I hold close the words of Big Bill Neidjie, the last speaker of the now-extinct Gaagudju language and a respected elder of Kakadu, Northern Territory. In his book Kakadu Man, he shares:

(1983) “Our story is the land ... it is written in those sacred places. My children will look after those places, that's the law. Dreaming place ... you can't change it, no matter who you are. No matter you rich man. No matter you King. You can't change it.”

Still deeply relevant today, these words ground my work. A powerful reminder that our connection to Country, to story, and to Dreaming continues on. It cannot be broken.

PRINTS

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MATARIKI (2025)

MARTU (2022)

KUATHUAT (2022)

AYATPIA (2022)

TOTEM (2022)

YURTUYURTU (2022)

EXHIBITIONS

2026 — Recipient of Watch This Space Creative Program: Exhibitions for Umaaka Project (Mparntwe/Alice Springs)
2025 — Watch This Space TAIR Residency October to November for development of Umaaka Project
2025 — TAiR October-November 2025: WAARI (Words, Residency) READ HERE.
2024 — Original print artwork exhibited at the 11th Koorie Art Show (Naarm)
2024 — Look ere! Exhibition at Black Spark (Naarm)
2024 — Original artwork exhibited at Northsite Contemporary Arts, as part of ‘WAARI presents MUKI’
2023 — Original print artwork exhibited at Mossman Picture Framing & Gallery (Kuku Yalanji)

AWARDS
2024 — Recipient of the Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award

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