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AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER INDIGENOUS ART FAIR ciaf.com.au 15 - 17 July 2O16 Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal

ART FAIR & EXHIBITION CATALOGUE 2O16 Bilan gudan gimuy Welcome to Cairns from the Tribal Authority of Cairns, the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji people. Yidinji mimjan njundu bama wabil AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER INDIGENOUS ART FAIR wawal Gimuy yabanday bama bidjuga A message from On behalf of the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Gimuy Walubara Yidinji people welcome you to our country, people, I welcome you to our Country, Cairns. the Traditional now known as Cairns. Owners 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

Steven Kepper, Dugong and calf, 2O16, Ghostnet Sculpture. Photo: Paul Jakubowski

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) is Australia’s premier Indigenous Art Fair and the quintessential celebration of Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and culture. CIAF conveys the rich diversity of Queensland Indigenous art from more than 3OO artists in a curated Art Fair as well as a bustling Art Market. Included in CIAF’s exciting program is dance, music, film, workshops and knowledge sharing - features of the CIAF celebration that renders the event an unforgettable experience. CIAF is committed to providing an ethical point of sale for Queensland Indigenous art and to supporting the career development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across the state. The Art Fair works under a commitment to the Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct. The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) is supported by Arts Queensland through Backing Indigenous Art (BIA) a program that aims to build a stronger, more sustainable and ethical Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts industry and though the visual Arts and Crafts Strategy, an initiative of the Australian State and Territory Governments.

PATRON NATIONAL PUBLICITY His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey, AC AVVISO Public Relations Governor of Queensland CAIRNS PUBLICITY PATRON – FIRST NATIONS Pip Miller PR Henrietta Fourmile-Marrie BOARD MEMBERS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Tom Mosby - Chair Janina Harding Bob Manning GENERAL MANAGER Alex de Waal Vanessa Gillen Gillian Mailman COLLECTORS AND CURATORS PROGRAM Leo Akee MANAGER Judy Watson Hetti Perkins SPECIAL THANKS MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Gudgugudgu Sonja Anderson Roger Mainwood OPERATIONS MANAGER Chris Stannard and the Tanks Arts Centre team Sam Gibb Kate Lamason & Jolene Richardson PERFORMANCE PROGRAM MANAGER Sue Godkin Marilyn Miller Sharon Weatherall CURATORIAL ASSISTANT Lizzie Reeves Danelle Nicol CIAF Volunteer team CURATOR, CIAF FASHION PERFORMANCE JANA JARAL (RESPECT) CATALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHY Grace Lillian Lee Michael Marzik ADMINISTRATION OFFICER DESIGN Wanda Weatherall 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: Elliot Koonutta, Dreamtime Dingo Story (Ku Awa), 2O15, Limited Edition Lino Cut Print LEFT: Wanda Gibson, Bayji, 2O16, Bayjin grass, Traditional weaving basket

AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER INDIGENOUS ART FAIR ciaf.com.au

CONTENTS WELCOME COMMERCIAL GALLERIES His Excellency the 8 Martin Browne Contemporary 38 Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Michael Reid 4O Governor of Queensland, LOCAL GALLERIES Patron - Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Canopy Art Centre 44 Henrietta Fourmile-Marrie, 9 Cape York Art 46 Patron First Nations KickArts Contemporary Arts 48 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Umbrella Studio Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, 1O Contemporary Arts 5O Premier of Queensland UMI Arts - Gallery of Aboriginal 52 and Minister for the Arts and Torres Strait Islander Art GUEST ARTIST Hon Kate Jones MP, 11 Arone Meeks 54 Queensland Minister for Tourism, Teho Ropeyarn 55 Major Events and Small Business Councillor Bob Manning, Mayor of Cairns 12 INDEPENDENT ARTISTS

Tom Mosby, CIAF Board Chairperson 13 Delvene Cockatoo-Collins 57 Janina Harding, Artistic Director 15 Jedess Hudson 58 Karen Reys 59 EXHIBITION Munganbana Norman Miller 6O CULTURAL BLISS 16 Taritah Von Roehl 61 AN ARTISTIC RESPONSE TO HAPPINESS Curated by Hetti Perkins and Janina Harding IMPACT 63 NEW MEDIA WORKS AND EXHIBITORS GRACE LILLIAN LEE: BODY SCULPTURE Erub Arts 18 A partnership between CIAF and Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre 2O Cairns Regional Gallery Hope Vale Arts & Cultural Centre 22 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 67 Lockhart River Art Gang 24 MI Art - Mornington Island 26 THE CHILL ROOM 68 Pormpuraaw Arts & Cultural Centre 28 JANA JARAL (RESPECT) 69 Wei’num Arts 3O CIAF FASHION PERFORMANCE Wik And Kugu Aurukun Art Centre 32 ART FAIR MAP 7O Message from the Indigenous Art Centre Alliance 34 SPONSORS & PARTNERS 73

Opposite: David Marpoondin, Big Ku’, 2O16, Acrylic & Binders on Milk Wood; Bevan Namponan, Black Ku’, 2O16, Acrylic & Binders on Milk Wood

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As Governor of Queensland and Patron of the Cairns Indigenous Art As Patron First Nations of the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, and also on Fair, and acknowledging First Nations Patron, Henrietta Fourmile- behalf of the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji people, the traditional owners of Marrie, I welcome international and Australian visitors as well as Gimuy, now known as Cairns, of the land on which the seventh fair is the people of Far North Queensland who have loyally supported this taking place, I would like to welcome you all, locals and visitors to the unique celebration of culture and country since the very first Fair in region alike, to what has now become one of our region’s signature 2OO9. events. Most of all, I would like to extend a special welcome to and an The many collectors, curators, writers and critics who have travelled acknowledgement of our First Nations’ artists, many who are from here for this three-day art fair are vitally important. Their connections our regional communities throughout north Queensland and the His Excellency with the wider world give the participating artists (more than a Henrietta Torres Strait – the people who ultimately give CIAF its extraordinary hundred of them) a rare opportunity to tell their stories and sell their Fourmile-Marrie reputation as the country’s premier Indigenous art fair. To you all – the Honourable work. our visual artists who work in and explore many different media, our Paul de Jersey AC PATRON FIRST NATIONS fashion designers and models, our musicians and dancers, and all Visitors also play a key role in generating greater community interest CAIRNS INDIGENOUS our Indigenous entrepreneurs and business people who are also part GOVERNOR OF in and strengthening our understanding of Queensland’s rich and ART FAIR of the wider CIAF community and who participate in and support not QUEENSLAND, vibrant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. I trust that, only CIAF itself, but also its many satellite events. PATRON - CAIRNS like me, they will return to their homes as committed advocates It is extraordinary to think that every year since the inaugural event INDIGENOUS ART FAIR for the Fair, for the contributing artists and communities, and for at the Tanks Arts Centre in 2OO9 CIAF keeps raising the bar on the magnificent marine and rainforest environments of tropical its own and the Cairns community’s expectations to become the Queensland. quintessential celebration of Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres On behalf of all Queenslanders, I congratulate the CIAF Board and Strait Islander cultures. Last year’s CIAF, making full use of both staff on bringing this latest art fair to fruition and thank the foundation sheds at the Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal, attracted record crowds of partners, the Queensland and federal governments, as well as more than 5O,OOO, the CIAF fashion performance was attended by a the many other sponsors and supporters at all levels who have sell-out capacity audience of 75O, and the art market attracted sales contributed so generously - their investment of financial and in kind of over $2OO,OOO – all new benchmarks. We can all hardly wait for Jana Jaral, this year’s CIAF 2O16 fashion performance! support, as well as time and effort, is vital not only to the continued success of the art fair, but to maintaining a strong economy and CIAF has earned a special place in the Cairns community. It is now sustaining a diverse and robust tourism industry in this region. deeply embedded in the cultural landscape of our city. It showcases what we, as First Nations’ peoples are capable of, it inspires all of us and provides opportunity paths for all our young people demonstrating the many possible careers available in the cultural sector. CIAF has become a profound source of pride to not only our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and communities, but to our city and our region. An event that we can all participate in and celebrate together. I would also like to acknowledge the wonderful leadership of the CIAF board of directors, the CIAF team who put it all together, the support of our many sponsors and partners, the work and effort of our Indigenous arts organisations, UMI Arts and the Indigenous Art Centre Alliance, participating venues including the Cairns Regional Gallery, COCA, Canopy Art Centre, KickArts Contemporary Arts and the Tanks Arts Centre, and the support of the Cairns Regional Council, the Queensland Government and the Australia Council for the Arts. To you all – the artists, the gallery owners and curators, our communities, our visitors and international guests, bilan gudan Gimuy.

