Karen Canuto of the Kokolamalama/Kokojelandji tribal group of Far North Queensland was born in 1965. She works mainly in ceramics, both greenware and handbuilt but has also worked as a painter. Her work is informed by the natural environments of the rainforests and the marine life of the Great Barrier Reef. Canuto was a finalist in the Robin O’Chin awards for Arts and Crafts in 1999 and was the winner of the Indigenous Section of the 2000 Brisbane Memento Awards. Her work featured in the 2001 “Gatherings, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art From Queensland Australia” exhibition in Brisbane.
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- Writers:
- Allas, Tess
- Date written:
- 2007
- Last updated:
- 2011
