particular focus on the idea of "habitus" as discussed by Pierre Bourdieu. In 2024 Craig was awarded the Printmaking Prize at the Hornsby Art Prize. In 2025, Craig was shortlisted for the Burnie Print Prize.
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