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Every year art enthusiasts from across Australia and the world visit Welcome to Tropical North Queensland for the Cairns Indigenous Art Far North Queensland to attend the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, drawn Fair – a wonderful celebration of Queensland Aboriginal and Torres by the unique artwork of Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Strait Islander culture. Islander artists. Thousands of visitors are expected to immerse themselves in the The state’s Indigenous artists draw on the beauty of our landscape, experiences on offer throughout the Fair. the reef and the rainforest, and they capture this with bold artworks Over three days visitors will experience Indigenous culture through and performances that come alive over the Art Fair weekend. visual art, music, film, theatre, song and dance. The Queensland Government founded the Cairns Indigenous Art Experiences are at the core of any destination event and I hope you Hon Annastacia Fair in 2OO9, and continues to be the event’s principal supporter Hon Kate Jones MP come away from the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair with some amazing through the Backing Indigenous Arts initiative which recognises the Palaszczuk MP QUEENSLAND MINISTER Queensland memories. importance of art in celebrating culture, as well as an economic driver PREMIER OF QUEENSLAND FOR TOURISM AND in Indigenous communities. Events play an important role in showcasing Tropical North AND MINISTER FOR MAJOR EVENTS Queensland to visitors, providing economic benefit for the region and THE ARTS We are committed to helping keep culture strong with an ongoing supporting jobs. investment in Backing Indigenous Arts of $12.6 million over four years until 2O18/19. This initiative takes an innovative approach that The Palaszczuk Government recognises that events drive supports artists from creation to market with an investment cycle that Queensland’s tourism economy and we are proud to support this begins with art centres and professional development and concludes event through Tourism and Events Queensland’s Destination Events with support for Cairns Indigenous Art Fair. Program. Congratulations to the artists, arts workers and management team Thank you to the event organisers, volunteers, and those who behind Cairns Indigenous Art Fair and I look forward to another have come together to deliver the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair memorable event. for Queensland, and I encourage you to make the most of your experience in Tropical North Queensland.

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On behalf of the people of Cairns, I’d like to offer a warm welcome to On behalf of the CIAF Board I welcome you to CIAF 2O16 and invite the 2O16 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair. you to celebrate the very special cultural dynamism of Queensland Indigenous art, founded in this annual event. Along with our hosts, To those who are visiting Cairns for this event, please take the time to enjoy our city’s hospitality as you uncover the wonders of CIAF and Traditional Owners of the land on which we hold CIAF, the Gimuy the stories that are intertwined with the artworks. Walubarra Yidinji people, we extend a warm offer to share and enjoy with us the amazing display of cultural diversity in this year’s CIAF CIAF is fast becoming one of the truly iconic features of the Tropical program. North Queensland events calendar. In only its seventh year, CIAF has Although relatively young, CIAF’s corporate entity grows stronger with earned its position as Australia’s premier Indigenous art fair. Councillor Tom Mosby each event delivered. In this, my first year as chair of the CIAF board, Bob Manning The quality of the works, the passion of the artists and the staging of I worked with fellow board members, consultants and staff, to finalise the event in beautiful Cairns combine to create an arts event worthy CIAF BOARD a strategic four year business and development plan. Together, the MAYOR OF CAIRNS of the highest praise. CHAIRPERSON new strategy and a board comprising multi-skilled membership, to CIAF has become a tourist drawcard in itself, injecting millions of guide management, CIAF will be propelled toward its bright future. dollars into the local economy and attracting tens of thousands of In its identity as a premier event facilitating the celebration and visitors to our city. understanding of the position Indigenous culture holds as an integral part the whole of Australian society, CIAF continues to attract tens More importantly, CIAF recognises the rich and diverse First People’s of thousands of visitors. They range in interest from that of returning culture that we have here in North Queensland and celebrates both devotee, to the simply curious first-time visitor to the region, to our history and our future. those international collectors and curators who seek out the best During the past six years, an estimated 2OOO Queensland Aboriginal of Indigenous visual art, worldwide. This is an exciting aspect of the and Torres Strait Islander artists have been represented and more CIAF event- that it can serve as so many things to so many people of than $5.5 million in art sales have resulted. disparate backgrounds and interests. And as it grows in national and As a member of the CIAF Board, I am proud to be associated with an international stature, it garners increasing respect as a model for the international-standard art event that continues to grow and evolve as ethical point of sale for Indigenous art. Australia’s premier Indigenous art fair. The CIAF 2O16 program is amazing and innovative. Artistic Director Janina Harding has conjured a joyous title for this year’s curated I have no doubt that the festival will continue to gain recognition as a Art Fair. She and renowned curator Hetti Perkins co-curate Cultural truly national and international art event. Bliss – a survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander happiness and exhibition that aims to reveal the often unobserved pride in cultural values. She has also joined with Tanks Arts Centre curator Chris Stannard to produce the exhibition Freedom of Expression presenting work from those artists who create under in the shadow of incarceration. These exhibitions, along with many free and ticketed events including dance, film, musical performance, artist workshops, a bustling art market and an art fair, provide strong career pathways and economic opportunities for Indigenous artists. There is no other place like Tropical North Queensland with its culturally diverse population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; a perfect spot for Australia’s premier Indigenous art fair event. Join us for the experience of a life time. Enjoy and revel in the spectacular synergy that is CIAF.

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Once again CIAF has set the bar high and art centre artists have responded. And again we have an art fair in a gallery environment that allows visitors to contemplate the diversity of the work on offer. Artists have delved deep into their creativity to respond to the theme Cultural Bliss- An artistic response to happiness, to express their individual concepts of happiness. The resulting eclectic collection reveals inspiration around the themes of country, community, family and culture, resulting in a showcase that reveals the detailed Janina Harding execution of recognizable mediums, as well as the introduction of new artistic practice ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Freedom of Expression, CIAF’s satellite exhibition at the Tanks Arts Centre, is a showcase of work from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men practising art within the walls of four of Queensland’s Corrective Centres - Mareeba, Rockhampton, Maryborough and Brisbane. More than eighty works will be on display, reminding viewers that art is an integral part of contemporary life and fundamental to our belonging and identity as First Nation Peoples, whether created in a state of liberty or detention. CIAF 2O16 will afford opportunity to hear directly from artists and curators as they respond to the collection of art work and talk about the creative process. CIAF stalwart, Hetti Perkins will facilitate yet another dynamic program for visiting collectors and curators, with increased opportunities for dialogue with artists at the fair, the art market and in satellite exhibitions. Innovative free workshops, hosted by senior artists will offer visitors opportunity to learn how to weave with traditional fibre and ghost net, the intricate technique of printmaking and the creative process around constructing felt jewellery. Participants will see their own work take shape in real time. I am excited to be part of an event that unites people through visual art, informative talks, dance, music, film, fashion and workshops. Be delighted and impressed by the creative talents of Queensland’s First Peoples. Welcome to CIAF 2O16.

