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AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER INDIGENOUS ART FAIR 31 July - 2 August 2O15 Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal ART FAIR & EXHIBITION CATALOGUE 2O15 Bilan gudan gimuy Welcome to Cairns from the Tribal Authority of Cairns, the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji people. Yidinji mimjan njundu bama wabil wawal Gimuy yabanday bama bidjuga Gimuy Walubara Yidinji people welcome you to our country, Cairns.

Sid Bruce Short Joe, Sawfish, 2O15. Mixed media

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A message from the Traditional Owners On behalf of the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji people, I welcome you to our Country, now known as Cairns. For generations, Cairns has continued to be a meeting place for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, a gateway to Australia and the Asia- Pacific region. I trust you will enjoy the cultural and artistic presentations that CIAF has on offer. Welcome to Yidinji Country. Gudjugudju, Yidinji Elder

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) is Australia’s premier Indigenous Art Fair, a unique celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. CIAF brings the diversity and richness of the best Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and culture together with the world’s leading collectors and curators. This year the CIAF program will expand to offer a stunning mix of visual art, dance, song, theatre, film, fashion and food in and around the Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal as well as in six other venues. For the first time the Art Fair will be curated by the new Artistic Director Janina Harding, in collaboration with accomplished curator, writer and ABC Art + Soul creator, Hetti Perkins, to showcase the most innovative and authentic art from the state. Queensland Indigenous art has its own distinct aesthetic style influenced by a vast and varied landscape, from tropical rainforest, to the islands of the Torres Strait and to the rugged terrain of Cape York. Bright colours, unique ghost net work - a whole genre of art which uses discarded fishing nets for weaving - as well as pottery, painting and many other art forms characteristic to the region, will feature at CIAF.

PATRON CAIRNS PUBLICITY His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey, AC Pip Miller PR Governor of Queensland BOARD MEMBERS PATRON – FIRST NATIONS Leo Akee Henrietta Fourmile-Marrie Rebecca Atkinson ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Kevin Brown Janina Harding Cameron Costello (Chairperson) GENERAL MANAGER Alex de Waal Vanessa Gillen Gillian Mailman Bob Manning COLLECTORS AND CURATORS PROGRAM Tom Mosby Hetti Perkins SPECIAL THANKS MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Sonja Anderson Sam Creyton, Arts Qld Gudgu Gudgu OPERATIONS MANAGER Roger Mainwood Sam Gibb Chris Stannard and the Tanks Arts Centre team CURATORIAL ASSISTANT Jenny Fraser Shannon Brett Kate Lamason PERFORMANCE PROGRAM MANAGER Annie Morris Marilyn Miller (B.Bus) Sue Godkin CURATOR, BIRRIMBI DULGU BAJAL Sharon Weatherall Grace Lillian Lee Arone Meeks ADMINISTRATION OFFICER CATALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHY Wanda Weatherall Michael Marzik NATIONAL PUBLICITY DESIGN Agency North, Impress Art Graphic Designs

CONTACT US www.ciaf.com.au | E: [email protected] | T: +61 7 4O5O 7712 Information in this publication is current at time of printing.

FRONT COVER: Alair Pambegan, Untitled, 2O15. Acrylic on canvas LEFT: Girringun, Recycled Jawun, 2O15.

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CONTENTS WELCOME GALLERIES & INDEPENDENT ARTISTS

His Excellency the 9 Canopy Art Centre 44 Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Cape York Art 46 Governor of Queensland, KickArts Contemporary Arts 48 Patron - Cairns Indigenous Art Fair proppaNOW 5O Henrietta Fourmile-Marrie, 11 Saltwater Gallery 52 Patron First Nations Umbrella Studio 54 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair UMI Arts - Gallery of Aboriginal 56 Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, 12 and Torres Strait Islander Art Premier of Queensland GUEST ARTISTS and Minister for the Arts Emily Ngarnal Evans 58 Hon Kate Jones MP, 13 Clinton Nain 59 Queensland Minister for Tourism, INDEPENDENT ARTISTS Major Events and Small Business Jillibalu Barns-Riley 6O Councillor Bob Manning, Mayor of Cairns 14 Jenny Fraser 61 Ian Jensen 62 Cameron Costello, CIAF Board Chairperson 15 Napolean Oui 63 Message from Janina Harding, Artistic Director 17 Susan Reys 64 EXHIBITION Zane Saunders 65 WABU MINJAAN 19 OUT OF QUEENSLAND 67 EVERYONE COMING TOGETHER TO SHARE NEW INDIGENOUS TEXTILES Curated by Hetti Perkins and Janina Harding A partnership between CIAF and EXHIBITORS Cairns Regional Gallery Badu Art Centre 22 2O15 PROGRAM 7O Erub Arts 24 SATELLITE EVENTS 71 Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre 26 Hope Vale Arts & Cultural Centre 28 ART FAIR MAP 72 Lockhart River Art Gang 3O ART MARKET 74 MI Art - 32 Pormpuraaw Arts & Cultural Centre 34 BIRRIMBI DULGU BAJAL 75 Wik And Kugu Aurukun Art Centre 36 (SEA AND RAINFOREST DREAMING) Yarrabah Arts & Cultural Centre 38 CIAF Fashion Performance Message from the Indigenous Art Centre Alliance 4O SPONSORS & PARTNERS 77

