Tali Gallery is delighted to present a collection of stunning photographs by the exceptional Indigenous photographer, Wayne Quilliam – til late June.
This exhibition features three themes as a collection – Lowanna,The Land and Community.
Each is distinctively different yet linked as Lowanna shows the human form merged into country, there is the Land in itself and then
Wayne Quilliam Lowanna
the people who are so very connected to country in ceremony and place.
Adjunct Professor Wayne Quilliam is one of Australia’s most respected Indigenous photographers/artist/curators/videographers and cultural advisers working at a local, national and international level. His award winning career includes the coveted National NAIDOC Indigenous Artist of the Year, nominated as a Master of Photography by National Geographic, winner of Business of the Year for the Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council and finalist in numerous photographic and art awards. Wayne won the 2008 Human Rights Media Award for his work on the Apology and the prestigious Walkley Award for his social documentary on the Redfern Riots.
He has created and curated over 130 exhibitions throughout the world and been published in more than 1000 magazines, books and newspapers. Wayne is currently a National Ambassador for the Year of Literacy, Ambassador for the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence and Ambassador for Reconciliation Australia. When not at home with his wife and daughter he is generally found in communities throughout the country sharing his knowledge and teaching youth the expression of culture through the lens. He is writing three children’s books, producing a coffee table book and working with Magabala the Aboriginal publishing company on a new series of publications. He will visit Japan, USA and China this year with his work and lecturer series and has developed a new production that brings Indigenous food, art and music to a new level.
His work includes documenting significant Indigenous events over the past 15 years including the Apology, 1967 Referendum anniversary, Garma, Laura, Burunga, Dreaming and Yeperenye festivals and thousands of community events throughout the country. Wayne works with Indigenous groups in Cuba, Mexico, Bolivia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia and Guam developing intercultural art and cultural exchanges with the vision of creating global exhibitions.
Wayne’s practical working knowledge of Indigenous issues throughout the country is highly valued and sought after by International corporations including Federal, State and Local government. He runs photographic workshops in remote, rural and urban communities and lectures at Universities, Secondary and Primary educational facilities in Australia and overseas. In harmony with his photojournalistic work he is recognised as one of the country’s top artists for his diverse art practices including the ‘Lowanna’ series that infuses textures of earth onto the human form, ‘Towindri’ landscape art and ‘Smoke’ exhibition exploring the cultural significance of smoking ceremonies. It is estimated his photographic exhibition of the ‘Apology’, ‘Sorry more than a Word’ that opened at Parliament House in Canberra has been experienced by more than a quarter of a million people and continues to attract large audiences as it travels the world.
In 2012 he has had several solo exhibitions in Cuba, Japan, Mexico, Venezula, USA, Italy, Germany and featured at the United Nations, New York. These shows continue his international success’s from the Museum of Young Art, Vienna, several galleries in Berlin/Cologne/Dusseldorf/Hamburg as well as Tokyo, Moscow, Mexico, Guam, Indonesia and numerous galleries in Australia. His ‘Towindri’ exhibition in Cairo attracted critical acclaim will tour Riyadh and Beirut later this year. Wayne’s currently has two ‘Lowanna’ series touring, one currently in Germany the second in Australia. This exhibition was exhibited in Perth in 2012 prior to crossing over communities and country to the Eastern Seaboard.
Tali Gallery in Head On 2013