JOEL SAM | 'Dhoeybaw (yam leaves)' | Etching / Chine colle"My Grandfathers totem Dhoeybaw Clan" Joel Sam Joel Sams family lives in Bamaga, Cape York, and originates from Saibai Island in the Torres Strait. Born on Thursday Island, he currently lives in Cairns, having finished his art studies in 2005 with a Diploma of Art from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Visual Arts Course at the Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE. Since then he has been developing an art practice and technical skills in the

"The men folk paint up their body before they dance in a corroboree

developing a theory that links ornamentation

Curtis Taylor

JANE DENNIS | 'WooHoo' | Gift card | Hand-coloured linocut

35 pp plus covers

He was also part of a delegation to Cambridge University and is believed to be part of the first people from the Torres Strait to examine the Haddon Collection of Torre Strait artefacts

Brett also works extensively as an independent art curator

Language: Girramay/JIrrbal

Over fifty works

her paintings appear in several exhibitions and galleries

Edition of 15

Locally in Cairns