Wednesday Talks // Trent Jansen, Erroll Evans and Tanya Singer

Join us for a casual Wednesday Talk with Trent Jansen, Erroll Evans and Tanya Singer.

Tanya Singer (a Minyma Anangu woman) from Indulkana (SA) and Errol Evans (a Djabugay and Western Yalanji man) from far North Queensland, are highly skilled wood (punu) artists. Tanya was taught by her mother and grandmother in Indulkana, while Errol was instructed by his grandfather in Lower Kowrowa. Both are known for their skill in embodying sophisticated cultural narratives in carved forms, and continue to develop their practices, representing experiences of contemporary Aboriginality in artistic expression. Tanya and Errol work as a team in their well-equipped workshop at Railway Bore (SA). They turn their fastidious eye for detail to the carving of exquisite, large shield forms and refined vessels and weapons.

Trent Jansen is a non-Indigenous collectible furniture designer from Thirroul with 14 years’ experience collaborating with Indigenous Australian designers and championing Indigenous Australian material culture as critical embodiment of Australian identity.