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Selina Kudo

Selina Kudo is a Cairns-based emerging artist, working in installation and photography. She has previously exhibited at the Tanks Art Centre and in 2023, her first book As I Was Searching (For Another) was published by Bad News Books New Zealand.

Tahmana Misick

Date of Birth: 12/04/2004

Recent Exhibitions

  • 2023, June | NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Cairns Malu Bardthar Dapar
  • 2022, October | AGSA, Adelaide Tarnanthi 2022 Online exhibition
  • 2022, August | Darwin Convention Centre Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) 2022/li>
  • 2022, July | Cairns Convention Centre Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) Exhibition 2022/li>
  • 2021, August | DAAF 2021 ONLINE/li>

Words: Courtesy of Moa Arts

Rita Kaitap

Date of Birth: 07/09/1996

Born at Thursday Island and grew up on Badu Island with her very big family. I grew up leaning the importance of working hard to look after my family which included planning gardens, and tending and maintain the gardens, root veggies to different tropical fruits including watermelon, mangoes and coconut and tending to the shores at home with mum and older sisters as well as fetching firewood, while the brother’s sought seafood. Coming from a big family, Rita now lives with her husband and family on Kubin.


Recent Exhibitions

  • 2023, June | Northsite, Cairns Malu Bardthar Dapar

Words: Courtesy of Moa Arts

Loretta Glanville

Date of Birth: 09/01/1975
Languages: English, Kala Lagaw Ya

I grew up in the Torres Strait. I am from a cultural background where my parents taught me about the local knowledge of the land. I have leaved on Kubin, Moa Island during my childhood and I’m from a family of 10. I would like to tell a particular stories and sake a small film on my knowledge of Gelam, Seel, Yalbuz, kara my and Mirarath.


Recent Exhibitions

  • 2023, June | Northsite, Cairns Malu Bardthar Dapar
  • 2022, August | Darwin Convention Centre Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) 2022
  • 2022, July | Cairns convention Centre Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) 2022
  • 2021, August | DAAF 2021 ONLINE

Words: Courtesy of Moa Arts

Fred Joe

Date of Birth: 30/09/1967
Language/s: Kala Kawaw Ya, Kriol

I come from Koedal, Kurrzi and Dhangal totem through my parents. I live and grew up in Kubin Village on Mua island in the western cluster. My art work describes the stories told by our ancestors through their dreams, which are passed down by our fathers to father to son. This transcripts in our mind, then the stories are put into painting, printing and carving.


Recent Exhibitions

  • 2023, June | Northsite, Cairns Malu Bardthar Dapar
  • 2022, November | Collins St, Melbourne King and Wood Malleson Fundraising Exhibition
  • 2022, October | DAGSA, Adelaide Tarnanthi 2022 Online exhibition
  • 2022, October | Tarnanthi 2022 Adelaide SA
  • 2022, August | Darwin Convention Centre Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) 2022
  • 2022, July | Cairns Convention Centre Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF)
  • 2021, August | DAFF 2021 Online

Words: Courtesy of Moa Arts

Eldrina Warria

Date of Birth: 31/05/1995


Group Exhibitions

  • 2023, June | Northsite, Cairns Malu Bardthar Dapar

Words: Courtesy of Moa Arts

Danie Savage

Born: 1977
Languages: Creole, English, Kala Lagaw Ya


Group Exhibitions

  • 2023, June | Northsite, Cairns Malu Bardthar Dapar
  • 2022, October | Tarnanthi 2022 Adelaide SA
  • 2022, August | Darwin Convention Centre Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) 2022
  • 2022, July | Cairns Convention Centre Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) Exhibition 2022
  • 2021, August | DAAF 2021 ONLINE
  • 2018, October | Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Woolloongabba, QLD Malu Mabaigal – Seafaring People
  • 2018, June | KickArts Contemporary Art Gallery – Cairns City QLD Malu Maibaigal – Seafaring People

Words: Courtesy of Moa Arts

Babetha Nawia

Date of Birth: 03/01/1999
Language/s: Kala Lagaw Ya

I am the fifth child out of five, the language most used in my household is Kala Lagaw Ya and I live on Kubin Moa Island. My birthplace is Thursday Island and where I spent the first years of my kindy. My family then moved to Moa Island where I did grade 1-3 at St Paul’s Community, then years 4-7 at Kubin Village and graduated primary school. I attended boarding school at St Ursula’s Toowoomba, around year 11 I relocated to Mount Saint Bernards Herberton and graduated year 12. City life was very different from Kubin. I would get homesick all the time because I wasn’t able to do what I do on the islands, like walking on the reef fishing, swimming in the freshwater creeks or saltwater, bush bashing, making a fire in the backyard and most of all being with my family. One thing I learnt from boarding was to be independent.

After high school it was then a search to find my adulthood, what were my options and opportunities at this point. After spending 3 years in Cairns, I returned home at the age of 20. I worked at Torres Strait Regional Council for a year as an administration officer, I then worked at our primary school as a cleaner and admin. Doing two jobs at once was very eye-opening. This unlocked skills, I didn’t know I had. It was a great opportunity to thicken my resume and get more experience, but I knew it was something I didn’t want to do in the long run. A new job was opening at our local art centre – Moa Arts. I succeed as an applicant and I’ve never been happier. I’m currently working as their Sales and Marketing Assistant, more new openings to bigger and better opportunities.


Group Exhibitions

  • 2023, June | Northsite, Cairns Malu Bardthar Dapar
  • 2022, October | Tarnanthi 2022 Adelaide SA
  • 2022, August | Darwin Convention Centre Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) 2022
  • 2022, July | Cairns Convention Centre Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) Exhibition 2022

Words: Courtesy of Moa Arts

Keemon Williams

Keemon Williams (b.1999) is a queer Meanjin (Brisbane) based artist of Koa, Kuku Yalanji and Meriam Mir descent. He utilizes an array of mediums old and new to expand his relationships with location, personal histories and cultural plasticity. Through practice he forges belonging within all parts of the self.

Kim Ah Sam

Kim Ah Sam’s weaving practice embodies storytelling and knowledge-sharing and is tied to the renewal and reconnection with her Kalkadoon father’s country and culture. Kim explores weaving as a therapeutic practice towards a process of cultural healing and a way to address feelings of disconnection and reconnection with her Country.