This art piece was created to represent our wooden coolamon’s which are unique tools for Aboriginal people. It is a multi-purpose dish which can be used to carry bush tucker and babies. So I created one out of raffia.
Name: Suzanne Atkinson
Language: Yorta Yorta
Biography:
Suzanne Atkinson is a proud Yorta-Yorta woman, mother and grandmother. She is an emerging artist who practices in a range of different media that includes traditional weaving, ceramics, painting, poetry and wood burning. Taking inspiration from her mother’s creative talent and her own ability to make artwork from what nature could provide, Suzanne more recently studied Visual Art in a Bachelor Degree of Contemporary Arts/Visual Arts in 2015 at Deakin University and is currently enrolled in Certificate 3, Visual Arts Centre for Koorie Education, GOTAFE, Shepparton. In 2018, Suzanne presented her first solo exhibition titled Perfectly Imperfect at Kaiela Arts Shepparton.
(Dhungala) Murray River / Dreaming Biami Sent down an old lady with a digging stick who went searching for yams, Biami waited patiently for her and after some time there was no return. So Biami Read more…
Sitting with my Uncle This painting is about me and my uncle sitting around talking and him passing down knowledge about painting and different techniques he used. This painting is important to me because my Read more…