Opposite: Josiah Omeenyo, Body Painting, 2O16, Synthetic Polymer on Canvas

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AN ARTISTIC RESPONSE TO HAPPINESS

Cultural Bliss is the theme for a collection of Art centre artists were asked to delve deep works by Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait into their creativity to express the concept of Islander art centre artists, inspired by the things happiness and how they want to be perceived that evoke a sense of emotional well-being or by the wider population through their art. The art feeling of happiness. centre displays at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) will reveal that inspiration is found in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are land, community, family and culture. All these rarely portrayed or even asked the question - elements connect us and support our identity as what makes you happy? Instead we are portrayed First Nations Peoples’. Not only will CIAF exhibit through the negative stereotypes as victims or amazing work portraying the enduring strength of perpetrators, and only rarely as victors. Cultural cultural stories and innovative artistic practice, Bliss seeks to change the lens and celebrate visitors will experience a collective projection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community immense pride. CULTURAL BLISS life as artists reveal their inspirations and reflections on life.

Curated by Hetti Perkins and Janina Harding

Bruce Bell, Laughing Ku’, 2O15, Acrylic & Binders on Milk Wood

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ARTISTS Ethel Charlie Nancy Naawi Emma Gela Racy Oui-Pitt Florence Gutchen Alma Sailor Lavinia Ketchell Ellarose Savage Collaboration by Erub Artists, Paddle Installation, 2O16, Ghostnet & twine over steel frame. Photo: Lynnette Griffiths Lorenzo Ketchell Jimmy J Thaiday ERUB ARTS Nancy Kiwat Jimmy Kenny Thaiday

Erub, Darnley Island This beautiful volcanic island, situated in deep Torres Strait, Queensland, 4875, turquoise waters on the edge of the Great Barrier Australia T +61 (O) 7 4O9O O827 Reef, is home to approximately 4OO Erubam le. M +61 (O) 488 4O9 935 The centre specialises in Ghost Net (derelict and [email protected] abandoned fishing nets) sculpture, wood-fired www.erubarts.com.au ceramics, works on paper, textiles and jewellery.

Erub Arts works to revitalise traditional Erubam le Erub Arts has focussed on the collaborative culture and share it with the world. ethos of bringing indigenous and non-indigenous Erub, also known as Darnley Island, is one of the Collaboration by Erub Artists, (detail) Buai ra war people together, enriching artistic practice and (images of relatives), 2O16, Charcoal. Photo: Lynnette Griffiths most remote communities in Australia, located 16O km northeast of Queensland’s Cape York cultural exchange, building participation and Peninsula. intergenerational learning.

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Emily Murray, Mindi (various), 2O16, weaving Non- Traditional material

GIRRINGUN ABORIGINAL ART CENTRE

235 Victoria Street The Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, based in Doris Kinjun, Bagu, 2O16, ceramic; Cardwell, Queensland, 4849 Cardwell, represents artists from nine Traditional ARTISTS Ninney Murray, Bagu, 2O16, ceramic; Emily Murray, Bagu, 2O16, ceramic; Australia Owner Groups, the Nywaigi, Gugu Badhun, Leonard Andy Debra Murray T +61 (O) 7 4O66 83OO Warrgamay, Warungnu, Bandjin, Girramay, Charlotte Beeron Ethel Murray F +61 (O) 7 4O66 2466 Gulgnay, Jirrbal and Djiru people. Maureen Beeron Emily Murray Theresa Beeron John Murray [email protected] The traditional country of these groups covers Nancy Cowan Ninney Murray www.girringunaboriginalart.com.au some 25,OOO square kilometres of country Nephi Denham Sally Murray from north of Townsville, south west to Clarke Sandra Escott Caitlin Salam River, north to the Mission Beach area, west to Doris Kinjun Eileen Tep Ravenshoe and east to include Hinchinbrook Alison Murray and the Family Group Islands.

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ARTISTS Harold Bowen Wanda Gibson Wanda Gibson, Guuyirr, 2O16, Bayjin grass 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 Harold Bowen, Buddi (Water), 2O16, Painting culture and supports local people of all ages in the intergenerational sharing and preservation of culture.

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Rosella Namok, Full Moon, 2O16, Synthetic Polymer on Canvas LOCKHART RIVER ARTS INDIGENOUS CORPORATION (LOCKHART RIVER ART GANG)

1 Piiramo Street bird watching, World War two relics and other Lockhart River, Queensland, 4871 attractions make it a place people want to Australia experience. Evelyn Omeenyo, Moothan, 2O16, Acrylic on Linen T +61 (O) 7 4O6O 7341 The Lockhart River Arts Centre is a not for profit F +61 (O) 7 4O6O 7342 Indigenous Arts Corporation that encourages [email protected] naturally gifted Indigenous Lockhart River artists www.lockhartriverart.com.au to express and produce arts through paintings, prints, ceramics, and traditional crafts. Our artists both past and present are widely known within Australia and internationally as the The Lockhart River Art Centre is nestled between “Lockhart River Art Gang” and this underpins our Quintel Beach and Kutini Payamu (Iron Range) artists’ diversity and creativity. ARTISTS national park in the community of Lockhart We’re excited that we’ve grabbed your attention Elizabeth Queenie Giblet Evelyn Omeenyo River. Lockhart River is the jewel in the crown of and promise you an unforgettable art experience Irene Namok Fiona Omeenyo Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. through our gang’s way; “Lockhart River Art Rosella Namok Josiah Omeenyo Our pristine beaches, great fishing, coral reef, Gang”.

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Amy Loogatha, Wurand, 2O16, Watercolour

MI ART - MORNINGTON ISLAND

Mornington Island Art The energy and activity within the Centre, and Annika Roughsey, Kaye Bush, Mandy Naranatjil, ‘Where you mob?!!’, 2O15, Watercolour 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, T +61 475 O16 591 shapes and forms that constantly excite the [email protected] user and beholder. The environment is used www.morningtonisland.com.au as inspiration for artworks and the traditional ways and culture have been appropriated using contemporary materials such as linen, Mornington Island Art is a flourishing Aboriginal acrylic paint, watercolour, ceramics, felts, art centre located on Mornington Island, in the hebel, silver, glass and so on. The forerunner of this movement was the late Sally Gabori Gulf of Carpentaria - that huge body of water ARTISTS (Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda) together with in northern Australia that looks like a ‘bite’ has Kaye Bush Mandy Naranatjil internationally renowned artists such as Netta been taken out of it. Dorothy Gabori Annika Roughsey Loogatha, Amanda Gabori, Annika Roughsey and Amy Loogatha Ethel Thomas Kaye Bush.

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Sid Bruce Shortjoe, Four Strays, Acrylic on Linen

PORMPURAAW ARTS & CULTURAL CENTRE

c/- Pormpuraaw Post Office groups: Thaayorre, Kugu and Wik people. Pormpuraaw, Queensland, 4871 Thaayorre people are the Traditional Owners of Australia Pormpuraaw. Thaayorre and Kugu people are T +61 (O) 7 4O6O 4O85 ‘Saltwater’ people and the Wik are ‘Freshwater’. [email protected] Culture is strong in Pormpuraaw, and the artists www.pormpuraawartculture.com work in painting, large-scale murals, printmaking, Located on the western coast of the Cape York traditional weaving, wood carving and sculptures Peninsula in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Pormpuraaw made from recycled ghost net. Their work is Steven Kepper, Wedge Tail Eagle, 2O16, Ghostnet sculpture is a sanctuary of Aboriginal language, art and inspired by their environment, totems and culture. It is a remote outback location in pristine stories. natural environment with great fishing. Its road Pormpuraaw Art and Culture Centre artists also ARTISTS Steven Kepper access can be shut off for months during the wet work in digital formats to produce films about Christine Holroyd Elliot Koonutta Jeanie Holroyd Sid Bruce Shortjoe season. language and culture in language. They publish Mylene Holroyd Christine Yantumba Pormpuraaw is home to three major language books about language, culture and their art.