Opposite: Bradley Wilson Thembe, Shovel Nose Shark, 2O15. Acrylic on canvas

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As Queensland Governor, together with my wife Kaye, we have over the past 12 months travelled extensively throughout our vast State. Our Indigenous communities and populations, urban and remote, are a vital and special part of our State’s identity; it is an honour to recognise this on behalf of all Queenslanders both through this welcome message, and through our attendance at this year’s Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF). Over the past 6 years, CIAF has firmed its reputation as one of His Excellency Queensland’s, and indeed Australia’s, premier cultural events. The Fair has been particularly successful in beneficially showcasing the Honourable Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island cultures to Paul de Jersey AC increasingly wider Australian and international audiences – that acquisitions were made last year by eminent cultural organisations GOVERNOR OF like Harvard University Art Museum, the National Gallery of Canada QUEENSLAND, and the National Gallery of Australia is testament to this. PATRON - CAIRNS INDIGENOUS ART FAIR Wonderfully, CIAF’s new management team are committed to exposing attendees to newly uplifting experiences. This is conspicuously evident this year through the expanded entertainment program which includes an energetic mix of dance, song, theatre, film, fashion and food, headlined by the magnificent Christine Anu. This year’s program, however, also rightly stays true to the Fair’s core: creating an art market celebrating Queensland’s Indigenous cultures thereby supporting artistic endeavour. Crucially, this benefits the panoply of artistic enterprise, from enthusiastic amateurs, to young and emerging professionals, to artists and works of international repute. As Governor – representative of Queensland’s wonderfully diverse population, and as CIAF Patron proudly alongside Patron First Nations, Henrietta Fourmile-Marrie, I enthusiastically welcome everyone to both the Fair and to Queensland. I particularly welcome everyone who is visiting our State for the first time. And while in Cairns, I encourage everyone to explore the many treasures of our cherished Far North, from our tropical rainforests, to the mesmerizing reef, to our various other cultural attractions. Enjoy this very special event!

Opposite: Patrick Butcher Kuy’mpachi, Big Red Kangaroo, 2O15. Acrylic on linen

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As Patron First Nations, and also on behalf of the Gimuy Walubarra Yidinji people, the traditional owners of the land on which the sixth Cairns Indigenous Art Fair is taking place, I would like to welcome you all this year to our tropical paradise. CIAF has become, in a relatively short space of time, the premier event for showcasing the extraordinarily diverse works of talented Indigenous artists from around Queensland, and an important addition to the festival calendar of Cairns itself. Henrietta The city serves as a first-class venue, enabling Indigenous artists, Fourmile-Marrie representatives of public and commercial galleries, art connoisseurs and buyers, writers and critics, local and international tourists, PATRON FIRST NATIONS and the general public to assemble, appreciate and celebrate the CAIRNS INDIGENOUS dynamic expressions of Queensland’s Indigenous diversity. ART FAIR Sometimes questioning, confronting and controversial; sometimes whimsical, humorous and insightful; other times profoundly beautiful, aesthetically enriching and inspiring, the works on display bust open stereotypes of what it is to be Indigenous in a rapidly changing world, and how we as Indigenous people view our place in it. I would like to thank the Indigenous artists who contribute their talents to CIAF, the wonderful and dedicated CIAF team, Ports North and Arts Queensland, and the people of Cairns and environs. I would also like to thank all those supporters and contributors who make this event really memorable, and provide such wonderful recognition and encouragement to our artists. To you all, and on behalf of the artists, my warmest and heartfelt gratitude.

