Date of Birth: 1982
Language: Kala Lagaw Ya

My name is Paula Savage, I’m from Kubin Community Moa Island in the near western cluster of islands in the Torres Strait. I was born here on Moa Island and am a resident in the community.

I come from the Serganilgal clan group from the village of Dabu on Moa Island, and the Kaurareg Nation of Muralag and Kiriri.

Art was my interest from such a young age and during high school I studied visual arts and commercial arts.

After leaving school I pursued other job careers, in early 2017 I became a member of Ngalmun Lagau Minaral Art Centre (Moa Arts) in Kubin Community to take up my passion for visual arts again.

A lot of my interest in art is in weaving, lino printing, tie-dying, fabric printing, drawing, carving, and jewellery making.

My artworks are based on my cultural heritage, stories in traditional knowledge, techniques and styles and also, I like to express my art based on our everyday lifestyle which we still today practice, our cultural laws and customs.

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
• 2022, June | Onespace, Brisbane Minaral
• 2022, May | NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Cairns WOW Cairns Womens Show
• 2021, November | CIAF21 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) Virtual Exhibtion 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

• 2020 | Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Innovation Award
• 2018 | CICA Lucilla Osborne Memorial Fellowship – Emerging Artist Award

Commissions

• 2023 | Fashion Week, National Gallery of Victoria
• 2022 | CIAF 2022 Big Sculpture
• 2022 | Cross River Rail; Albert St Train Station, Brisbane

Words: Courtesy of Moa Arts