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Margaret Mara, Birthing A New Beginning, 2O16, Acrylic on Linen

WEI’NUM ARTS

Weipa Road OUR HISTORY Mapoon, Queensland, 4874 In 2OO7 a Weipa public meeting addressed Australia the viability and necessity of an artist run T +61 (O) 488 O3O O34 organisation to support and promote Indigenous [email protected] art in the Western and Northern Cape York. A facility in Weipa was identified to run arts- Daphne de Jersey, Pikininni and Ama, 2O16, Acrylic on Linen OUR VISION based courses for artists, including developing creative and business skills. It became known To facilitate and provide resources that foster a fine arts and craft program throughout the as the Art Centre. This concept was developed ARTISTS Western and Northern Cape that has a focus on as a collaborative initiative of community and Daphne de Jersey product development, marketing and promotion, government representatives. This is what is now Margaret Mara arts education and training, and arts business. known as Wei’ Num.

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(L-R) Lex Namponan, Smiley Blue Eye, 2O16, Acrylic & Binders on Milk Wood; Bevan Namponan, Black Ku’, 2O16, Acrylic & Binders on Milk Wood; David Marpoondin, Ochre Ku’, 2O16, Acrylic & Binders on Milk Wood; Lex Namponan, 3 Legged Ku’, 2O16, Acrylic & Binders on Milk Wood

WIK AND KUGU AURUKUN ART CENTRE

Themp Street carving and fibre art having a long tradition Aurukun, Queensland, 4871 with the Wik and Kugu people of the region. For Australia example, the sculptures from the Aurukun region T +61 (O) 7 4O6O 6843 are primarily based on totemic animals and [email protected] plants. Aurukun has expanded its creativity into print making and revisited casting in Aluminium sharing this profound culture in contemporary The Wik & Kugu Arts and Craft Centre is located in contexts. Aurukun, on the north-west tip of the Cape York Garry Namponan, Pich (Pich) athan Yellow Ku Markings, 2O16, Acrylic on Canvas Penninsula. Screen printing has been embraced as a new way to share the creativity of the people as well Each of the individuals of the Wik & Kugu as create employment opportunities. The Wik community belong to one of five clan groups; ARTISTS Sara, Winchanam, Apalech, Putch and Wanam. & Kugu Arts and Craft Centre provides a safe environment, where the rich and ancient cultural Bruce Bell Leigh Namponan Each clan has its own unique living history and David Marpoondin Leo Namponan traditions of the Wik, Wik Waya and Kugu people understanding of the land as well as interlinked Bevan Namponan Lex Namponan are maintained, while promoting an emphatic connections with other clans. The art of the Garry Namponan Kenneth Bruce Wolmby community reflects these relationships with bridge between the past, present and future.

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142 143 144 IACA - SUPPORTING CULTURALLY STRONG, BEST PRACTICE PAPUA NEW GUINEA l nce MAPS Boigu Island ne ra n a Ent Ch Kaumag Island igh Bl Dauan Island Saibai Island INDIGENOUS ART ENTERPRISES East Underdown Islet Indigenous art centres Art hubs Stephens Island Turnagain Island Campbell Islet Dalrymple Islet Erub (Darnley Island)

North Keats Island Marsden Island Stewart Island rance Ent Gabba Island Yorke Island Rennel Island Cap Islet GreatLayoak Islet Zagai Island Flinders Yam Island Bourke Island IACA, The Indigenous Art Centre Alliance, is Art centres play a crucial role for artists Maer Island Murray Islands Mabuiag Island Aureed Island Mimi Islet Jervis Reef Dove Islet Roberts Islet Sassie Island Coconut Island the peak body that supports the community living in remote communities - they nurture Badu Island Halfway Island Banks Suarji Island Bet Islet Getullai Island Sue Island Cha Moa Island Poll Island owned Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and advance artistic skills and careers, but TORRES nnel Mt Ernest Island STRAIT West Island Hawkesbury Island Yule Entrance Yule Channel Seven Reefs centres of Far North Queensland. There are 13 also play a vital role in the social well-being East Strait Island Wednesday Island Hammond Island Dugong Island Booby Goods Island Island Waiben (Thursday Island) Friday Island Horn Island Muralug Wasaga member art centres in the IACA membership capacity for artists, members, staff and their Cape York Prince of Wales Island Strait Albany Island Cape Cornwall our sland Somerset av ssion I EndePosse Newcastle Simpson Seisia Bay with approximately 3OO artists in the group. communities. Art centres give opportunities to Bay New Mapoon Umagico Bamaga artists; most importantly, they provide places Injinoo They are situated across far north Queensland Injinoo to develop and tell their stories in whatever and include: ARAFURA SEA • Badhulgaw Kuthinaw Mudh (Badu Art art form they endeavour, whilst staying on Centre), 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 Weipa • Erub Erwer Meta (Erub Arts), Darnley Island and complex job, requiring a highly committed Lockhart River • Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, Cardwell approach to advocate for artists and members. Aurukun • Hopevale Arts & Culture Centre, Hopevale IACA works to develop and progress the • Lockhart River Art Centre, Lockhart River CAPE YORK economic development of artists through PENINSULA • Mornington Island Arts, Mornington Island supporting their art centres, building the • Ngalmun Lagau Minaral Art Centre (Moa profile of Queensland Indigenous art, and Arts), Mua Island supporting efforts towards the maintenance • Pormpuraaw Arts & Cultural Centre Inc, and celebration of the rich and diverse culture Pormpuraaw Pormpuraaw of FNQ Indigenous communities. Of utmost HopeVale • Wei’num Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander GULF OF Cooktown importance to IACA and art centre members CARPENTARIA Arts & Craft Corporation, Weipa is ensuring the highest integrity in the Wujal Wujal • Wik and Kugu Arts & Craft Centre, Aurukun production, documentation and marketing of • Yalanji Arts, Mossman art created through art centres. Mossman Gorge • Yarrabah Arts and Cultural Centre, Yarrabah At CIAF, you have the unique opportunity to Mornington • Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island Island Cairns Yarrabah explore the wonderful variety and diversity of Mareeba The IACA member artists are proud to be the paintings, prints, sculpture, textiles, woven major contributors to the CIAF 2O16 Exhibition objects and more, knowing the artwork you QUEENSLAND Innisfail and Art Markets. The work emerging from buy comes directly from the art centre, owned Burketown the remote communities of Far North Qld is and operated by Indigenous people. Many Cardwell fresh, varied and exciting; each has its own artists travel to CIAF to share their stories and Indigenous art centres Ingham distinctive style and character that reflects the connect with you, to meet and talk with you. Indigenous art centres Badhulgaw Kuthinaw Mudh, Badu Island unique land and sea country and traditional and hubs are located Bana Yirriji Art and Cultural Centre, Wujal Wujal When you purchase an artwork you know your throughout Queensland. Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island culture of this diverse region. Beginning in They provide artists Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, Cardwell Townsville choice is from the artist and proceeds are with studio space, HopeVale Arts and Cultural Centre, HopeVale 2O12, IACA has established and developed materials, instruction Lockhart River Arts, Lockhart River passed on directly to the artist. Thank you for and opportunities to Mornington Island Art, Mornington Island the capability to work strongly with member art your interest in Far North Qld Indigenous art build skills and develop Moa Arts centres to put Far North Qld Indigenous art on creative networks. Pormpuraaw Art and Culture Centre, Pormpuraaw and IACA hopes you enjoy CIAF 2O16. Wik and Kugu Arts and Craft Centre, Aurukun the state, national and international stage. Yalanji Arts, Mossman Gorge Phil Rist, President of IACA Yarrabah Arts and Cultural Centre, Yarrabah CIAF plays a strong role in the development Hubs Management Committee and Gab Titui Cultural Centre (Thusday Island) and promotion of IACA member artists work. Wei’Num Aboriginal Corporation, Weipa Pamela Bigelow, IACA Manager

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Opposite: Christian Thompson, Equilibrium, 2O16, c-type print on metallic paper. Photo courtesy of Gallery

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Mavis Ngallametta, Bush Fire At Top Yalgamungken, 2O15, natural ochres and charcoal with acrylic binder on linen, 2OO x 265 cm Photo courtesy of Gallery

ARTISTS Mavis Ngallametta

MARTIN BROWNE CONTEMPORARY

15 Hampden Street Martin Browne Contemporary will return to CIAF Paddington, NSW 2O21 with a presentation by senior Australian artist Australia Mavis Ngallametta. T +61 (O) 2 9331 7997 Mavis Ngallametta, a Kugu-Muminh woman from Mavis Ngallametta, Dragging Net at Less Creek, 27O x 2OO cms [email protected] Aurukun, depicts the landscape of her home Photo courtesy of Gallery www.martinbrownecontemporary.com region on the west side of Cape York.

