Date of Birth: 1985
Language/s: Kala Kawaw Ya

My name is Fiona Mosby; I am a mid-career artist and Torres Strait Islander woman and I believe in the importance and value for me as a young woman pertains to the values, beliefs and unique identity that what we share, carry and can impact in the lives of our family, community and who we are as individuals. As an emerging artist, my speciality major is in print making: in linocut, etching, and screen-printing. I have also explored and practiced weaving techniques from a young age with my grandmother, which I retell in my art.

As well through my employment working at Moa Arts, I have learnt many other invaluable techniques and skills. As a young passionate woman, I am dedicated and committed to being a role model for the younger generations, to use what knowledge I have about culture and tradition to make an impact, to tell the story of an island woman in preserving and embracing our cultural rights. Art is my tool to visually communicate my personal values and beliefs.

Recent 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
• 2022, June | Onespace, Brisbane Minaral
• 2022, May | NorthSite, Cairns WOW Cairns Women’s Show
• 2021, December | Cross Arts Projects, Sydney Cross Arts exhibition – Global warming exhibition
• 2021, November | Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) Virtual Exhibition 2021
• 2021, October | Tarnanthi Art Fair Tarnanthi 2021
• 2021, August | DAAF 2021 ONLINE
• 2021, June | Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island 150ZK Coming of the Light
• 2021, May | War War – The Art of the Torres Strait Newcastle City Gallery

Awards

• 2018 Fremantle Award 2nd Place – Fremantle Art Centre, Western Australia
• 2018 Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award – Commended
• 2018 IACA Lucilla Osborne Memorial Fellowship – Emerging Artists Award
• 2006 Linda Buxton Memorial Award for highest achieving at Griffith/li>
• 2001 Cathrine McAuley Religious Art Prize
• 2001 Ministers Award for Excellence in Art – Brisbane

Commissions

• 2023 Townsville Hospital Multiple artworks for new ward rooms.
• 2006 Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Collaboration presenting Kese Solwata, A Kite Theatre childrens production for Out of the Box and its subsequent Torres Strait Tour.
• 2006 Queensland Museum to made Dandiri Maiwar foyer installation (collaborative work with Davina Kelly)
• 2006 State Library of Queensland collaborative mural with selected Griffith University Indigenous students

Words: Courtesy of Moa Arts