Clive “Bidja” Atkinson is a Yorta Yorta man who works in the field of graphic design. He has worked in advertising for more than 40 years in Australia, England and Canada, where he studied for a diploma in Advertising and Marketing. He also has a Diploma in Illustration, Graphic Design and Fine Art from RMIT University, Melbourne. He is the Director of Clive Atkinson Partnership P/L.
Some of his design commissions include corporate images for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Aboriginal Tourism Australia, 1993 World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education, National Museum of Australia, Department of Aboriginal Affairs Victoria.
His design studio was also commissioned to produce a series of postage stamps including the 1993 Dreaming series, World Heritage series, World Indigenous Peoples series, the 1996 World Heritage series, and the 2002 Bush Tucker series.
In 1996 Atkinson was a finalist in the Heritage Art Awards with his painting, Yorta Yorta Dreaming (1993).
Atkinson was the consultant and co-designer of Bunjilaka at the Museum of Victoria.
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- Writers:
- Allas, Tess
- Date written:
- 2008
- Last updated:
- 2011
