Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away by ReDot Fine Art Gallery

REDOT FINE ART GALLERY in collaboration with Erub Erwer Meta Arts presents

Our Island, Our Sea â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an ocean away A Collection of Fine Erub Erwer Meta Ghost Net Art

21 st October - 21 st November 2015

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Arriving by Light Aircraft into Darnley Island Source: © Photo Courtesy of Erub Erwer Meta Arts & Lynnette Grifﬁths

Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away

The ReDot Fine Art Gallery is extremely honoured to be hosting the ﬁrst ever international show by the community art centre known as Erub Arts, which has become famous for their production of Ghost Net sculptures and artefacts made from debris collected from the oceans around Darnley Island. Erub rises sharply from the au karem (deep sea) in the eastern Torres Strait, and their daily life is governed by the rhythms of the ocean and the seasons. As one of Australia’s most remote art centres, located in the outer eastern islands of the Torres Strait, Erub Art’s success is based on the cultural integrity and collaborative practice, which is deeply rooted in cultural traditions/stories and performance. This ongoing theme of the ocean has led to much of the art centres current work reﬂecting the fragility of life and connection to this ocean, using the derelict drifting

fishing net known as “Ghost Net” as the perfect and primary medium to tell this story and create their art. Erub Arts started making Ghost Net artworks in 2010 with an initial workshop by Sue Ryan from Ghost Net Australia and then subsequently under the artistic direction of Lynnette Griffiths it has blossomed, going on to make more ambitious large scale sculptures and installations and their success has been nothing short of meteoric. ‘Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away’, will be a collection of over 40 works, crafted by 16 artists, that will travel to Singapore for the community to educate, engage and stun their international audience. A variety of skills and techniques will be showcased via the 3D sculptural installations that are making Erub Arts one of the hottest commodities in the Australian art scene at the moment. Widely collected by institutional organisations, from the British Museum, London to the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne this is the first opportunity to see their magical weaving and stitching in an installation setting where predominately marine life will mingle and cohabit from the ceilings of the gallery and interact with the viewing public, thereby raising awareness to the plight of the fishing net debris and the effect it has on remote communities in Australia. There will also be a couple of other surprise installations to surprise the Singaporean public as well. The exhibition begins on Wednesday 21st October and runs until Saturday 21st November 2015 and will be attended by several Erub Islanders together with Lynnette Griffiths and Diann Lui the Art Centre manager, in what will be for some of the Islanders’, their first ever trip overseas. A must-see show for anyone interested in following the recent developments in Indigenous Art and an opportunity to better understand the work being done to protect our fragile eco-system and precious marine life in this amazing remote community.

Giorgio Pilla Director ReDot Fine Art Gallery Left Page: Erub Arts Team in ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. From left: Lynnette Grifﬁths, Nancy Louisa Kiwat, Lavinia Ketchell, Diann Lui, Jimmy Kenny Thaiday Source: © Photo Courtesy of ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore

Various Erub Erwer Meta Artists (COLLABORATIVE)

Warab Sau Ghost Nets & Twine over Steel Frame 300 x 490 x 490cm 15-87a-m

Racy Oui-Pitt says that we are all connected. We make songs and stories and now we make arts, but all of us are from Torres Strait, New Caledonia, Lifou, Loyalty Islands, we are all under one roof, under one tree. We are all Melanesian people living across the Pacific. Christianity separated us, but also bought us together. The coconut tree is the Kanake female symbol from which new life grows. Erub people often talk about the life force within the coconut and Racy repeats the words of an elder lady Lalte Jeanne Luecilla from Lifou, “Coconuts have been central to our life. Everything you need, you can get from a coconut... They are central to Pacific life force. The missionaries were in a way like floating coconuts, they grew and spread the fruits from the tree: a gift of the coconut”. Collaborative Installation by 13 Erub Artists: Alma Margaret Sailor, Ellarose Savage, Rachel Emma Gela, Ethel Charlie, Florence Gutchen, Jimmy Kenny Thaiday, Jimmy John Thaiday, Lavinia Ketchell, Lorenzo Ketchell, Nancy Louisa Kiwat, Nancy Naawi, Racy Oui-Pitt & Sarah Dawn Gela. For the CV of individual artists, kindly refer to the corresponding artist’s pages.

Following Left Page, Top to Bottom: Details of the coconut tree leaves; Full Installation of Warab Sau (15-87a-m) Following Right Page: Florence Gutchen holding the coconuts made out of ghost nets Source: © Photos Courtesy of Erub Erwer Meta Arts & Lynnette Grifﬁths

Detail of Warab Sau (15-87a-m)

Various Erub Erwer Meta Artists (COLLABORATIVE)

Reef Ropes Ghost Nets & Twine 300/350 x 10/15 cm 15-116a-h

These reef ropes have been created by stitching reclaimed fishing net, rope and twine. Reclaimed fishing nets (also known as ghost nets) are derelict fishing nets that drift aimlessly at sea indiscriminately fishing, killing turtles, other creatures and tangling boat propellers. Erub Arts is recycling these nets, incorporating other flotsam and making products for enjoyment and use. By purchasing this product you are helping indigenous communities who collect this net and other groups who make items to develop economic opportunities. Erub Arts hopes this product brings you great joy and helps spread the ghost net message. Collaborative Installation by 8 Erub Artists: Ellarose Savage, Florence Gutchen, Rachel Emma Gela, Nancy Louisa Kiwat, Nancy Naawi, Racy Oui-Pitt, Alma Margaret Sailor & Lavinia Ketchell. For the CV of individual artists, kindly refer to the corresponding artist’s pages. Can be sold individually or in smaller groups. Prices available on request.

