April Atkinson is a Yorta Yorta artist who loves painting symbols and rivers as they remind her of the old camping days. Born on Wemba Wemba Country and raised on Yorta Yorta Country, April uses posca paint pens and acrylic paint and has recently been part of the Deadly Decks workshops as an artist facilitator …
Melinda Solomon is an Aboriginal woman of the Eastern Kuku Yalanji and Girramay people’s of Far North Queensland, and has recently started her art business Baljil Art based in Victoria. As a visual artist Melinda creates and paints expressing passionately through different art mediums and colours. Inspired and influenced by family stories, including her love …
Tina King was raised on the Lands of the Wadawurrung people and currently resides on the lands of the Yorta Yorta Nations. She is influenced by her father’s mobs Lands and surrounding waters on which she is now raising her own family, with her extended family, the Elders, Community, Auntys and children. Tina’s art is …
Lyn Thorpe is a proud Yorta Yorta woman. Art has always been an important aspect of her life. As a teenager Lyn loved working with textiles, designing and hand-sewing her own clothes. She has experimented with new and different techniques and styles in making art including digital media by mixing photos, paintings and craft in …
Jack Anselmi is a proud Yorta Yorta man from Mooroopna, Victoria. A regular participating artist at Kaiela Arts, Jack enjoys sharing his knowledge with others and learning new skills. He is highly regarded for his striking animal carvings, sculptures and ceramics. Jack has received various commissions including from Melbourne University and Goulburn Valley Grammar School. …
Brett Wilson, a Yorta Yorta man from Echuca, started painting around the age of 8 (self-taught). A few years down the track his passion led him to Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE, Echuca Campus where he studied Certificate I, II and III in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts. The course gave Brett the …
I am a Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta and Wemba Wemba man and multi-disciplined artist based in Shepparton, Victoria. Capturing the essence of country is everything, vividly etched in my memories as a young Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta, and Wemba Wemba man. Its intricate tapestry unfolds as the seasons dance on the precipice of change, leaving an indelible …
I was born and raised in Shepparton. I have two sisters and live with my Mum. My Dad was born and raised in Tennant Creek N.T. Mum was born in Geelong and moved to Shepparton in 1993. My Pop grew up in Echuca, Mooroopna & Swan Hill
Kaiela Arts Shepparton acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are located in Shepparton which forms part of the Yorta Yorta Nation.