Ruben Ambrym, Untitled, 2O15. Lithograph on paper

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Each year, the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) invites us to embrace the landscape, art and people of the world’s oldest living culture. CIAF is a wondrous celebration and the perfect platform to showcase the work of Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to the world. This fair provides artists with the opportunity to showcase and sell their work and for visitors from across the world to experience the unique identity of one of Queensland’s favourite regions in a powerful Hon Annastacia celebration of culture and country. Palaszczuk MP In 2O15, CIAF will expand its arts experience with a spectrum of visual PREMIER OF QUEENSLAND arts, dance, music, fashion and theatre to share with us the stories of AND MINISTER FOR the lands, waters and seas of Far North Queensland. THE ARTS CIAF presents economic opportunities for Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait artists and Indigenous art centres and helps to give artists an ethical pathway to take this art to a global audience. The Queensland Government has supported CIAF since its inception in 2OO9 and it has become a major tourism drawcard for the region, generating almost $3 million in direct sales of art works, and attendance figures exceeding 83 OOO visitors. I look forward to another unforgettable event in 2O15.

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Welcome to the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair a cultural experience unique to Tropical North Queensland. More than 18,OOO visitors are expected to attend this year’s event making it an important visitor drawcard for the destination. The Queensland Government is proud to support this event through Tourism and Events Queensland, recognising the importance of events tourism in driving visitation to Queensland’s regional areas. Hon Kate Jones MP Events like this are not only a great source of community pride, they also support local jobs and bring social and economic benefits to the QUEENSLAND MINISTER community. FOR TOURISM, MAJOR EVENTS AND The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair provides an opportunity for visitors SMALL BUSINESS to celebrate and experience the vibrant culture and creativity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This year’s program merges a curated art fair with affordable art markets offering locals and visitors a mix of dance, song, theatre, film, fashion and food in and around the Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal. Six other venues will also host art exhibitions and events displaying artwork from hundreds of established and emerging Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. I would like to congratulate the event organisers, volunteers, and local community for their efforts in delivering another great event for Queensland.

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I offer a warm enthusiastic welcome to all who are visiting or participating in the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) 2O15. Over the past six years, this dynamic event has matured and flourished as a three day celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, in the heart of Cairns City, with the backdrop of the incomparable Trinity Inlet and the view to the Yarrabah mountain range. Cairns is a perfect host city for CIAF, geographically and culturally Councillor positioned to offer an ideal venue and support facilities to Bob Manning Queensland’s premier Indigenous event. Our wonderful tropical city offers the opportunity for all those involved to gather on the foreshore MAYOR OF CAIRNS at the award winning Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal, within easy walking distance of the Cairns CBD. This incomparable waterfront site provides a perfect setting for indigenous artists, art connoisseurs, collectors, critics, gallery representatives, visiting tourists and locals to gather and enjoy the diversity of the CIAF experience. CIAF has already established itself as Australia’s premier Indigenous Art Fair. As a not-for-profit company, transitioning to a self-funding entity, its future is bright and promising. As a member of the CIAF Board of Directors, I am confident that the fledgling company will reach new heights under the leadership of Artistic Director Janina Harding, General Manager Vanessa Gillen and their team of the most skilled and talented people Cairns has to offer. As the Mayor of Cairns I invite you to join me and enjoy this marvellous event. The three day program offers an astonishing blend of art, performance and music, a magnificent display of the cultural depth and diversity that truly expresses Cairns and the far north of Queensland. Immerse yourself for a brief few days and savour the experience for years to come.

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On behalf of the CIAF Board I invite you to celebrate the diverse art of Indigenous Queensland, in Cairns, where the most generous of hosts - the Gimuy Walubarra Yidinji people - extend the hand of friendship to locals, and first time and seasoned visitors alike. As a descendant of the Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) people in South East Queensland, I am deeply honoured and privileged to participate in CIAF 2O15 as it continues as an inspiring celebration of cultural strength, artistic appreciation and continuing creativity. Cameron Costello CIAF is in the process of transitioning to a new corporate entity. CIAF BOARD As well, new artists have emerged, a new patron is welcomed and CHAIRPERSON new CIAF Board members have committed their time and talents, all with the desire to make this event truly special and to take it to the next level in its development. Underpinning this revitalisation is the experience and knowledge of the foundation CIAF participants – those industry experts, art centres members, gallery owners and Elders who participated from the beginning. The 2O15 program is truly amazing and reflects the vision and passion of the communities and the artists who participate, the committed guidance of the CIAF Board of Directors and the new artistic directorship of Janina Harding, the general management of Vanessa Gillen and the work of the highly skilled CIAF team. This year’s CIAF comprises Art Fair, a collection curated by Janina Harding and distinguished art identity Hetti Perkins, and an Art Market, both providing art and art works for sale directly to the public. Under the direction of Ms Perkins, the CIAF Collectors and Curators program has developed and advanced, providing a strong pathway for national and international buyers to view the work of Queensland Indigenous artists. The CIAF Board members are committed to guiding the CIAF management, as they move toward the economic success of this annual spectacular. The future of CIAF presents the task of building career pathways for Indigenous visual and performance artists and the offers of an unparalleled platform for participation in the multi- cultural synergy of all that is the CIAF experience.

AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER INDIGENOUS ART FAIR 15 Bruce Bell, Night Owl, 2O15. Acrylic paint on Milkwood (Alstonia Actinophylla)

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Since the inaugural event in 2OO9, CIAF has been part of my arts diary, a must-go-to event, to escape the cold Melbourne winters. Today, as the new Artistic Director, I can honestly say it’s been a journey, a pleasure and an honour to work in Cairns, with such an experienced team, supportive Board, and a dynamic arts community. Now in its sixth year, CIAF 2O15 returns to showcase the incredibly talented artists who have cultural connections to Queensland. The Art Fair will shine a spotlight on emerging and established Janina Harding visual artists, from art centres, local and regional galleries and unrepresented independent artists. This year we introduce CIAF’s ARTISTIC DIRECTOR inaugural Art Market. An art market for artists and entrepreneurs to sell art and craft direct to the buyer. Hetti Perkins has a duel role this year, joining me as the co-curator for Queensland art centre exhibitors, as well as managing CIAF’s Collectors and Curator program. Hetti has facilitated an influential group of people, representing galleries and collections from across Australian and overseas. This year they will engage with artists more closely, as they visit Cairns based artist Arone Meek’s art studio and travel to Yarrabah to meet those sensational artists at the Yarrabah Arts and Cultural Centre. Much more than an art fair, CIAF 2O15 is a platform for artists to tell their stories through performance: music, song and dance; theatre, screen and fashion; workshops and informative talks. We are building on our partnerships with major cultural venues based in Cairns and the region, in presenting satellite events throughout the week. You have the opportunity to immerse yourself in CIAF’s artistic and social exchange, while supporting the economic opportunities for Queensland First Peoples’ art and cultures. I’m sure that once you’ve had a chance to experience all that CIAF 2O15 has to offer, you will have a clearer understanding of the role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art plays in creating a new dialogue between wider Australia and it’s First People. By simply attending one of CIAF’s events, you will be engaged and generously rewarded.

AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER INDIGENOUS ART FAIR 17 Emily Ngarnal Evans, Balibal Totem, 2O15. Ceramic

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EVERYONE COMING TOGETHER TO SHARE

Curated by Hetti Perkins and Janina Harding

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EVERYONE COMING TOGETHER TO SHARE

A new way of showcasing work from Queensland women join forces in celebrating the colourful Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art centres birds from the region. Everlyn Omeenyo, Irene is presented at this year’s CIAF through the Namok and Margery Accoom have created small curated exhibition Wabu Minjann, meaning ceramic and large mixed media birds. Patrick ‘coming together to share’ in Yidinji. Butcher exhibits a series of bright coloured abstract paintings in acrylic on linen and prolific CIAF’s Artistic Director Janina Harding and arts artist, Irene Namok, shares her distinctive and curator Hetti Perkins have selected works from nine far north Queensland art centres - Hope ever-evolving landscapes. Vale, Lockhart River, Aurukun, Yarrabah, Badu, In Wabu Minjann, eight Aurukun artists offer an Girringun, Pormpuraaw, Mornington Island eclectic selection of works featuring stories and and Erub. Each art centre has its own unique totems based on animals including sharks, owls, aesthetic, influenced by the country, stories and crocodiles, whales and dugongs, alongside experiences of the artists. sculptural law poles and ancestors. Ten abstract Collectively, these significant works represent works from painter Alair Pambegan, known for his the region, while celebrating the vibrant diversity singular graphic style, represent a contemporary of artistic perspectives employed to express the expression of cultural tradition. way artists see the world today. Wabu Minjann Once again, those cheeky looking and is a stunning array of paintings, ceramics, prints, sometimes menacing Bagus (fire spirits) are weaving, textiles and mixed media. showcased by Girringun. This year the art centre Pormpuraaw showcases nine art centre presents works by twelve artists, including members, featuring senior artist Sid Bruce Short Daniel Beeron’s sculptures in fine wire and large Joe. Also a respected interpreter and mediator, scale paintings on canvas by John Murray. Abe Sid speaks nine languages, plus English, and Muriata’s celebrated Jawun or bicornal baskets works across mediums including ghost net are also on show, echoing those currently on sculpture, printing and painting. On the surface, exhibition at The British Museum, London. his ghost net sculptures Saw Fish #1 and Saw Five Torres Strait artists from were Fish #2, and painting Dogs Barking reveal his selected for their finely detailed lino prints, a humorous side, but a closer look reveals his regional specialty which is celebrated throughout technical accomplishment and the profundity of Australia and around the world. Artists include his stories. Joseph Au, Wedon Matasia, Laurie Nona, Matilda Five Lockhart River artists present an innovative Nona and Gehmat Nona, who demonstrate their and diverse range of styles and mediums. Three artistic individuality within this local tradition.