Detail of Reef Ropes (15-116a-h)

Source: ÂŠ Photos Courtesy of ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore

Jimmy Kenny THAIDAY

Birth Date Language Place of Birth Skin/Clan

1987 Erub Mer Cairns Peiudu Tribe

Jimmy Kenny Thaiday was born in Cairns and grew up on Erub (Darnley Island) in the Eastern Torres Strait. His Tribal clan is Peiudu, one of four tribes on Erub. Art has always been part of his life and he has worked in printing, carving, batik, etching, ghost nets and clay; it is something he enjoys doing and expressing himself through art. His inspiration for his artworks is from my heritage, livelihood and the environment, in which he lives. The cultural traditions that have been passed on through generations which he learned about has also had an inďŹ&#x201A;uence on his work. His family has always encouraged his art practice, boosting his conďŹ dence and motivation to keep developing his ideas and techniques.

Collections Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Canberra, ACT, Australia. National Museum of Australia (NMA), Canberra, ACT, Australia. Parliament House Collection, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Awards 2015 Best 3D Work - 8th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. Highly Commended - 8th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia.

2014 Selected - Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin, NT, Australia. Selected - Shepparton Indigenous Ceramic Art Award (ICAA), Shepparton, VIC, Australia. Best Traditional Artefact - 7th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2013 Best ICTV Station ID Award - 15th National Remote Indigenous Media Festival, Ntaria (Hermannsburg) Community, NT, Australia. Highly Commended, Media - Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin, NT, Australia. 2008 Highly Commended - 1st Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Keriba Gedera Mer – Our Island Stories - Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Salon des Refusés, Darwin, NT, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2014 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Saltwater Country - Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. 2013 Paper: Work on and of - Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Our Stories from Our Place - Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia. 6th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. Sea Journeys - New Caledonia, return voyage - KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Kinship - Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Renegades: Outside Art - KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2012 Sea Journeys - Our Home Our People - Langford 120, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Float - Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

2011 Island Echoes: Annual Community Exhibition - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia. 2011 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands - Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia. 4th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 30 Under 30 - Mossenson Galleries, Perth, WA & Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 2010 Gem Actopuar Exhibition - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2009 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Meg Agoragor Ailan Pos and Prints - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2008 Banggu Minjaany Art Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2007 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. 2005 Erub Buai Giz Ira Atami Lu Akar Ge (Darnley people making things together) Wau Gallery, Erub Erwer Meta.

Selected Group Commissions 2013 Ghost Net Sculpture - Dauma & Garom, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2011 Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands - Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Illum, Ghost Nets sculpture - Arts Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. 2010 Market Place Ailan Pos - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia. 2009 Meg Agoragor Ailan Pos and Prints - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia.

Various Erub Erwer Meta Artists (COLLABORATIVE)

Saam Karem Ghost Nets & Twine over Ste Steel Frame 91 x 120 x 217cm 15-111a-b

SGD7,500 (excng GT)

This Beizam (Shark) is called Saam Karem, named after a Waer way at the back of Erub. In Torres Strait custom the Beizam is a symbolic creature as it is totemic to our cultural and traditional beliefs. belie In our dances we mimic the movements of the Beizam and create songs and dance based on this animal. Creating this artwork in ghost net sends the message of awareness about the abandoned ďŹ shing nets which is destroying the marine environment and most of its inhabitants. Sea debris is a global environmental issue, we create these creatures out of the materials that are effecting and killing them. Around the Australian coast sharks are perceived as dangerous predators but the marine debris that man is creating is equally lethal. Collaborative Installation by Jimmy Kenny Thaiday & Lorenzo Ketchell. For the CV of Lorenzo Ketchell, kindly refer to the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corresponding page.

Detail of Saam Karem (15-111a-b)

Source: ÂŠ Photos Courtesy of ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore

Ethel CHARLIE

Birth Date Language Place of Birth Skin/Clan

Nov 1959 Sign Language Papua New Guinea Marawadai Tribe

Ethel Charlie’s family background is from Papua New Guinea. She has a total of 12 members in her family. As she is unable to hear or speak, she likes to do things visually and learn by watching others. Ethel’s interest in art ﬁrst began as a child. She enjoys making art because it keeps her mind occupied. She joined the art centre to learn new things and to be with others who are making things.

Awards 2015 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. 2014 Pieces of Eight Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Martin Browne Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

enjoyment and use. By purchasing this product you are helping indigenous communities who collect this net and other groups who make items to develop economic opportunities. Erub Arts hopes this product brings you great joy and helps spread the ghost net message.

Ethel CHARLIE

Charlie Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 26 x 115cm 15-110

Ethel CHARLIE

Reeflections Ghost Nets & Twine 61 x 19 x 19cm 15-114

This lampshade has been created by stitching reclaimed fishing net, rope and twine. Reclaimed fishing nets (also known as ghost nets) are derelict fishing nets that drift aimlessly at sea indiscriminately fishing, killing turtles, other creatures and tangling boat propellers. Erub Arts is recycling these nets, incorporating other flotsam and making products for enjoyment and use. By purchasing this product you are helping indigenous communities who collect this net and other groups who make items to develop economic opportunities. Erub Arts hopes this product brings you great joy and helps spread the ghost net message.

