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Jandamarra Cadd
In his art, Jandamarra Cadd seeks the universal expression that “binds us together as humans.” As a result his stunning paintings have found favour with varied audiences across the country and are even on display on the walls of the Attorney General’s Department in Canberra. He combines traditional Aboriginal art with modern portraiture to achieve […]
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De Greer-Yindimincarlie
An award-winning Aboriginal artist, De Greer-Yindimincarlie hails from Wiradjuri country in central western nSW but now lives on the Sunshine Coast, qLD. She has an impressive body of work, spanning 20 years, which she sells worldwide. DE’S ARTWORKS ARE Inspired by everyday occurrences, AND THEY incorporate BOTH modern and traditional Aboriginal colours and techniques. De […]
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Lisa Michl
Lisa Michl draws on her homelands and her culture for inspiration. Her work is known nationally for its beautifully coloured earth tones and the intricate marks or lines that form delicate yet often bold designs. She describes her art as a way of mapping country, and of sharing the knowledge of significant places and stories […]
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Leanne Tobin
Darug woman Leanne Tobin is the winner of this year’s NSW Parliament Aboriginal Art Prize with her moving symbolic work, Defending Country. It is the richest Aboriginal art prize in Australia, with a main prize of $40,000. Leanne’s beautiful work Defending Country depicts a pale-skinned, blue-eyed woman holding a shield against the backdrop of the […]
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Michael Cook
Sunshine Coast artist Michael Cook has just won this year’s Deadly Award for Visual Artist of the Year. Michael’s work is noted for its re-interpretation of colonial Australian history from an Indigenous point of view, and while his work has sometimes been controversial it is always beautiful. He is an artist with a unique photographic […]
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Alison Riley
South Australian artist Alison Riley’s painting ‘Seven Sisters’ was the people’s choice at the 28th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) and it’s an honour that makes her proud and happy. “My family is also very happy for me and that means a lot to me,” Mrs Riley says. Alison comes […]
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VISUAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
VERNON AH KEE Screen-printer, drawer, photographer, video and text-based artist, Vernon Ah Kee was born in Innisfail in far north Queensland. He is of the Kuku Yalandji, Yidindji and Gugu Yimithirr peoples of Innisfail. He is largely self-taught and has always been a keen drawer, but it was not until the final year of his […]
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Ricardo Idagi
Ricardo Idagi is a Torres Strait Islander artist who is combining the rich artistic traditions of his ancestors on Murray Island with his own personal stories to create award-winning artworks. But Ricardo only seriously turned to art several years ago, after kicking his drinking habit. Ricardo is a unique talent who is using his art […]
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Edwin Mulligan: Walking in two worlds
Edwin Mulligan, Kimberley born and bred Aboriginal artist captures you with his riveting stories and takes you into another world, his world. Sitting on the old jarrah floor of a 19th century pearling house Edwin rents in Old Broome, he relays a story of his life and his inspiration to paint. “I knew at a […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Visual Artist of the Year
De Greer-Yindimincarlie Wiradjuri woman De Greer-Yindimincarlie is an award-winning Aboriginal artist, now living on the Sunshine Coast of QLD. With an impressive body of work spanning 20 years and being sold worldwide in places like the UK, US, Zimbabwe, Japan and Canada, it’s little wonder De won the South East QLD NAIDOC award 2008 for […]
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Funding boost for Aboriginal artists
The Sydney Opera House, Bangarra Dance Theatre, and the Biennale of Sydney will help emerging Aboriginal artists kickstart their careers, following an injection of more than $1 million funding from the NSW Government. The funding will support new programs, partnerships and jobs in the State’s Aboriginal arts and cultural sector, Minister for the Arts, George […]
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Casula call for awards submissions
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in Sydney’s south west is calling Indigenous emerging and established artists and students from throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to create new artwork for their open themed Annual Mil-Pra AECG Aboriginal Exhibition & Art Award 20 Years Deadly 2011. Awards are open to both adults and children […]
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Ensuring artists get paid for re-sales
These days Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art is a mainstay of major private collections, art galleries and museums around the world. Paintings that, years ago, may have been sold for as little as $500 can now sometimes fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars because the artist has become established over time. Until recently however, […]
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Remarkable Marika’s
Yalangbara: Art of the Djang’kawu is the name of a new exhibition which has just opened at the National Museum of Canberra and tells the remarkable story of the Marika family of Arnhem Land, three generations of artists, cultural diplomats and custodians of one of Australia’s most important spiritual sites “The story of the Djang’kawu […]
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Linking up through art
Members of the Stolen Generations are finding a new way to heal the hurt of the past thanks to a new art program designed by Link Up Queensland’s Director, Dr Noel Sheehan. Noel believes that art is not only a great way to reconnect with culture, but that it also has the ability to help […]
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Art from the heart
Artworks by 19 Indigenous inmates in Victoria were a highlight of Melbourne’s premier Indigenous arts festival, Yalukit Willam Ngargee, as part of the St Kilda Festival. The exhibition Confined II, hosted at the St Kilda Town Hall Gallery, was a major event at Yalukit Willam Ngargee (meaning People, Place, Gathering), which celebrates Boon Wurrung Country […]
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