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A large collection of works by twelve Mornington Island artists illustrates the diversity of styles and technique in this island community. The themes of body painting, sea animals and local flora appear in this group of paintings - spanning the subtle execution of fish and serpent scales to bold and dramatic body art.

From Hope Vale, Wanda Gibson introduces a series of paintings cleverly interpreting Butchi (weaving), while another series, by artist Dora Deemal, depicts lagoons in brightly coloured acrylics on linen.

Yarrabah emerging artists, Andrew Garrett and Valmai Pollard, exhibit linocut works, while Michelle Yeatman and Ruben Ambrym display lithographs that represent a departure from the local artistic vernacular. Celebrated ceramicist Philomena Yeatman, again exhibits her intricate and skilfully handmade pots.

All of the works in this curated exhibition reveal a strong connection to culture and identity, to place and community. For the artists, each work is a celebration of where they’re from, what they’re thinking and who they are. CIAF is proud to join the artists and their art centres in ‘coming together to share’ - Wabu Minjann. Janina Harding Artistic Director Hetti Perkins Arts Curator

Ron Yunkaporta, Apalech man, 2O15. Natural Ochres Milkwood (Alstonia Actinophylla)

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Laurie Nona, Karramarr – Travally, 2O15. Lino Print on paper BADU ART CENTRE

274 Ahmat Street The centre’s main focus is to strengthen and Badu Island build culture and cultural practice through the Torres Strait, Queensland, 4875 expression and recording of ancient traditional Australia myths and stories. These are the connections T+61 7 4O9OO956 with ancestors, and provide bridges from their [email protected] times into the present and beyond. www.baduartcentre.com.au The Badu Art Centre is home to the only Indigenous-owned and operated bronze and Badhulgaw Kuthinaw Mudh (Badu Art Centre) aluminium art casting foundry in Australia. It is one of Australia’s newest and most vibrant also has a trademarked fabrics brand, producing Indigenous art centres. It represents a brilliant Elder-approved Indigenous designs onto a group of internationally collected established number of wearable and house furnishing artists, and an exciting team of emerging young fabrics. artists. The art centre has its own gallery and retail Key disciplines include casting, carving, relief outlet. Purchases can also be made online using and screen-printing, etching, and the creation of secure internet at the centre, or from a number of form using found objects and materials. representing galleries.

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Weldon Matasia, Seahorse, 2O15. Lino Print on paper ARTISTS Joseph Au Laurie Nona Tala Gaidan Matilda Nona Zac Gaidan Alick Tipoti Weldon Matasia Edmond Laza

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Warab Sau, 2O15. Mixed Media

ERUB ARTS

Erub, Darnley Island Reef, is home to approximately 4OO Erubam le. Torres Strait, Queensland, 4875, The centre specialises in Ghost Net (derelict and Australia abandoned fishing nets) sculpture, wood-fired T +61 (O) 7 4O9O O827 ceramics, printmaking and works on paper. This M +61 (O) 488 4O9 935 year Erub Arts has launched their clothing and [email protected] textile label Ailan Pasin. www.erubarts.com.au Erub Arts brings community arts such as Erub Arts works to revitalise traditional Erubam broadcasting, music, performance and le culture and share it with the world. information technology together in the one Erub, also known as Darnley Island, is one of the facility. most remote communities in Australia, located 16O km northeast of Queensland’s Cape York From its beginnings 2O years ago as the craft Peninsula. group Ekkilau, to building a centre, Erub Arts This beautiful volcanic island, situated in deep is dedicated to all art forms. Erub artists have turquoise waters on the edge of the Great Barrier worked hard to develop their own artistic identity.