Rachel Emma GELA

Birth Date Language Place of Birth Skin/Clan

Dec 1954 Erub Mer Thursday Island Saisarem Tribe

When Rachel was younger, she had family commitments which meant that she was always working in the home. Now she is able to gather with women of my age group and share stories, experiences and they can learn and share together. Having a job at the art centre is exciting for Rachel. She enjoys learning weaving, charcoal drawing and printing on fabric. Rachel believes her strength lies in pattern making.

Collections Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia. National Museum of Australia (NMA), Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Awards 2015 8th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2013 Commended, 6th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2012 Best Craft Award, 5th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia.

2014 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Saltwater Country - Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. 2013 Sea Journeys - New Caledonia, return voyage - KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Kinship - Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA), Cairns, QLD, Australia. GhostNets: Caring for Country - Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Sculpture Inside - Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, WA, Australia. 2012 Sea Journeys - Our Home Our People - Langford 120, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. The Long Tide - Artisan Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Float - Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. 2011 Island Echoes: Annual Community Exhibition - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands - Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia. 4th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. Floating Land Festival - GhostNets Australia & Cooroy Butter Factory, Cooroy, QLD, Australia. 2010 3rd Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. Gem Actopuar Exhibition - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia.

Selected Group Commissions 2013 Dauma & Garom, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2011 Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands - Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia. University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia. 2010 Market Place Ailan Pos - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia.

Rachel Emma GELA

Proxie Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 53 x 102cm 15-100

Rachel Emma GELA

Pompy Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 62 x 98cm 15-101

Rachel Emma GELA

Erar Ghost Nets & Twine 37cm 14-67

This fish has been created by stitching reclaimed fishing net, rope and twine. Reclaimed fishing nets (also known as ghost nets) are derelict fishing nets that drift aimlessly at sea indiscriminately fishing, killing turtles, other creatures and tangling boat propellers. Erub Arts is recycling these nets, incorporating other flotsam and making products for enjoyment and use. By purchasing this product you are helping indigenous communities who collect this net and other groups who make items to develop economic opportunities. Erub Arts hopes this product brings you great joy and helps spread the ghost net message.

Rachel Emma GELA

Parrot Fish Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 35 x 19 x 54cm 14-78

This fish has been created by stitching reclaimed fishing net, rope and twine. Reclaimed fishing nets (also known as ghost nets) are derelict fishing nets that drift aimlessly at sea indiscriminately fishing, killing turtles, other creatures and tangling boat propellers. Erub Arts is recycling these nets, inc orporating other flotsam and making products for enjoyment and use. By purchasing this product you are helping indigenous communities who collect this net and other groups who make items to develop economic opportunities. Erub Arts hopes this product brings you great joy and helps spread the ghost net message.

Sarah Dawn GELA

Birth Date Language Place of Birth Skin/Clan

1977 Erub Mer / Torres Strait Creole Thursday Island Peiudu Tribe

In 2011, Sarah Dawn started helping her mother with stitching ghost net bags and developed a liking for working with ghost net. Before that she concentrated on traditional palm frond weaving. She enjoys working on things that you would use every day and on larger projects. Being creative gives her the opportunity to express herself, her culture and the environment that she lives in.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Our Island, Our Sea â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. 8th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia.

Sarah Dawn GELA

Charles Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 57 x 87cm 15-103

Florence GUTCHEN

Birth Date Language Place of Birth Skin/Clan

July 1961 Kulka Gau-Ya Thursday Island Samu Clan, Poruma

Florence was born on Thursday Island and grew up on the beautiful island of Poruma (Coconut Island) in the central Torres Strait, where her family originates from. She has six sisters and three brothers. Florence was engaged in 1984 and moved to Erub in 1986 where she got married in 1987. She has five children, three boys and two girls. When she was young, her favourite hobbies were crochet, bead making and sewing. Weaving was a family activity conducted mainly for celebration using coconut palm fronds. Everyone wove such things as laulaus (woven plates for food) and decorations such as fish, grasshoppers and flowers. Ever since she joined Erub Erwer Meta Arts, she learnt other art skills such as drawing, screen printing, lino printing, etching and ceramics. Her weaving now incorporates ghost nets and in 2012, her handmade ghost net woven figurative sculpture was exhibited in Musée du Montparnasse, Paris in a show called Le Point de Papunya. Florence is an aspiring artist who enjoys her artworks and looks forward to learning more new things and sharing with others in the future.

Collections Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia. National Museum of Australia (NMA), Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Awards 2013 Best Work on Paper - 6th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2008 Selected artwork photographed for reproduction on FaCSIA poster.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin, NT, Australia. 8th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. Sorority - Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2014 Pieces of Eight Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Martin Browne Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Solid! Queensland Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture - Cairns Regional Gallery & Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. 7th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. Saltwater Country - Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. 2013 For Love of Country - Art Saving Sea Life - Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Paper: Work on and of - Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Sea Journeys - New Caledonia, return voyage - KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Kinship - Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Renegades: Outside Art - KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia. GhostNets: Caring for Country - Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Le temps des Sirenes - 3rd Biennale Internationale des Femmes en Art Contemporain, Larmour-Plage, France. 2012 Le Point de Papunya - Musée du Montparnasse, Paris, France. Collaborative Ghostnets The Long Tide - Artisan Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Float - Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Ghost Nets: Creative Collaborations - Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Sea Journeys - Our Home Our People - Langford 120, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 2011 ‘Island Echoes: Annual Community Exhibition’ - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands - Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

2011 Floating Land Festival - GhostNets Australia & Cooroy Butter Factory, Cooroy, QLD, Australia. 2010 Gem Actopuar Exhibition - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. 3rd Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. Booker Lowe Gallery, Houston, Texas, United States of America. 2009 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Meg Agoragor Ailan Pos and Prints - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2nd Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2008 1st Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia.