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Christian Thompson, Museum of Others (Othering the Explorer James Cook), 2O16. Photo courtesy of Gallery MICHAEL REID

Sydney and Berlin gallery exhibitions in Sydney and Berlin, Michael T +61 (O) 2 8353 35OO Reid and its represented artists are a regular [email protected] feature at Australian and international art fairs. Christian Thompson, Museum of Others (Othering the Anthropologist Walter Baldwin Spencer), www.michaelreid.com.au An exciting new body of work by Christian 2O16. Photo courtesy of Gallery Thompson has its Australian release at CIAF 2O16. Michael Reid hosts a dynamic exhibition program Christian Thompson often appears in his presenting contemporary Australian and photographs and videos yet they are not self- international art as well as curated exhibitions of portraits. Instead he uses his body to present contemporary art by Aboriginal and Torres Strait ideas about identity and the collision of Islander artists and art from the vast Oceanic cultures. Thompson is a doctoral graduate of the region. University of Oxford and he also holds degrees Michael Reid and the galleries’ specialists from Amsterdam School of Arts, RMIT Melbourne are experts in contemporary painting and and the University of Southern Queensland. ARTISTS sculpture as well as contemporary photography, Within Australia, he is represented in major Christian Thompson print media and media art. In addition to national and state collections.

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Opposite: Daphne de Jersey, Deep Water Lalunji, 2O16, Acrylic on Linen

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Glen Mackie, (Kei Kalak) - Journey of Malu, Sigai, Kuka and Sau, 2O15, Vinyl cut print. Photo courtesy of Gallery

CANOPY ART CENTRE

124 Grafton St, have been shortlisted for the Telstra Aboriginal Cairns, Queensland, 487O and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, the Silk Australia Cut Award (Daniel O’Shane was the Grand Prize T +61 (O) 7 4O41 4678 Winner), as well as the Fremantle Print Award. E [email protected] www.canopyartcentre.com Within the Canopy building are housed various large exhibition spaces, including one dedicated to exhibiting the work of artists from Pormpuraaw Art Centre. The nationally recognised Editions Heather Koowootha, The Landlady, 2O15, Dry point. Photo courtesy of Gallery Situated in the heart of Cairns, Canopy Art Tremblay Print Workshop, draws artists from Centre is a hub for Far Nth Qld Indigenous artists far and wide, including remote and island ARTISTS Daniel O’Shane Roy McIvor – mentoring, developing skills, encouraging communities. Here artists work collaboratively Glen Mackie Joel Ngallametta and providing opportunities to showcase their with the resident Master Printer in a large range Heather Koowootha Joemen Nona work in high profile exhibitions and events, both of print mediums, with an emphasis on technical Paul Bong Pormpuraaw Art Centre nationally and internationally. Canopy artists excellence and storytelling.

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Dorothy Edwards, Lunga Berry I, 2O16 , Pastel on Paper. Photo courtesy of Gallery CAPE YORK ART

PO Box 568, styles. Cape York Art is a resource for astute Edmonton, Queensland, 4869 art collectors wanting to learn more about the Australia dynamic artworks being produced in the region. Mobile: +61 (O) 429 498 935 E [email protected] Cape York Art presents the latest paintings, www.capeyorkart.com prints, gifts, apparel and jewellery from these talented artists. It offers you the opportunity Cape York Art is an Aboriginal owned and to support Aboriginal owned and operated operated company that showcases art and businesses directly through your purchase. Lisa Michl Ko-manggen, Making Headdress I, 2O16, Acrylic on paper. Photo courtesy of Gallery design products from Cape York Peninsula. Making art is a way to share aspects of our ARTISTS Priscilla Major Dorothy Edwards It was established to connect audiences with traditional Cape York lifestyle and build a better Shaun Edwards Lisa Michl ko-manggén talented Cape York artists and profile their artistic understanding about our Aboriginal cultures.

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Brian Robinson, Not Quite Vitruvian, 2O15, Linocut print in black ink on paper, 4Ox4Ocm, edition of 6O. Images courtesy of KickArts Contemporary Arts and the artist. Photo: F Saumure KICKARTS CONTEMPORARY ARTS

KickArts Contemporary Arts and share their experiences. KickArts honed 96 Abbott St, Cairns, QLD, 487O a creative training ground, investing in human PO Box 6O9O, Cairns, QLD, 487O capital and career pathways for mature and Phone: +61 (O)7 4O5O 9496 emerging practitioners. Strong arts and culture www.kickarts.org.au is the barometer of a healthy community, and KickArts major program theme’s of artist’s sustainability and viability, place making KickArts Contemporary Arts is a leading arts and celebrating our identity resonates with organization for Far North Queensland and audiences both nationally and internationally. Northern Australia presenting a dynamic KickArts Contemporary Arts is supported by annual schedule of exhibitions and public the Queensland Government through Arts programming. Located in the cultural hub of Queensland, and from the Visual Arts Board of the central business district of Cairns, KickArts Napolean Oui, Traditional Headdress, 2O16, Two colour etching on paper, 2Ox12.5cm, edition of 1O. the Australia Council for the Arts, and through Contemporary Arts is a key destination for local Images courtesy of KickArts Contemporary Arts and the artist. Photo: F Saumure and visitors alike who wish to experience the the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative vibrant contemporary visual culture of Tropical of the Australian Federal, State, and Territory ARTISTS North Queensland. Governments. Laurie Nona Darren Blackman Napolean Oui Mersane Loban By supporting professional and conceptual KickArts is open from 1Oam - 5pm Monday to Brian Robinson Sam Savage development of practice, KickArts creates Saturday and Sunday 1Oam – 5pm over CIAF. Njrami Fourmile Teho Ropeyarn opportunities for artists to focus, research Free Entry.

