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Gapu Series XII – Dilly Bags

The 2025 Gapu series is the 12th workshop series in Djilpin’s long collaboration with Basil Hall Editions. Djilpin Artists worked, for the first time, with Printmaker Antonia Aitken. Collograph plates were developed by 15 artists over a week in April at Djilpin Arts Centre in Wugularr (Beswick). For Series XII, artists have depicted traditional string and dilly bags, bathi, exploring the place of these artefacts in culture, ceremony and mythology.

Evangeline Wilson’s print for Gapu XII was selected for Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award (August) with the complete Series launching at Honey Bones Galley, Melbourne (October 2025).

Name: Evangeline Wilson


Community: Wugularr (Beswick)


Biography:

Evangeline is from Ramingining and has lived in Beswick since she was four years old. She learned painting from her grandfather and bush medicine from her grandmother. Evangeline is an Artsworker and Cultural Host for Djilpin, she is a Graduate of the ANKA Artsworker Extension Program and has produced designs for print, jewellery and textiles. Evangeline's work on Djilpin's woven wire jewellery project has earned her a nomination in the 2025 National Indigenous Fashion Awards.


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