Selected Group Commissions 2013 Ghost Net Sculpture - Dauma & Garom, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2011 Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands - Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Arts Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia. 2010 Market Place Ailan Pos - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia. 2009 Meg Agoragor Ailan Pos and Prints - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2008 Paint and Ceramic Tile Mural - Community Store Front. 2007 Ceramic Tile Mural, Art Built-In-Project - Darnley Island Primary Health Centre, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia

Florence GUTCHEN

Gole Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 32 x 109cm 15-125

Florence GUTCHEN

Pothi the Flowery Cod Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 44 x 116cm 15-108

Florence GUTCHEN

Tee the Queen Fish Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 37 x 85cm 15-109

Kathleen KETCHELL

Birth Date Language Place of Birth Skin/Clan

1993 Erub Mer / Torres Strait Creole Cairns Meuram Tribe

Being a Torres Strait Islander, Kathleen is grateful for the land and sea around her. It provides food for her and her family and she does what she can to protect it. She enjoys being outside on the reef mostly. One of the good things about working in the art centre is our local rangers take ghost nets from our reefs and they use it to create beautiful pieces. That way, she know their reef is safe. What she tries to express in her artwork is what is important to her. She likes to be creative in her spare time.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2010 Our Island, Our Sea â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. 2014 Pieces of Eight Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Martin Browne Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Kathleen KETCHELL

Angel Fish Ghost Nets & Twine 42cm 14-63

Lavinia KETCHELL

Birth Date Language Place of Birth Skin/Clan

1993 Erub Mer/ Torres Strait Creole Cairns Meuram Tribe

Lavinia was born in Cairns and grew up on Erub (Darnley Island) in the Torres Strait. She is one of six children and has an identical twin. All of her siblings were good at art in school. Lavinia first joined Erub Arts as a Support Media officer and soon joined the artists. She mainly works with Ghost Nets and enjoys making fish and jewellery. She likes the bright colours of the nets and the many different things you can do with it once you unravel it.

Collections National Museum of Australia (NMA), Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Awards 2015 Best Craft Work - 8th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia.

Lavinia KETCHELL

Kaths Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 30 x 95cm 15-88

Lavinia KETCHELL

Lucy Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 17 x 123cm 15-102

Lorenzo KETCHELL

Birth Date Language Place of Birth Skin/Clan

1989 Erub Mer / Torres Strait Creole Thursday Island Meuram Tribe

Lorenzo’s passion for art started when he was just 9 years old. His design to celebrate the community’s granting of native title was printed on t-shirts. He grew up to love sketching and followed art ever since. Throughout his high school years, I have assisted and co-ordinated art projects and have been awarded for my art accomplishments. He has also gone onto successfully completing Certiﬁcate 3 in both visual arts and micro business operations at TAFE Queensland.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. 8th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia.

Lorenzo KETCHELL

Flash Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 29 x 59cm 15-104

Nancy Louisa KIWAT

Birth Date Language Place of Birth Skin/Clan

October 1971 Erub Mer / Torres Strait Creole Thursday Island Saisarem Tribe

Nancy Kiwat was born on Thursday Island and grew up on Erub (Darnley Island). Her tribal clan is Saisarem, one of the four tribes on Erub. At school, art was one of her favourite subjects. She has tried screen-printing at home, making t-shirts for local games on Erub. Nancy also enjoys jewellery making. Now working at Erub Arts, it is a constant learning process and she is able to gain new skills and techniques. As an aspiring artist, Nancy looks forward to broaden her understanding of art.

Awards 2015 Overall Winner - 8th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Our Island, Our Sea â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. 2014 Pieces of Eight Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Martin Browne Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Saltwater Country - Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

Nancy Louisa KIWAT

Samu Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 39 x 110cm 15-90

communities who collect this net and other groups who make items to develop economic opportunities. Erub Arts hopes this product brings you great joy and helps spread the ghost net message.

Nancy Louisa KIWAT

Tawie Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 22 x 104cm 15-96

Nancy Louisa KIWAT

Jago Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 42 x 82cm 15-92

Nancy Louisa KIWAT

Geigy Ghost Nets & Twine 88cm 14-65

Nancy Louisa KIWAT

Buni Buni Ghost Nets & Twine 45cm 14-64

Nancy Louisa KIWAT

Newup Ghost Nets & Twine 38cm 14-77

Nancy Louisa KIWAT

Tats Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 14 x 38cm 15-105

Nancy Louisa KIWAT

Reeflections Ghost Nets & Twine 18 x 18 x 52cm 15-113

Nancy NAAWI

Birth Date Language Place of Birth Skin/Clan

February 1958 Erub Mer Thursday Island Peiudu Tribe

Even before joining Erub Erwer Meta Arts, Nancy Naawi has always been interested in handicraft. She has always crocheted and enjoys sewing and handcrafts. Since joining the art centre, Nancy has gained conďŹ dence in herself as an artist and aspire to make art that represents herself, her family and surroundings from before time to these modern times that we live in. Presently, Nancy enjoys weaving and making bags and three-dimensional forms with ghost nets.

Collections Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia. National Museum of Australia (NMA), Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Awards 2012 Runner Up - 7th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia

Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Our Island, Our Sea â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. 8th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2014 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Solid! Queensland Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture - Cairns Regional Gallery & Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

2014 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Saltwater Country - Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. 2013 For Love of Country - Art Saving Sea Life - Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Kinship - Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA), Cairns, QLD, Australia. 6th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2012 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. The Long Tide - Artisan Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Float - Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. 2011 Island Echoes: Annual Community Exhibition - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands - Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia. 4th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. Floating Land Festival - GhostNets Australia & Cooroy Butter Factory, Cooroy, QLD, Australia. 2010 Gem Actopuar Exhibition - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia.