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Tommy Pau, Meb (Moon), 2O15, Linocut print. Image courtesy Umbrella Studio and the Artist. UMBRELLA STUDIO CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts Celebrating 3O years in 2O16, Umbrella continues 482 Flinders Street to back indigenous arts in Australia by creating Townsville, Queensland, 481O opportunities for our artists to create new work Australia and share their culture. This is underpinned by T +61 (O) 7 4772 71O9 our reconciliation action plan which includes [email protected] other respectful practices like acknowledging www.umbrella.org.au the traditional owners at public events. In our gallery in Townsville, we acknowledge the Wulgurukaba and Bindal people as our traditional owners, and pay respects to their elders, past Gail Mabo, Was I Dreaming, 2O16, Monoprint drawing. Image courtesy Umbrella Studio and the Artist Since being established in 1986, Umbrella and present. Studio in Townsville has been an active part of a developing printmaking culture in North Our artists are represented in many prestigious ARTISTS Bai Tapau Queensland, and a platform for notable collections: Australian Universities, the National Gail Mabo Ian Kaddy Australian printmakers including; Judy Watson, Gallery of Australia, the Maritime Museum, Obery Sambo Shirley Collins Gail Mabo, Aicey Zaro, and Tommy Pau among regional gallery collections, and private Tommy Pau Susan Peters others. collections. Aicey Zaro and more

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Simone Arnol, Bernard Singleton – My Country, 2O16, digital photograph. Artwork copyright of the artists and courtesy of UMI Arts

UMI ARTS - GALLERY OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ART

UMI Arts Torres Strait Islander members, all with traditional 335 Sheridan Street, connection to the Far North Queensland region. Melanie Hava, Grandad’s story, 2O16, Acrylic, gold leaf on canvas. Artwork copyright of the artists and courtesy of UMI Arts Cairns, Queensland, 487O UMI Arts is a non-for-profit company proudly Australia managed by an all-Indigenous Board of Directors T +61 7 4O41 6152 and based in Cairns. Established in 2OO5, [email protected] our mission is to assist Aboriginal and Torres www.umiarts.com.au Strait Islander peoples to participate in the maintenance, preservation and protection of cultural identity. UMI Arts also acts as the Cairns ARTISTS Indigenous Arts Centre to provide support for Simone Arnol Nerelle Nicol UMI Arts is the peak Aboriginal and Torres Indigenous artists who live and work in Cairns. Thomas Bosen Bernard Singleton Jnr Strait Islander arts and cultural organisation Linda Burchill Shane Wallace Our purpose is to create pathways for success Melanie Hava Karen Wallace for Far North Queensland, covering the federal for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, Walter Lui Kel Williams electorate areas of Leichhardt and Kennedy. cultural practitioners and communities in Far Arone Meeks UMI Arts has over 7OO individual Aboriginal and North Queensland.

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Arone Meeks, Spirit Ark, 2O16, Acrylic on Canvas. Image Courtesy of the Artist

ARONE MEEKS

Arone Raymond Meeks is of the KuKu Miidiji qualities have made it possible to introduce a peoples and the KuKu Yalanji language group freshness and immediacy to my work. I began to from Far North Queensland in Australia. He has create a new language of symbols through this had both a traditional and formal education, process”. Meeks has a very keen eye for graphic having been taught by his grandfather and detail and always works with several possibilities other relatives before formal art studies at the as he enters an intellectual discourse with the City Art Institute in Sydney. He later returned work. to Queensland to study with various tribal Meeks has a substantial reputation for his elders, including those of the Lardil people illustrations for children’s books, ‘When The of Mornington Island. Meeks values this World Was New’, ‘This Is Still Rainbow Snake Teho Ropeyarn, Ayuva Ivadha Ava Angkamuthi (My Father’s Country Angkamuthi), 2O12, combination of training and experience; his work Vinylcut print on paper, Edition of 3O (limited edition) Country’ and ‘The Pheasant and Kingfisher’. employs both traditional images and themes arising out of his concern with the issue of land In 1992 Meeks received the UNICEF Ezra TEHO ROPEYARN rights, sexuality, cultural values and belonging Jack Keats Illustration Award for International to place. A foundation member of the Boomalli Excellence in Children’s Books for Enora and Teho Ropeyarn is an emerging artist from the events and dreaming sights, totems, the four urban Aboriginal artist’s co-operative in Sydney, the Black Crane, which he wrote and illustrated. community of Injinoo, Cape York Peninsula, clan groups that make up the Injinoo peoples, he won an Australia Council fellowship to study Meeks is represented in numerous museums, Queensland and currently lives and practices in country; both land and sea and ceremonial body in Paris in 1989 and went on to exhibit throughout and university, corporate and private collections Cairns. He is a descendant of the Seven Rivers design elements with a spiritual connection to Europe and North and South America. Arone around the world including: Art Gallery of Ontario, Peoples from Angkamuthi, and Yadhaykana clan country and community. groups located on the west and east coasts of began printmaking in 1982 in collaboration with Canada; Biblioteque Nationale, France; Institute Northern Cape York Peninsula. Cairns based master printmaker Theo Tremblay. of American Indian Art, Santa Fe, USA; National Teho’s focus is to preserve and document old His work was also influenced by his participation Gallery of Japan; National Gallery of Australia, Teho’s practise is centred around his father’s stories and old knowledge passed down from in cultural exchange with First Nations people Canberra, most state galleries and many regional people’s heritage, living in Injinoo all his life, he Injinoo Elders. The Injinoo stories are recreated from America in Santa Fe, USA. Meeks says: galleries in Australia. Arone Raymond Meeks focuses on his Aboriginal heritage to keep what in a contemporary form that directs Teho’s “Printmaking has given me another medium of works and teaches in remote communities in the is left alive. The narratives in his works explore approach to contemporary imagery, symbols, creativity to explore. The directness and fluid Cape York and Torres Straits. traditional and historical stories, significant imagination and metaphors.

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INDEPENDENT ARTISTS

Introduced in 2O15, the Independent Artists space is located within the Art Fair in Terminal 3. This Independent Artists space allows Queensland

Indigenous artists, who are not affiliated with or showcased Delvene Cockatoo-Collins, The Contours have changed, 2O16, Charcoal, watercolour on Arches 85Ogsm by an art centre, gallery or artist collective, to exhibit and sell their works at CIAF. DELVENE COCKATOO-COLLINS

Works within this space are selected by Curator Hetti “Living on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke One of the recurring features in Delvene’s work Perkins and CIAF Artistic Director Janina Harding. Island), Delvene Cockatoo-Collins is a Nunukul, reflects her matriarchal line, six generations from Artists are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples Ngugi and Goenpul woman of Quandamooka her to her grandmothers’ great-grandmother Country, whose arts practice includes textiles with connection to Queensland. and ceramics. Delvene is a postgrad student Delvene is currently working on: Jarjums Life in Indigenous Perspectives in Creative Arts at Museum, a project capturing the lives of children the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary living on Minjerribah and Hymba Yumba; local Education. Her practice explores stories of festivals; is in preparation to deliver workshops her family’s lived experiences on Minjerribah, in May; June 2O16 at the Festival of Pacific Arts and includes responding to representations of in Guam as part of the Australian delegation; and images and objects of Quandamooka. her label Made on Minjerribah.

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Jedess Hudson, Stone Groovings, 2O16, Acrylic on Canvas

Karen Reys, Filing Cabinet I, 2O15, Charcoal Drawing JEDESS HUDSON KAREN REYS

Jedess Hudson is a descendent from the parts of the world and Australia, being exposed Karen Reys is a strong Aboriginal Murri woman, Lecturer at Curtin University in 2OO4. She has Ewamian and Western Yalangi clans of Far North to many different cultures and people. artist and descendant of the Badjala, Darrba and recently returned home to Cairns to begin her Queensland. Her Aboriginality from her father’s side and the Djirribal people. Her cultural lineage to Cairns practice as an Aboriginal artist, with a solo Born to two creative parents, Jedess was taught spans four generations. country and farming background of her mother exhibition held at KickArts Contemporary Arts in not only to draw on her Aboriginal heritage have been a source of inspiration to draw on for but both sides of her families. Her parents Karen’s artworks in mixed media and 2O16. her creative journey. have encouraged and nurtured her artistic and installation explore Aboriginal issues in a highly Karen’s works are represented in the collection creative talents with art, design, fashion, music With numerous trips onto country, her father has contemporary and conceptual manner. In 2OO3, and entertainment. taught her to analyse and be aware of nature, Karen gained a Bachelor of Arts (Art) at Curtin of the Berndt Museum of Anthropology at the Born in 1993, Jedess was schooled in Cairns, wildlife and bush tucker. All of these aspects are University of Technology, Perth. She resumed a University of Western Australia, and the City of but was privileged to be able to travel to many incorporated into her artwork. career in Indigenous education as an Associate Fremantle, Perth.