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ARTISTS Florence Gutchen Jimmy K Thaiday Alma Sailor Nancy Kiwat Jimmy J Thaiday Emma Gela Nancy Naawi Lorenzo Ketchell Ellarose Savage Ethel Charlie Sarah-Dawn Gela Racy Oui-Pitt Lavinia Ketchell

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Emily Murray, Recycled Jawun, 2O15. Mixed media GIRRINGUN ABORIGINAL ART CENTRE

235 Victoria Street The Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, based in Cardwell, Queensland, 4849 Cardwell, represents artists from nine Traditional Australia Owner Groups, the Nywaigi, Gugu Badhun, T +61 (O) 7 4O66 83OO , Warungnu, Bandjin, , F +61 (O) 7 4O66 2466 Gulgnay, Jirrbal and . [email protected] The traditional country of these groups covers www.girringunaboriginalart.com.au some 25,OOO square kilometres of country from north of Townsville, south west to Clarke River, north to the Mission Beach area, west to Ravenshoe and east to include Hinchinbrook and the Family Group Islands.

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ARTISTS Emily Murray John Murray Ninney Murray Daniel Beeron Alison Murray Clarence Kinjun Sally Murray Debra Murray Abe Muriata Doris Kinjun

Girringun Bagu, 2O15. Mixed media

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Dora Deemal, Waalanga 4 lagoons, 2O15. Acrylic on linen HOPE VALE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTRE

1 Flierl Street The Hope Vale Arts & Cultural Centre is located Hope Vale, Queensland, 4895 on the Eastern Cape York coast just north of Australia Cooktown and was established in 2OO9. The T +61 (O) 7 4O6O 9111 Centre includes the Nganthanum Bamawi Bayan F +61 (O) 7 4O6O 9221 Gallery, as well as a workshop area where local [email protected] artists work daily. Hope Vale Arts & Cultural www.hopevalearts.com Centre is at the heart of the Guugu Yimithirr culture and supports local people of all ages in the intergenerational sharing and preservation of culture.

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Wanda Gibson, Butchi (weaving), 2O15. Acrylic on linen ARTISTS Grace Rosendale Dora Deemal Wanda Gibson Madge Bowen

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Margery Accoom, Ngurku (Night Owls), 2O15. Mixed media

LOCKHART RIVER ART GANG

1 Piiramo Street The Lockhart River Art Centre is nestled between Lockhart River, Queensland, 4871 Qunitel Beach and Kutini Payamu (Iron Range) Australia national park in the community of Lockhart River. T +61 (O) 7 4O6O 7341 We are a not for profit Indigenous Arts Corporation M +61 (O) 499 555 221 which contributes to the vibrant arts and cultural F +61 (O) 7 4O6O 7342 life of Lockhart River through the development [email protected] and promotion of our renowned Artists, known www.lockhartriverart.com.au also as the ‘Lockhart Art Gang’, and through our rich cultural retention and public art projects. We welcome many visitors to the centre during the dry season and hold national and International exhibitions throughout the year.

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Irene Namok, Untitled, 2O15. Acrylic on linen

ARTISTS Josiah Omeenyo Silas Hobson Sue Pascoe Evelyn Omeenyo Lawrence Omeenyo Irene Namok Margery Accoom Patrick Butcher Joanne Butcher Elizabeth “Queenie” Giblet Thelma Hobson

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ARTISTS Arthur Roughsey Christopher Watt Kaye Bush Noelene Hills Joyanne Williams Lorraine Thomas Annika Roughsey Renee Wilson Nancy Kelly John Williams Annika Roughsey Bradley Wilson Colin Brown, Buyir Kunardenetharr (Young Male Dugong), 2O15. Hebel, Erated concrete

MI ART - MORNINGTON ISLAND

Mornington Island Art The energy and activity within the Centre, and 1 Lardil Street, Gununa, possibly ‘isolation’ from main land influences, Mornington Island, Queensland, 4871 results in a predilection for a vivid and colourful Australia palette, semi-abstract and abstract lines, shapes T +61 7 4745 7O63 and forms that constantly excite the user and F +61 7 4745 7254 beholder. The environment is used as inspiration [email protected] for artworks and the traditional ways and culture www.morningtonisland.com.au have been appropriated using contemporary materials such as linen, acrylic paint, watercolour, ceramics, felts, hebel, silver, glass Mornington Island Art is a flourishing aboriginal and so on. Emerging and very talented artists are art centre located on Mornington Island, in the Kaye Bush, Johnny Williams, Amy Loogatha and Gulf of Carpentaria - that huge body of water Dorothy Gabori. The forerunner of this movement in northern Australia that looks like a ‘bite’ has was Sally Gabori (Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda) been taken out of it. who is recently deceased.