Selected Group Commissions 2015 Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2011 Arts Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Nancy NAAWI

Sokoin Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 33 x 100cm 15-107

Nancy NAAWI

Elaine Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 40 x 83cm 15-89

Nancy NAAWI

T-Hart Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 36 x 85cm 15-94

Racy OUI-PITT

Birth Date Language Place of Birth Skin/Clan

December 1953 Erub Mer Thursday Island Meuram Tribe

Born in 1953, Racy Oui-Pitt grew up on Darnley Island. Her mother is from Darnley Island of Pacific Island and Torres Strait heritage and her father is from Badu Island of Torres Strait and Malaysian heritage. Racy started making art in 2002 when she enrolled in a screen-printing course. When the CDEP (Community Development Employment Programme) Art Gang formed, she re-joined the Erub Erwer Meta Arts in 2005, doing lino-printing, screen-printing, pottery and jewellery with Lynnette Griffiths. Racy states that her art is about her culture and her mixed heritage from both Torres Strait and the Pacific Islands, and aspires to continue learning and create art.

Collections Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia. National Museum of Australia (NMA), Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Awards 2013 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin, NT, Australia. 2011 Commended, Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2007 Selected (Group Entry, July 1 Series of Prints) - Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin, NT, Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. Salon des Refusés, Darwin, NT, Australia. 8th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. Sorority - Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Thirteen - Langford 120, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 2014 Pieces of Eight Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Martin Browne Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Saltwater Country - Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. 7th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2013 For Love of Country - Art Saving Sea Life - Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Paper: Work on and of - Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Our Stories from Our Place - Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia. 6th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. Sculpture Inside - Sculpture by the Sea, Perth, WA, Australia. 2012 Sea Journeys - Our Home Our People - Langford 120, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. The Long Tide - Artisan Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Float - Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. 2011 Island Echoes: Annual Community Exhibition - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands - Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia. 2010 Gem Actopuar Exhibition - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. 3rd Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. Booker Lowe Gallery, Houston, Texas, United States of America. 2009 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia.

2009 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Meg Agoragor Ailan Pos and Prints - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2nd Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2008 1st Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2007 Gab Titui Cultural Centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Third Birthday Exhibition - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2006 Green Turtle Dreaming Project - Community Arts Network/Community Cultural Development, Adelaide, SA, Australia (Green Turtle Dreaming toured Indonesia and Australia). 2005 Erub Buai Giz Ira Atami Lu Akar Ge (Darnley people making things together) Wau Gallery, Erub Erwer Meta.

Selected Group Commissions 2013 Ghost Net Sculpture - Dauma & Garom, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2011 Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands - Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia. 2010 Market Place Ailan Pos - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia. 2009 Meg Agoragor Ailan Pos and Prints - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2008 Paint and Ceramic Tile Mural - Community Store Front 2007 Ceramic Tile Mural, Art Built-In-Project - Darnley Island Primary Health Centre, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia

Racy OUI-PITT

Alim Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 40 x 82cm 15-98

Racy OUI-PITT

Ollie Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 30 x 67cm 15-93

Racy OUI-PITT

Molly Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 42 x 67cm 15-95

Alma Margaret SAILOR

Birth Date Language Place of Birth Skin/Clan

December 1956 Creole Thursday Island Peiudu Tribe

Alma Sailor was born in 1967. Her mother was born in Palm Island and her father was born in Darnley Island, and they both have Paciﬁc Island and Torres Strait heritage. Alma ﬁrst starting creating art with the craft group on Darnley Island known as Ekkilau. After her husband’s passing in 2011, Alma decided to commit into art again and in early 2013, she joined the present group of artists of Erub Erwer Meta. Presently she is experimenting with screen-printing, pottery, jewellery and ghost net bags.

Awards 2014 Highly Commended - Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2014 Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. 8th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2014 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Saltwater Country - Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. 2013 Sea Journeys - New Caledonia, return voyage - KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Selected Group Commissions 2013 Dauma & Garom, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

enjoyment and use. By purchasing this product you are helping indigenous communities who collect this net and other groups who make items to develop economic opportunities. Erub Arts hope this product brings you great joy and helps spread the ghost net message.

Alma Margaret SAILOR

Pepe Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 36 x 90cm 15-106

Alma Margaret SAILOR

Racy Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 24 x 77cm 15-99

This fish has been created by stitching reclaimed fishing net, rope and twine. Reclaimed fishing nets (also known as ghost nets) are derelict fishing nets that drift aimlessly at sea indiscriminately fishing, killing turtles, other creatures and tangling boat propellers. Erub Arts is recycling these nets, incorporating other flotsam and making products for enjoyment and use. By purchasing this product you are helping indigenous communities who collect this net and other groups who make items to develop economic opportunities. Erub Arts hope this product brings you great joy and helps spread the ghost net message.

Ellarose SAVAGE

Birth Date Language Place of Birth Skin/Clan

July 1969 Erub Mer Darnley Island (Erub) Meuram Tribe

Born in 1969, Ellarose Savage is currently working as a member of Erub Erwer Meta based in Darnley Island. She began her artistic journey in 2003 when she had the opportunity to work with the ‘Green Turtle Dreaming’ project. Ellarose is keen in expressing her relationship with the sea and presently exploring the links between people’s surroundings, objects and their culture. Sea creatures have always been part of her heritage. She appreciates their graceful beauty and the environment from which they come.

