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Ferns Martins
Aboriginal artist Fern Martins helped set up Boomalli Aboriginal Arts Cooperative in Sydney and has been holding her own exhibitions since the age of 19. Her most recent illustrations are for the book Bubbay: A Christmas Adventure, a children’s story about self-discovery and friendship. Fern Martins is a Ngarabul woman from NSW. She is an […]
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Street art
Graffiti art is gaining wider acceptance in the community as an art form and 20-year-old Adelaide artist Shane Cook is gaining traction as a talented street artist. Shane’s family is from Cherbourg Mission in Queensland, but he was born and raised in Adelaide. “There is not enough street art about in Adelaide,” Shane says, referring […]
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Weaving Stories
Tjanpi Desert Weavers is a thriving social enterprise supporting more than 400 women of the central and western desert region. Driven by the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) women’s council, the enterprise is thriving and meeting the needs of NPY women of all ages. Tjanpi, meaning grass, is also driving culture forward through art: basket weaving, […]
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Stan Yarramunua, innovative entrepreneur
Stan Yarramunua (Dryden) is a painter as well as an entrepreneur who has opened two galleries in Melbourne and another one in Daylesford, Victoria. He is passionate about promoting his culture and helping other Indigenous artists. Stan is the founder of Art Yarramunua Galleries in Melbourne and Daylesford. He started painting over 20 years ago by […]
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Aunty Barb Egan
Muthi Muthi Elder Barb Egan has spent most of her life along the Murray River at Robinvale. As such the Murray holds a special place in her heart, which she expresses in a new exhibition called River Woman, now on at the Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre in the Melbourne Museum. Aunty Barb Egan is many […]
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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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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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Art work unveiled at Vibe Alive
Adding a constitutional flavour to the Vibe Alive Festival on this week in Townsville will be the unveiling of the Preamble School’s Art Project by Queensland Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Curtis Pitt. Vibe Alive is a fun, two-day festival for all school-aged Australians that celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures […]
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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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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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