KWATYE
16 April 2021 - 23 May 2021
KWATYE
Martina Ah Sam
Martina Ah Sam, Rock Springs (detail), 2021. Acrylic on canvas, 40.6 x 50.8cm.
This exhibition presents new paintings by artist Martina Ah Sam. The artist is from Eastern Arrente and Kalkadoon Country but is now based in Townsville. The exhibition title ‘Kwatye’ (pronounced ‘quarchar’) refers to water in the artist’s Arrunta language.
Martina Ah Sam is a First Nations artist now based in Townsville. Born in 1982, her father is a Kalkadoon man from the Cloncurry / Mount Isa region of north-west Queensland. Her mother is an Arrernte woman from the Eastern Arrernte tribe, from the Eastern Macdonald Ranges of the Northern Territory. Ah Sam has drawn inspiration from her artist mother Shirley Dawson, and has painted from a young age. She is passionate about passing on important cultural knowledge from her grandmother and mother to her own children. The artist has recently worked with Umbrella as a facilitator for the Young Indigenous Printmakers program, and with other arts and cultural organisations in Townsville, including Wearable Art Creatives.
Visitors must comply with Umbrella’s COVID19 Safety Plan and directives.
Gallery open: Tues-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 9am-1pm, and closed on Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks. Follow our social media for updates.
Visitors must comply with Umbrella’s COVID-19 Safety Plan and directives.
Gallery open: Tues-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 9am-1pm, and closed on Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks. Follow our social media for updates.
Exhibition Opening: Friday 16 April 2021, 6:00pm
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Acknowledgement of Country
Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region; Bindal, Gugu Badhan, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.
Acknowlegements
Umbrella is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments.
