CHOSEN/lakapawa – to be seen

Lola Greeno is Tasmanian Aboriginal shell necklace maker/stringer and is known for her distinctly patterned often colourful and iridescent, delicate strands of shells that are collected from the coastlines of Tasmania...

Traditional shell necklace maker, weaver, story teller, healer and Elder, maikutena Vicki-Laine Green is a pakana woman from lumara–natana – the general area surrounding and including the Cape Portland area in Northern...

Verna is a Pakana/Bunurong woman and was born on Flinders Island, Tasmania in 1947. Aunty Verna has worked in Aboriginal affairs for over 40 years. Aunty Verna is an artist and uses acrylic paints, ochre, pen, a basket...

Jim Everett - puralia meenamatta was born at Flinders Island, Tasmania in 1942. He is from the clan plangermairreenner of the Ben Lomond people in Tasmania. Jim left school at 14 years to start work. His working life...

Rex was born on Flinders Island, off the northeast coast of Tasmania. He lived at Lady Barron a small township known for fishing on the south coast of Flinders Island until moving to Launceston in 1972. Rex is the son...

Dean was born at Whitemark on Flinders Island in 1967. Moving to Launceston in 1972, he continued to return to the island each year going fishing with his Father, Grandfather and extended family, gaining a clear...

Ashlee is a shell stringer from the Northwest coast of Tasmania. Ashlee has been creating shell necklaces for around eight years and learnt this treasured practice through a cultural rejuvenation project. Ashlee has...

Liz Tew is a pakana Tasmanian Aboriginal woman who currently lives in nipaluna/Hobart, the traditional country of the muwinina people. Liz’s inspiration comes from spending time on Country and she uses printmaking and...

Zaine Lowery is a proud descendant of the truwulway nation but born and bred pataway. Forty three years old and married to Heather for 21 of those years he is a proud father of 4 children, Kyra (19), Sophie (18), and...

Lillian Wheatley is a proud Trawawoolay (Tasmanian Aboriginal) salt water woman from lutruwita (Tasmania) specifically a small group of islands to the North East of Tasmania: the Furneuax Islands. Lillian is strongly...

Brendan (Buck) is a proud Aboriginal man from Cape Barren Island continuing the cultural practice of muttonbirding,  Mutton birding is a practice that has been handed down for generations. Every year, Buck gets the...

Nature provides Fiona with many resources to create and express her Aboriginality. Fiona's connection to country and sea flows through giving her inspiration to create. From gathering grasses to weave, collecting seeds...

My name is Teresa Green. I live on Flinders Island where I grew up. I was born to Cyril & Shirley Green, one of 8 siblings; however, I come from one beautiful, connected, and beautiful family, and yet, three...

Michelle Maynard is a Designer, cultural practitioner and facilitator of community connective and ceremonial based experiences. Michelle is an Indigenous woman whose families lived experience of the Cape Barren Island...

Sheldon Thomas is a Traditional Original Custodian of Tasmania. He grew up in Tasmania with a strong connection to the land, sea and spirit. Culture is a strong influence in his life he is a traditional ancient Healer,...

Annette's, friends and family call her Nettie, and for the last three years she has been learning to weave, string shells and work with kelp. Feeling very honoured to be nominated as an emerging artist in our...

Emma is a proud palawa woman with bloodlines coming from Fanny Chochrane-Smith.  Emma works within Aboriginal Health and as a mum of a blended family of 7 beautiful children. Never considering herself as an artist, she...

Jessica Fulton is a proud palawa daughter to a strong palawa mother, both born and raised in nipaluna, lutruwita. Mother of two strong palawa girls aged 14 and 10, her bloodline comes from Fanny Cochrane Smith. Jessica...

John is a proud Pakana man, born in Hobart and is the son of Leonie Dickson nephew to Aunty Verna Nichols and great Grandson of Ila ( Aunty Girlie) Purdon. John has always been interested in art and this year is his...

Luana is a proud Palawa / Wiradjuri woman living in Lutruwita with her family. A muka nawnta - Salt Water Sista her cultural connections run deep and strong. Luana's maternal great great great grandmother was Fanny...

Janice was born in 1969 nipaluna Hobart and continues to live in her homelands of lutruwita Tasmania. mina muka nawnta pakana rrala warr / A strong and proud Tasmanian Aboriginal Saltwater Sister. Janice's family,...

Takira Simon-Brown Is a Niyanta of Chief Mannalargenna of the Plangermairemener Nation (Ben Lomond) and a luna of Paredareme Country where the Moomairemenner community once resided. Her family are well recognised...

Adam Thompson is a proud pakana man from Launceston. In early 2021, Adam’s first book. Born into this (a collection of short fiction) will be published by the University of Queensland Press (UQP). Adam has written for...