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Munganbana Norman Miller, Seahorse and Reef Triptych, 2O15, Limited Edition Lino Print, Edition of 99

MUNGANBANA NORMAN MILLER

Taritah Von Roehl, In Abundance, 2O16, Acrylic on Canvas As my coffee table art book “Reef and Rainforest, print workshops from my studio gallery. An Aboriginal Voice Through Art and Story” has won a bronze medal in the International I plan to make a short documentary on my family TARITAH VON ROEHL Independent Publishers Award 2O16 in the history and tribal background – the Jirrbal, Bar- Multicultural Non-Fiction Adult section. Barrum and Tableland Yedinji tribes. Born in 1986 Taritah Von Roehl is connected time Taritah developed a style of painting that with the Aboriginal language groups of Mt Garnet helped her to express herself as an artist with My art and book showcase the two world I am presently working on an exhibition for and Mossman Gorge regions. Taritah spent her a very unique style - very different from other heritage areas of North Queensland – the Great the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old childhood growing up with family in the town artists in her family and artists from the same Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics. I see myself as Parliament House Canberra which will depict my of Innisfail where she later moved to Cairns to region. an ambassador for Indigenous tourism. work for constitutional recognition of Indigenous attend high school. Taritah works predominantly Taritah has been fortunate to sell her artworks; I have a passion to pass on my skills to the next people. I have personally gathered over 5,OOO in the medium of acrylic painting. locally, interstate, nationally and internationally generation and I do this through mentoring in signatures in support of recognition and had Taritah was fond of painting from a young age but to many private buyers from around the world. schools and sharing at Reconciliation Week and them tabled in federal parliament and done it was later in life where she found a passion for Taritah has also applied images of her artworks NAIDOC week. I plan to continue with artists in artwork around this issue including two giant painting artworks that represented the animals to; souvenirs and clothing making her art very residence at hotels and schools and doing lino boomerangs. I call it the “Boomerang Petition.” and environments of Far North Queensland. Over versatile.

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IMPACT New Media Works: Michael Cook, Fiona Foley, Taloi Havini and Angela Tiatia Grace Lillian Lee Body Sculpture

Curated by Cairns Regional Gallery

A partnership between Cairns Indigenous Art Fair and Cairns Regional Gallery

Opposite: Greg Semu, Grace Lillian Lee: Body Sculpture - Acceptance, 2O16, digital image (altered state). Photograph courtesy Greg Semu and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

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In 2O16 the Cairns Regional Gallery will present viewer to imagine the effects on people’s lives five exhibitions for the Cairns Indigenous Art and culture as sea levels rise in the future. Fair (CIAF), two of which have been developed Body Sculpture, presents new works created in partnership with CIAF - IMPACT: New by Cairns based artist, Grace Lillian Lee. Vivid Media Works and Grace Lillian Lee: Body Sculpture. colours and striking sculptural forms explore how contemporary fashion and performance IMPACT examines the ramifications of intersect with traditional artistic and cultural colonisation and post-colonisation on First practices to create a new cultural dialogue. Nation communities in Queensland and the Pacific region through the work of four For the artist, fluidity of water - being the source acclaimed artists, Michael Cook, Fiona Foley, of life - is a current theme and is reflected Taloi Havini and Angela Tiatia. Together the through repetition, texture and movement artists offer new discourses on these impacts, of the design. The intricate weavings draw inspired by their own experiences, culture and inspiration from techniques used to create ecological concerns. adornments for ceremonial purposes in the Torres Straits Islands. Michael Cook and Fiona Foley are from Queensland and both artists explore the “I am celebrating these techniques in a profound impact of colonisation on Indigenous contemporary form, utilising materials that peoples. Specifically, Cook investigates the would not usually be used. I heavily use the untold consequences on members of the prawn weaving techniques, which I learnt from Impact: Michael Cook, Mother (16mm), 2O16, Single-channel digital video, sound, Continuous loop, Edition 1O. Stolen Generations, of the forced removal of Uncle Ken Thaiday in 2O1O. I have adapted and Aboriginal children from their families from the developed this technique through exploring Toby Cedar: Mirgiz Wed Kab | Story Song Brian Robinson: Pacific Crosscurrents 187Os until the 197Os. different fabrications and playing with scale, Dance 24 June to 14 August 9 July to 6 September shape and form. These forms I have created Fiona Foley’s film, Vexed, explores how the Toby Cedar is of Erub, Mer and Moa Island Brian Robinson’s exhibition explores the are a reflection of me exploring my identity, the exchange of visual cultures between the first European settlers invaded personal heritage. With a strong understanding of cultural diverse mix of who I am and where I come from. Torres Strait Islands and neighbouring Pacific relationships, marriages, and kinship of knowledge, Cedar creates large-scale sculptural traditional Aboriginal social structures. It’s a way to celebrate, share and be proud communities. His work embodies the customs of being a multicultural Australian woman.” works that draw upon his heritage, combining and traditions of the Torres Strait Islander Taloi Havini deals with the impact of socio- Grace Lillian Lee, May 2O16 traditional aesthetics of craft making with people while also referencing other epic political conflicts between the peoples contemporary and accessible materials. mythological narratives from cultures globally. Lee’s background and study in fashion has led of Bougainville and mining companies of Robinson interprets and translates these visual to her creating acclaimed Indigenous fashion Australia. Filmed in and around the township Claudia Moodoonuthi: Woven Identity crosscurrents with an artist’s response to events, including her recent participation in of Arawa, the viewer confronts evidence of a 24 June to 4 September Pacific and Torres Strait Islander objects from failed yet once lucrative mining operation, with the 2O16 Melbourne Fashion Festival. For this the Australian Museum and other ethnographic Claudia Moodoonuthi grew up on Bentinck and only the remains of heavy machinery barely exhibition, Lee has worked for the first time collections. evident beneath the wild elephant grass. with acclaimed artist, Greg Semu, to produce a Mornington Islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria. series of photographs that further explore the During these formative years Moodoonuthi Cairns Regional Gallery Angela Tiatia questions the effects of climate intersection of art and fashion. developed a deep connection to the country and 4O Abbott St change on people’s lives. Tuvalu is a small Cairns Queensland 487O traditional ways of the Lardil and Kaiadilt people. Pacific Island nation that faces the threat Both IMPACT: New Media Artists and Grace Ph (O7) 4O46 48OO of evacuation as a result of rising sea levels. Lillian Lee: Body Sculpture will run until Her energetic paintings and new sculptural [email protected] Tiatia’s video captures the exotic and beautiful 4 September 2O16. Other exhibitions on works are deeply personal and greatly influenced Gallery Hours during CIAF: environment of the island, prompting the display at the Gallery include: by her language, tribe, history, and family. 9am – 5pm (admission free)

