Amy Carkeek’s photographic practice explores the impact of popular culture and consumer imagery upon Western society’s outdated and unattainable façade. Particularly of interest is the myth of The American Dream and Australia’s parallel Great Australian Dream. Central to both illusions is the veneer of the suburban dream and the commodification of home and lifestyle. Carkeek seeks to depict the cracks in this veneer as she questions the motivations of a system that promotes and aspires to the continual commodification of all aspects of life through the production of the photographic.
Carkeek has exhibited in galleries across Australia and in Philadelphia, USA. She has been a finalist in various awards such as The Hutchins Australian Contemporary Art Prize, Wyndham Art Prize, Moreton Bay Region Art Award, Clayton Utz Art Award, and Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award. She has also won the Contemporary Art Awards and the Lord Mayor’s Photographic Award.