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Nancy Kelly, My Uncles Country, 2O15. Acrylic on canvas

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Sid Bruce Short Joe, Fruit Bat, 2O15. Etching on paper

PORMPURAAW ARTS & CULTURAL CENTRE

c/- Pormpuraaw Post Office people are traditionally from Pormpuraaw, while Pormpuraaw, Queensland, 4871 the Mungkan people moved to the area from Australia the north of Cape York. Generally speaking, the T +61 (O) 7 4O6O 4O85 people are the ‘Saltwater’ people and [email protected] the Mungkan are the ‘Freshwater’ people, and www.pormpuraawartculture.com both language groups share in art and culture in Located on the western coast of the Cape York Pormpuraaw. Peninsula in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Pormpuraaw Culture is strong in Pormpuraaw, and the artists is famous for its gulf fishing. Situated between work in painting, large-scale murals, printmaking, two rivers, and surrounded by reefs, the area in weaving and wood carving inspired by their and around Pormpuraaw flourishes with birds, environment, and traditional dreamtime stories. fish, crocodiles and various sea creatures. Pormpuraaw Art and Culture Centre artists also Pormpuraaw is home to two major language work in digital formats to produce films about groups: Thaayorre and Mungkan. The Thaayorre language and culture.

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ARTISTS Rhiannon Edward Sid Bruce Short Joe Christine Holroyd Hedley Karyuka Marlene Holroyd Elliot Koonutta Steven Kepper, Starfish, 2O15. Mixed media

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ARTISTS Alair Pambegan Leigh Namponan Bruce Bell Peter Peemuggina Bevan Namponan Ron Yunkaporta

Craig Koometta Garry Namponan Craig Koometta, Untitled, 2O15. Mixed media

WIK AND KUGU AURUKUN ART CENTRE

Themp Street with the Wik and Kugu people of the region. Aurukun, Queensland, 4871 For example, the sculptures from the Aurukun Australia region are primarily based on totemic animals T +61 (O) 7 4O6O 6843 and plants. [email protected] Aurukun has expanded its creativity into print making and revisited casting in Aluminium The Wik & Kugu Arts and Craft Centre is located in sharing this profound culture in contemporary Aurukun, on the north-west tip of the Cape York contexts. Penninsula. Screen printing has been embraced as a new Each of the individuals of the Wik & Kugu way to share the creativity of the people as well community belong to one of five clan groups; as create employment opportunities. Sara, Winchanam, Apalech, Putch and Wanam. The Wik & Kugu Arts and Craft Centre provides Each clan has its own unique living history and a safe environment, where the rich and ancient understanding of the land as well as interlinked cultural traditions of the Wik, Wik Waya and connections with other clans. The art of the Kugu people are maintained, while promoting an community reflects these relationships with emphatic bridge between the past, present and carving and fibre art having a long tradition future.

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Alair Pambegan, Walkan-aw Design, 2O15. Acrylic on canvas

Alair Pambegan, Bone Fish, 2O15. Acrylic on canvas

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ARTISTS Edna Ambrym Valmai Pollard Ruben Ambrym Michelle Yeatman

Andrew Garrett Jr Philomena Yeatman Michelle Yeatman, Jilghi, 2O15. Ceramic

YARRABAH ARTS & CULTURAL CENTRE

Back Beach Road The Precinct features the culturally significant Yarrabah, Queensland, 4871 Menmuny Museum, Arts & Cultural Centre, Australia traditional dance ground, woodworking shed, T +61 (O) 7 4O56 9249 pond and Rainforest boardwalk, all co-located F +61 (O) 7 4O56 946O to create a cultural hub for the local community. [email protected] Yarrabah artists produce a variety of quality work The Yarrabah Arts & Cultural Precinct is a including pottery, paintings, woven baskets, dynamic space for local artists and community members to come together, gain skills and monoprints, works on paper, woodworking increase opportunities towards employment and textiles and have been receiving national and self-determination. recognition for their artistic talents since 2OO2.