Collections Ofﬁce of the Governor Queensland, Brisband, QLD, Australia. National Museum of Australia (NMA), Canberra, ACT, Australia. National Gallery Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. National Museum of Australia (NMA), Canberra, ACT, Australia. Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Awards 2015 Collections Australia Stamp Design - Australia Post, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 2014 Selected - Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin, NT, Australia. Selected - Shepparton Indigenous Ceramic Art Award (ICAA), Shepparton, VIC, Australia. 2013 Highly Commended - 6th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia.

2012 Commended, 5th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2011 Selected, Shepparton Indigenous Ceramic Art Award (ICAA), Shepparton, VIC, Australia. Runner Up, 4th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2010 Highly Commended, Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin, NT, Australia. Photo of ‘Monkey and Turtle’ ceramic work featured TSRA Annual Report. 2008 Commended, 1st Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2007 Selected (Group Entry, July 1 Series of Prints) - Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin, NT, Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. Keriba Gedera Mer – Our Island Stories - Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Sorority - Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2014 Pieces of Eight Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Martin Browne Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia. ‘Saltwater Country’ - Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. 7th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2013 Paper: Work on and of - Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Our Stories from Our Place - Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia. 6th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. Sea Journeys - New Caledonia, return voyage - KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Kinship - Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Renegades: Outside Art - KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia. GhostNets: Caring for Country - Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

2012 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. The Long Tide - Artisan Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Float - Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Sea Journeys - Our Home Our People - Langford 120, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Collaborative Ghostnets 2011 Island Echoes: Annual Community Exhibition - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands - Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Floating Land Festival - GhostNets Australia & Cooroy Butter Factory, Cooroy, QLD, Australia. 2010 Gem Actopuar Exhibition - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia. Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. 3rd Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. Booker Lowe Gallery, Houston, Texas, United States of America. 2009 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Meg Agoragor Ailan Pos and Prints - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2nd Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2008 1st Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2007 Gab Titui Cultural Centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Third Birthday Exhibition - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2006 Green Turtle Dreaming Project - Community Arts Network/Community Cultural Development, Adelaide, SA, Australia (Green Turtle Dreaming toured Indonesia and Australia).

Selected Group Commissions 2015 Ghost Net Sculpture - Dauma & Garom, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2011 Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands - Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

2011 Arts Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia. 2010 Market Place Ailan Pos - Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia. 2009 Meg Agoragor Ailan Pos and Prints - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia. 2008 Paint and Ceramic Tile Mural - Community Store Front. 2007 Ceramic Tile Mural, Art Built-In-Project - Darnley Island Primary Health Centre, Darnley Island, QLD, Australia.

Ellarose SAVAGE

Ged Norr (Home Reef) Ghost Nets 300 x 110cm 15-18

â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a child, my father treated me more like a son than a daughter, teaching me in the ways of hunting and ďŹ shing, we would swim together over Ged Norr (home reef), diving for trochus and other things. The reef was like my garden or playground. I remember the colours of the different kinds of coral as I put my head under the water creating small ripples and pools. The beauty of the reef encourages me to make things that represent it, hence I want to share its beauty and my childhood memories with others. I enjoy working with ghost nets creating something as beautiful as the reef, out of the harmful waste net that threatens the fragile reef, destroying and killing animals that we depend on as food. Ghost nets are abundant in our waters as it drifts for miles to end up on our shores. I want to spread the message that the reef is for everyone to enjoy and use, for me it is our life source, this problem of the net belongs to all people.â&#x20AC;?

Details of Ged Norr (Home Reef) (15-18)

Source: ÂŠ Photos Courtesy of ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore

Ellarose SAVAGE

Jack the Barracuda Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 52 x 105cm 15-91

communities who collect this net and other groups who make items to develop economic opportunities. Erub Arts hopes this product brings you great joy and helps spread the ghost net message.

Ellarose SAVAGE

Henry Ghost Nets & Twine over Mesh Frame 62 x 120cm 15-97

Jimmy John THAIDAY

Birth Date Language Place of Birth Skin/Clan

1978 Erub Mer/ Torres Strait Creole Yam Island Kuz & Peiudu Tribe

Jimmy John Thaiday grew up on Yam Island and moved to Darnley Island (Erub). His partner is from Erub and he has family there as well. Jimmy has always loved to draw, it’s something that comes naturally to him. Jimmy also enjoys ﬁshing and walking on the reef. His artworks give him the opportunity to express the things that are important to him - his identity and culture. Currently Jimmy is working with ghost nets and creating three dimensional works.

Collections National Museum of Australia (NMA), Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. Keriba Gedera Mer – Our Island Stories - Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, QLD, Australia. 8th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards - Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD, Australia.

Jimmy John THAIDAY

Waumer (Frigate Birds) - Pirates of the Air Ghost Nets & Twine over Steel Frame 30 Ghost Net Birds of Various Sizes 15-112

“When I watch the waumers, I can tell what the weather is going to do. When they fly high in the sky you know the weather is fine - they fly in spirals with their wings stretched out riding the thermals, hardly flapping at all. When they come over land at coconut tree height you know there is strong wind coming. I like to watch them as they glide through the air. I call them pirates of the air because they are quite lazy often stealing fish from other birds. There are three different types of frigate birds all of them fly near our island. I have tried to capture them in flight as I see them flying overhead. The frigate bird with the red under its neck is my totem.” – Jimmy John Thaiday Individual Dimension Large Birds: 85 x 47cm Small Birds: 56 x 44cm Can be sold individually or in smaller groups. Prices available on request.

