Name: Rowena Morgan
Language: Gooniyandi, Kija
Community: Halls Creek
Biography:
Rowena was born in Wyndham and grew up on Kija country in Halls Creek. She remembers spending time as a child sitting down in the dirt painting with her Grandmother, who taught her about important Kija knowledge and the stories she should paint. Rowena began learning printmaking at Nagula Jarndu in 2014, transferring her painting skills into block and screen-printed designs. Her artwork draws on aspects of her custodial country; the Lansdowne Ranges region of the East Kimberley; dry desert country, rocky riverbeds, spinifex grasslands and winding hillscapes and waterholes (full and drying up) and the creatures that inhabit these places. Rowena’s textiles are highly sought after and her choice of ochre and muted tones connects audiences further to her country and the specific colours it evokes. She is also a part-time artworker at Nagula Jarndu, facilitating artist studio support and skills development.
Rowena was the winner of the National Indigenous Fashion Award for Textile Design in 2023 and released her first Fashion collection in 2024.
Status: Stock My Grandfather’s Country ‘This print tells the story of my Grandfather’s Gooniyandi Country where I grew up going fishing and camping out with my family at Eagle Hawk Gorge on the Merry River. Read more…
Status: Stock Noongar Boodjar (Noongar Country) Dena was born on Balladong and Wadjuk Country and grew up on Wilman Country in Narrogin where she spent time learning from her elders and visually recording this knowledge Read more…
Status: Stock Mangalagun (Crab Creek) ‘This design shows Mangalagun – Crab Creek Country where our family used to take us to when we were small. It is everyone’s favourite fishing spot. People gather there and Read more…