HEATHER KOOWOOTHA

The Bush people’s walking path ways of Country site’s and story places

Heather Koowootha is a visual storyteller who documents and shares cultural knowledge learnt through her family and kin from a young age. In her work, she represents cultural practices, seasonal cycles and interconnected relationships to Country. The Bush people’s walking path ways of Country site’s and story places shares traditional ecological knowledges of plants. Koowootha traces Ancestral pathways across Country, mapping cultural exchange, histories and practices connected to plants and places. Collectively, this series represents an interrelated web linking people and Country across time.

This work was developed with the support of Ashleigh Campbell, Artistic Director and CEO, Hamish Sawyer, Acting Director, and the wider team at NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Cairns.

This work was commissioned by Carriageworks for The National 4: New Australian Art Now (2023) and supported by NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Cairns.

Images: Heather Koowootha, The Bush people’s walking path ways of Country site’s and story places, 2023. Watercolour, pen and pencil on paper. 76 x 56 cm each. Installation view, The National 4: Australian Art Now, Carriageworks. Image courtesy and © the artist.