Detail of Waumer (Frigate Birds) - Pirates of the Air (15-112) Source: © Photo Courtesy of Erub Erwer Meta Arts & Lynnette Grifﬁths

Details of Waumer (Frigate Birds) - Pirates of the Air (15-112)

Source: ÂŠ Photos Courtesy of ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore

Marion GAEMERS

Marion Gaemers considers herself a basket maker, continuing the traditions of women using traditional techniques and plant fibre to create her work. She mainly uses plant fibres collected from Townsville gardens but she has been influenced by our contemporary life style introduce manufactured waste materials (beach and urban flotsam) into her work. Also her baskets are not traditional shapes but are more sculptural forms. In her work, she is interested in the relationships of humans and other animals with their environment and often her baskets are modelled on things she sees in nature. As Marion mainly uses plant material, she enjoys the fact that the works will not last forever and will eventually deteriorate and be returned to the garden. Marion has been active within the art world since 1988 being involved in exhibiting her work in local and national exhibitions as well as conducting workshops for various organisations. Teaching others these traditions and working collaboratively with others is an important part of her art making. As part of Flying Arts (1996 and 2003), she has been to regional Queensland conducting workshops including, Thursday Island, Darnley Island and Papua New Guinea. She also was employed by the Broken Hill Art Gallery (2000) for workshops in regional NSW for a week and visited various communities there. As part of Ghostnets Australia (2010 - 2014), she has been conducting workshops at Moa Island, Mornington Island, Darnley Island, Bamaga and Cairns.

Selected Solo Exhibitions 2012 2010 2007 2005

Growth - Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia. Tree Threads - Cooroy Butter Factory, Cooroy, QLD, Australia. Outside Inside II - Cell Art Space, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Outside Inside: Tropical Living - Sugarama Gallery, Mourilyan, QLD, Australia. Trapped in red white and blue - Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD, Australia. 2004 Trapped in the Safe - Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

2004 Trapped on the Wall - Mackay Art Space, Mackay, QLD, Australia. Bats and Colonies - Mackay Festival, Artspace Mackay, Mackay, QLD, Australia. 2000 A window into a woven world – interactive children’s exhibition - Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD, Australia. 1996 Nature/Nurture (Installation) - Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD,Australia. 1994 Baskets and Beyond - North Queensland Potters Gallery, Townsville, QLD, Australia. 1992 No Vacancy Project (Installation) - Townsville, QLD, Australia. 1991 Enclosures - Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. Strand Ephemera (Collaborative Installation with Lynnette Grifﬁths ‘Catch’) Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD, Australia. 2014 Tree - Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, QLD, Australia. A twist in time - Tablelands Regional Gallery, Atherton, QLD, Australia. 2013 ReTURN - Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD, Australia. Strand Ephemera - Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD, Australia (The Strand outdoor sculpture exhibition). Mesh - Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD, Australia. Rhyme and Reason - Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT, Australia. 2012 The Long Tide – Artisan Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. 2011 Floating Land Festival - GhostNets Australia & Cooroy Butter Factory, Cooroy, QLD, Australia. Alba leucos - Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD, Australia 2009 Now and Then: 150 years of art making in north Queensland - Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD, Australia. Crossings - Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, QLD, Australia. Tradition and beyond - Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. 2008 Habitus-Habitat - Queensland Regional Galleries, Queensland, Australia (Touring Exhibition from 2008 till 2010). Remantled - Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD, Australia. 2007 Situational Vitrines - Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2006 Percival Vestments - Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

Marion GAEMERS

Life-sized Costume Ghost Nets over Wrapped Chicken Wire, Rope & Twine 150cm MG_2015_04

Marion GAEMERS

Life-sized Costume Ghost Nets over Wrapped Chicken Wire, Rope & Twine 150cm MG_2015_06

Marion GAEMERS

Life-sized Costume Ghost Nets over Wrapped Chicken Wire, Rope & Twine 150cm MG_2015_07

Details of Life-sized Costumes (MG_2015_04, MG_2015_06, MG_2015_07)

Source: ÂŠ Photos Courtesy of ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore

Marion GAEMERS

Squid Ghost Nets over Wrapped Chicken Wire, Rope & Twine 140cm MG_2015_03

Marion GAEMERS

Ray Ghost Nets Fire Frame & Rope 120cm MG_2015_05

Marion GAEMERS

Blue Fish Ghost Nets over Wrapped Chicken Wire, Rope & Twine 32 x 18 x 60 cm MG_2015_01

Marion GAEMERS

Brown Fish Ghost Nets over Wrapped Chicken Wire, Rope & Twine 27 x 12 x 65 cm MG_2015_02

Lynnette GRIFFITHS

Lynnette Grifﬁths holds qualiﬁcations in graphic design, ceramics and education from the Queensland College of Art, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Monash University. She has lived in indigenous communities for more than 20 years as a TAFE teacher, arts worker and is currently managing artistic development on Darnley Island (Erub). Lynnette plans programmes and conducts workshops with artists to develop their arts practice through research and material innovation. She has spoken extensively at national and international education and art conferences on practical and creative ways to build literacy through the arts and has co-developed a framework and pedagogy catering to indigenous learning styles. She is currently interested in methods and practices to diversify art production and engage young people within current art centre models. Lynnette strives to facilitate creative connections and learning which steps outside formal educational systems. Lynnette’s artistic practice has developed from graphic image-making, towards manipulation of materials, construction and installation. Her present work uses imagery from the marine environment as metaphor for human exploitation and environmental degradation.

