Danica I. J. Knežević is a performance artist working across endurance performance, video, sound, installation and photography. Her practice explores how we negotiate each other and our bodies through acts of caregiving. Implicit in her work is Knežević's use of her own body and the transference of communication that often comes into play between audience and performer, which mimics the interchangeability of caregiver and receiver. Catalysing emotional and physical labour, Knežević asks questions about gender assumptions and taking space through her body in public space.
Knežević holds a PhD from The University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts. She currently resides on Dharug and Gadigal lands, Australia as a practising artist and sessional lecturer at The University of Technology Sydney and Australian Catholic University. She has exhibited in many exhibitions, awards and prizes.