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Key to the aims of CIAF is to show the work of It is understood that art is a popular way to do the Queensland Indigenous artists and raise their time, it relieves boredom and can have positive profile; whether they’re working in art centres, benefits to one’s mental health. It is a way for studios in urban and regional communities, or inmates to find their own place in the world indeed, in prisons. and allows them to reconnect to the outside world with ideas and with each other. Art can Freedom of Expression presents works produced create a sense of well-being, self-awareness, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates at self-expression, constructive behaviour and Lotus Glen (Mareeba), Maryborough, Capricornia communication skills, providing individuals with (Rockhampton) and Southern Queensland a type of transformational bridge to personal (Gatton) Correctional Centres. Through a tour of awareness and development. these prisons, co-curators Janina Harding (CIAF) and Chris Stannard (Tanks Arts Centre) were able For Indigenous prisoners, making art is also a way to directly brief the artists and invite them to to reclaim and reconnect to culture and country. create new works on materials supplied by CIAF. Most of the works in this exhibition have been produced in art rooms, education rooms and Our intention for Freedom of Expression was cultural centres within the prisons. Artists work to broaden the pool of CIAF artists and extend together, guided and supported by each other, by the reach of audiences; but also to highlight visiting elders and by dedicated Cultural Liaison the crisis that results from a disproportionate Officers. rate of imprisonment of Far North Queensland Indigenous people; to reach out to artists behind This exhibition hopes to captivate the viewer, bars and place the issue front of mind to the transcending them to place where they will wider population. By connecting with men on accept prison art, as art in the purest sense, the inside, CIAF and Tanks can play a role in with artistic merit, creative expression and assisting them to develop their artistic practice, significance. Present in all of the eighty or so and encourage career paths and economic arts works, is a proud identity and a belonging opportunities when released. While none of to country. Freedom of Expression seeks to the artworks produced for this exhibition can change the lens of the viewer and the artist, by be sold, we can have their work appraised by presenting an exhibition that re-defines prison the public and professionally valued as a way art, where inmates are seen as artists in their of encouraging these artists to continue their own right. practice during their sentence and after their release. Janina Harding, Artistic Director CIAF Chris Stannard, Curator Tanks Arts Centre

OPPOSITE: Heathcote, Southern Queensland Correctional Centre, 2O16

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Situated on the waterfront at the Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal, The Chill Room is a multi-purpose CIAF FASHION PERFORMANCE venue to cater for an ever expanding CIAF program. Blak Release, a selection of films by and The old and the new come together in this fashion performance curated by Grace Lillian Lee and about the arts and cultures of Queensland’s First People, featuring archival films, screen art and choreographed by Fiona Wirrer-George. documentaries. At CIAF Conversations hear directly from artists as they talk about their art, the process and their life. Jana Jaral is a display of movement and textiles in a visual feast that celebrates Australian Indigenous culture and encourages collaboration. Artists, designers, textile and clothing makers, FREE EVENT and models come together in a unique combination of dance and fashion. This expressive performance reminds us that humans are mere spirits coming and going, springing FRIDAY 15 JULY 11am - 12pm CIAF Artistic Director, from the source of life that feeds our mind, bodies and souls. Jana Jaral takes inspiration from that 9.3Oam - 1O.3Oam CIAF CONVERSATIONS Janina Harding in natural force, and calls upon those watching to respect and care for the land and waters that nurture humanity. Taba Naba exhibition conversation with Mavis at Oceanographic Ngallametta CIAF is a platform encouraging growth and new outcomes and Jana Jaral acts as a catalyst for Museum of Monaco innovative ways of sharing in the realm of fashion, offering strong messages of pride, preservation Moderated by Murrumu 12pm - 3pm BLAK RELEASE (CIAF and respect. Walubara. Artists film program) Purchase your tickets at www.ciaf.localtickets.com.au include Sid Bruce Shortjoe, Dr Ken Thaiday, Debra Performance 1 & 2 Murray and Brian SUNDAY 17 JULY 6pm - 7:3Opm & 8:3Opm - 1Opm Robinson. 12pm - 3pm BLAK RELEASE (CIAF 1pm - 2pm BLAK RELEASE (CIAF film program) film program)

2pm - 5pm Tribal Ecologist Network BLAK RELEASE FILMS Forum (All Welcome) New Art Studio (Mornington Island)

SATURDAY 16 JULY Dances At Aurukun 1962

1Oam - 11am CIAF CONVERSATIONS The Crocodile Sorcerer (Pormpuraaw) Jana Janal CIAF The Islanders Fashion Performance. Moderated by Murrumu Refuge (Screen art by Christian Thompson, Walubara. Curator, courtesy of Michael Reid) designer and artist Grace Lillian Lee with Pormpurraaw Ghost Nets (Pormpuraaw) choreographer Fiona Wirrer-George. The Native Problem in Queensland

Photo: Lovegreen Photography

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Shopping Showgrounds Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns & KickArts 11 1 Lockhart River Arts Michael Reid 39 Arone Meeks Canopy Art Centre 12 2 Erub Arts TBC 4O Bynoe Art Centre 13 3 Hopevale Arts & Cultural Martin Browne 41 Bynoe Art Centre Contemporary 42 Wei’Num Arts Cairns Central Shopping Centre Centre 4 Wik and Kugu Arts & Crafts 14 Umbrella Studio 43 Lockhart River Arts CAIRNS CRUISE LINER TERMINAL 5 Wei’Num Arts Contemporary Arts 45 MIART - Mornington Island 6 MIArt- Mornington Island 15 Canopy Art Centre 46 MIART - Mornington Island 7 Girringun Aboriginal Art 16 UMI Arts 47 Yalanji Arts - Art Centre, Mossman Gorge Centre 17 Independent Artists 48 Yalanji Arts - Art Centre, Mossman Gorge 8 P ormpuraaw Arts & Cultural 18 Teho Ropeyarn 49 Munganbana Reef & Rainforest Art Centre INC 19 Arone Meeks 5O CIAF Info / Merchandise

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Opposite: Sally Murray, Bagu, 2O16, non-traditional materials; Ninney Murray, Bagu, 2O16, non-traditional materials; Charlotte Beeron, Bagu, 2O16, non-traditional materials

AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER INDIGENOUS ART FAIR 73 BIA supports • 14 Indigenous Art Centres in Far North Queensland and Torres Strait • Indigenous Art Centre Alliance helping keep culture strong • Cairns Indigenous Art Fair • Laura Dance Festival, Cape York The Queensland Government is a proud supporter of Indigenous • Zenadth Cultural Festival, Torres Strait artistic and cultural expression through our $12.6 million Backing • Indigenous Regional Arts Development Fund (IRADF) Indigenous Arts (BIA) Initiative • Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts, Brisbane • Indigenous arts project funding • Professional development and capacity building

Look us up at www.arts.qld.gov.au/backing-indigenous-arts Erub Arts artists (L-R): Nancy Naawi, Alma Sailor, Florence Gutchen, Ethel Charlie, Emma Gela, Lavinia Ketchell, Ellarose Savage, Racy Oui-Pitt, Nancy Kiwat and Sarah-Dawn Gela with ghost net artworks created for the Taba Naba — Australia, Oceania, Arts of the Sea People exhibition at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco in 2016. Photo Lynnette Griffiths, courtesy Erub Arts (Darnley Island Arts Centre). Erub Arts is one of the 14 Indigenous Art Centres supported by Backing Indigenous Arts.

The Australian Government supports the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair and 16 Indigenous-owned art centres in Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands.

The Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program— building a professional, viable and ethical Indigenous visual arts industry.

Image: Collaborative ghost net shark from Erub Arts off to Taba Naba Oceanographic www.arts.gov.au Museum of Monaco. Photographer: Lynnette Griffiths©  @artsculturegov

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A visual feast of colour and excitement soared through the skies as we had the pleasure of flying CIAF, performers, artists and precious artwork. Clocking up thousands of kilometres of travel distance, Skytrans provided flights from communities across Cape York and Torres Strait into Cairns to shine a spotlight on emerging and established visual artists. Skytrans is proud to be back for its fifth year as a CIAF Major Sponsor responsible for air flights and cargo.

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This project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland through Backing Indigenous Arts, a Queensland Government program that aims to build a stronger, more sustainable and ethical Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts industry in the State.

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(Above) Artwork from Wei’Num Arts centre – CIAF 2014. Photo courtesy CIAF photographer Kerry Trapnell. (Inset) Johnathan Thurston, Co-owner of Skytrans

A visual feast of colour and excitement soared through the skies as we had the pleasure of flying CIAF Performers, Artists and their precious artwork. Clocking up thousands of kilmometres of travel distance, Skytrans provided flights from five communities into Cairns to shine a spotlight on emerging and established visual artists. MAJOR PARTNERS Skytrans is proud to be back for its fourth year as a Major Sponsor responsible for air flights and cargo.

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