This Painting represents how indigenous women experience challenging times. When we attempt to speak up, sometimes our voice is not heard because white tears are louder and stronger than our black hearts, which causes brown scars. When we live these confronting experiences we are often forced into the background which creates more internal scars.
Name: Tammy-Lee Atkinson
Language: Yorta Yorta
Biography:
Tammy-Lee Atkinson is a Yorta-Yorta artist. She is a proud Aboriginal woman who loves to learn and share personal and familial stories about her culture. Being able to express her own story through painting, drawing and photography, she attaches strong symbolic meaning to images that represent her traditional culture in contemporary art contexts. Tammy-Lee completed her Bachelor of Visual Arts at IKE at Deakin University in 2016 and she is currently enrolled in Certificate 3, Visual Arts, Centre for Koorie Education, GOTAFE, Shepparton. Since 2014, Tammy-Lee has worked as a tutor in Aboriginal art and culture at Kaiela Arts and has presented works in group shows in Shepparton, Melbourne and also at the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF).
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