Marcus ‘Double O’ Camphoo Kemarre
Lives
Born in 1990, Marcus Camphoo Kemarre, aka, ‘Double O’, is a Kaytetyeand Alywarr man living between Ali Curung and Tennant Creek. He paints at both Arlpwe Art and Culture centre in Ali Curung, and at in Tennant Creek at Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture Centre as the youngest member of the men's collective, The Tennant Creek Brio. Known as 00 (“double-o”) he has developed a distinctive minimalism of formal structural grids that resonate with early Western desert practices of body markings. These grids and bands, often rendered with loose and textural qualities evoke the iconography of the Western Desert and the structural frames of painting.
He has had multiple showings, including 20th Biennale of Sydney: NIRIN, RAFT Artspace, Desert Mob, The Salon De Refuse 2020, and at the 2022 NGV Design Week at Modern Times. His works have been acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria, Araluen Arts Centre, as well as several private collections.