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Andrew Garrett, Caught in the Net, 2O15. Lino print on paper

Ruben Ambrym, Pathways, 2O15. Print on paper

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IACA - SUPPORTING CULTURALLY, STRONG BEST PRACTICE INDIGENOUS ART ENTERPRISES

IACA, The Indigenous Art Centre Alliance, is Art centres play a crucial role for artists the peak body that supports the community- living in remote communities - they nurture owned Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and advance artistic skills and careers, but centres of Far North Queensland. There are 13 also play a vital role in the social well-being member art centres in the IACA membership capacity for artists, members, staff and their with approximately 3OO artists in the group. communities. Art centres give opportunities to They are situated across far north Queensland artists; most importantly, they provide places and include: to develop and tell their stories in whatever • Badhulgaw Kuthinaw Mudh (Badu Art Centre), art form they endeavour, whilst staying on Badu Island community. • Bana Yirriji Art and Cultural Centre, The management and operation of an art Wujal Wujal centre in a remote community is an isolated • Erub Erwer Meta (Erub Arts), Darnley Island and complex job, requiring a highly committed • Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, Cardwell approach to advocate for artists and members. • Hopevale Arts & Culture Centre, Hopevale IACA works to develop and progress the • Lockhart River Art Centre, Lockhart River economic development of artists through • Mornington Island Arts, Mornington Island supporting their art centres, building the • Ngalmun Lagau Minaral Art Centre (Moa Arts), profile of Queensland Indigenous art, and Mua Island supporting efforts towards the maintenance • Pormpuraaw Arts & Cultural Centre Inc, and celebration of the rich and diverse culture Pormpuraaw of FNQ Indigenous communities. Of utmost • Wei’num Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander importance to IACA and art centre members Arts & Craft Corporation, Weipa is ensuring the highest integrity in the • Wik and Kugu Arts & Craft Centre, Aurukun production, documentation and marketing of • Yalanji Arts, Mossman art created through art centres. • Yarrabah Arts and Cultural Centre, Yarrabah At CIAF, you have the unique opportunity to • Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island explore the wonderful variety and diversity of The IACA member artists are proud to be the paintings, prints, sculpture, textiles, woven major contributors to the CIAF 2O15 Exhibition objects and more, knowing the artwork you and Art Markets. The work emerging from buy comes directly from the art centre, owned the remote communities of Far North Qld is and operated by Indigenous people. Many fresh, varied and exciting; each has its own artists travel to CIAF to share their stories and distinctive style and character that reflects the connect with you, to meet and talk with you. unique land and sea country and traditional When you purchase an artwork you know your culture of this diverse region. Beginning in choice is from the artist and proceeds are 2O12, IACA has established and developed passed on directly to the artist. Thank you for the capability to work strongly with member your interest in Far North Qld Indigenous art art centres to put Far North Qld Indigenous art and IACA hopes you enjoy CIAF 2O15. on the state, national and international stage. Phil Rist, President of IACA CIAF plays a strong role in the development Management Committee and and promotion of IACA member artists work. Pamela Bigelow, IACA Manager

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CAPE YORK PENINSULA

Pormpuraaw HopeVale GULF OF Cooktown CARPENTARIA Wujal Wujal

Mossman Gorge

Mornington Island Cairns Yarrabah Mareeba

QUEENSLAND Innisfail Burketown

Cardwell

Indigenous art centres Ingham Indigenous art centres Badhulgaw Kuthinaw Mudh, Badu Island and hubs are located Bana Yirriji Art and Cultural Centre, Wujal Wujal throughout Queensland. Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island They provide artists Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, Cardwell Townsville with studio space, HopeVale Arts and Cultural Centre, HopeVale materials, instruction Lockhart River Arts, Lockhart River and opportunities to Mornington Island Art, Mornington Island build skills and develop Moa Arts creative networks. Pormpuraaw Art and Culture Centre, Pormpuraaw Salt Water Murris – Quandamooka Inc, North Stradbroke Island Wik and Kugu Arts and Craft Centre, Aurukun Yalanji Arts, Mossman Gorge Yarrabah Arts and Cultural Centre, Yarrabah Hubs Gab Titui Cultural Centre (Thusday Island) Wei’Num Aboriginal Corporation, Weipa

AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER INDIGENOUS ART FAIR 41 Laurie Ngallametta, Law Poles, 2O15. Mixed media

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