Drawing Life Workshop with Emma-Lee Maher | Represent (Part 2)
Event description
Emma-Lee Maher is an emerging First Nations artist, specialising in works on paper, prints, and crafts. Emma-Lee’s art serves as a vessel for her personal memories and the narratives that have shaped her identity. With a keen eye for storytelling, she weaves traditional motifs with contemporary expressions, inviting viewers into her world of introspection and connection. In 2023, Emma-Lee was recognised with the Kalgoorlie Boulder First Nations Art Award, marking a significant milestone in her burgeoning career.
This workshop is for those aged 14 years and older.
REPRESENT - Aboriginal Figurative Practice in Western Australia (Part 2)
FORM Building a State of Creativity presents REPRESENT - Aboriginal Figurative Practice in Western Australia (Part 2), the follow-up show in an exciting two-part exhibition series shown at FORM Gallery.
Co-developed with respected Whadjuk Noongar artist and elder Sharyn Egan, the REPRESENT series provides a survey of figurative practice by Western Australian Aboriginal artists. Part 1 celebrated the senior artists and landmark movements within Western Australian Aboriginal representational art-making, and included works by iconic senior artists from the past four decades. This second iteration of the project highlights the contemporary generation of emerging art stars interpreting figurative practice today.
ARTISTS
Rodney Adams (Yinjaa-Barni Art) | Sophia Alone (Spinifex Hill Studio) | Owen John Biljabu (Martumili Artists) | Yanyangkari Roma Butler (Tjanpi Desert Weavers) | Doreen Chapman (Spinifex Hill Studio) | Tanya Charles (Martumili Artists) | Layne Dhu-Dickie (Spinifex Hill Studio) | Arthur Eades (Bunbury Regional Art Gallery Noongar Arts Program) | Sharyn Egan | Wendy Hubert (Juluwarlu Art Group) | Brett Nannup | Nyangulya Katie Nalgood (Spinifex Hill Studio) | Jean Norman (Juluwarlu Art Group) | Rocky Porter (Warakurna Arts) | Ross Potter | Allery Sandy (Yinjaa-Barni Art) | John Prince Siddon (Mangkaja Arts) | Tyrown Waigana | Wendy Warrie (Cheeditha Art Group) | Mandy White | Cyril Whyoulter (Martumili Artists) | Carol Williams (Martumili Artists)
REPRESENT continues until 4 May 2024.
Image: Emma-Lee Maher, Sweating, shaking on Dingo Rock (detail), 2023. Pen on archival paper.