Selected Awards 2015 Winner, Waste Rediscovered - Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2009 Major Award, Melting Pot – Cairns National Ceramics Exhibition, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Selected Solo Exhibitions 1999 Red Hot & Chilly - Mapleton & Strait Images, Noosa, QLD, Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. Strand Ephemera (Collaborative Installation with Marion Gaemers ‘Catch’) - Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD, Australia. Sorority - Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Super Size Bling - KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2014 Esplanart (Installation ‘Fish Monger’), Cairns, QLD, Australia. Ghost Net Fish - Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Compact Prints - Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD, Australia. Memories – Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD, Australia. 2013 Mesh - Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD, Australia. Collaborative Exhibition with Marion Gaemers and Sue Ryan Strand Ephemera - Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD, Australia. Natura, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD, Australia. 2012 Creative Collaborations, Ghost Nets - Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Esplanart (Installation ‘Salt Water Immigrants’), Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2011 Post Card show - Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Aquarium as Still Life - Cell Art Space, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Circa 1907 - Celebrate Floating Land Festival - GhostNets Australia & Cooroy Butter Factory, Cooroy, QLD, Australia. 2010 Esplanart (Installation ‘Flights of Fish’) - Cairns, QLD, Australia. Post Card Show - Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2009 Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2008 Earth Links - Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 1998 Sculpture by the Sea, Noosa, QLD, Australia. (As part of the 1998 Olympic Arts Festival)

Lynnette GRIFFITHS

Mackeral Ghost Nets, Rope, Crab Pots, Floats, Twine & Thongs 320cm LG_2015_03

Details of Mackeral (LG_2015_03)

Source: ÂŠ Photos Courtesy of ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore

Lynnette GRIFFITHS

Sardines (Detail) Ghost Nets & Rope 170 x 245cm LG_2015_02

Details of Various Sardines (LG_2015_02)

Source: ÂŠ Photos Courtesy of ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore

Lynnette GRIFFITHS

Diamond Scale Mullet Ghost Nets, Rope & Twine over Mesh Frame 110cm LG_2015_01

Lynnette GRIFFITHS

Diamond Scale Mullet Ghost Nets, Rope & Twine over Mesh Frame 110cm LG_2015_04

Sue RYAN

Sue Ryan was born in Cairns and as a small child, she loved making art. She now lives with her partner Greg and their dog Ralph on a property near Tumoulin on the Atherton Tablelands. Sueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interest in recording dimensions of psyche and life in general have led her to record eccentric, sometimes haunting or metaphysical, aspects of life in the deep north. Humour features extensively in her art, vacillating from dark to whimsical, within a wide range of metaphoric social and personal observations. Her love of animals and the natural world is evident in her work. Employing a wide range of mediums she delights in experimenting with new materials. A graduate of Queensland College of Art where she majored in printmaking, Sue has worked as both artist and arts worker. From 2001 to 2007 she was art centre manager in the indigenous community of Lockhart River where she worked with the artists developing their skills and promoting their artwork both nationally and internationally. In 2008, Sue was appointed to do a scoping study for Arts Queensland and the Carpentaria Ghost Net Programme (later re-branded GhostNets Australia) on the prospects of ghost nets being used as the basis for art and craft in the indigenous communities where it was being collected. Her scoping study report was a blueprint for the development of what was to become ghost net art and after handing in her report Sue was invited to take on the position of Director of the Ghost Net Art Project for GhostNets Australia. She continues to work with indigenous and non-indigenous artists to facilitate environmental community arts projects, exhibitions, workshops and cross collaboration projects.

Collections Janet Holmes Ă Court Collection, Perth, WA, Australia. Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Private Collections in Australia and Overseas

Selected Solo Exhibitions 2014 2013 2011 1995 1992

Sue Ryan: Camp Dogs - Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Mongrel - Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Tip Dog Diaries - KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Mythos - Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. The Carnival - Hilton Hotel, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore. Spring Group Exhibition - Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Sydney Contemporary Art Fair - Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, NSW, Australia. The Dog Show - Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Celebrating 20 years: Works from the Permanent Collection - Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2014 Gyre: The Plastic Ocean - Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska; David J. Sencer CDC Museum, Atlanta, Georgia; University of Southern California Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, United State of America. Spring Collectors Exhibition - Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (with Martin Browne Contemporary). Coast - Janet Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia. 2013 Summer Exhibition - Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, NSW, Australia. MBC at Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Mesh - Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD, Australia. 2012 Ghostnet Collaborations - Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2011 Floating Land Festival - GhostNets Australia & Cooroy Butter Factory, Cooroy, QLD, Australia. 2010 Momentum - KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2009 Line - KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia. 2005 Dugongs of Hinchinbrook - KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia 2000 Unchartered – The River - Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD; Mildura Regional Gallery, Mildura, VIC, Australia. 1995 Locate Yourself - KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD, Australia

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Made in Eden (Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Show) - Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia The Fish John West Regrets - Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Wheel (Recycled Exhibition) - Crackerbox Palace, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Appropriately After - Arch Lane Public Art, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Notuvida Jungle - That Contemporary Art Space, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

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Mudskipper Ghost Nets & Mono-ďŹ lament over Wire Frame 20 x 27 x 54cm SR_2015_01

Final Installation – Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away

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Final Installation – Our Island, Our Sea – an ocean away

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Coconut Installation at Medigee. From left: Florence Gutchen, Nancy Louisa Kiwat, Rachel Emma Gela, Sarah Dawn Gela, Racy Oui-Pitt, Alma Margaret Sailor, Ethel Charlie, Ellarose Savage, Nancy Naawi Source: © Photo Courtesy of Erub Erwer Meta Arts & Lynnette Grifﬁths

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