Treahna Hamm b. 1965

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Weaver),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Treahna Hamm is a possum skin cloak maker, etcher, printmaker, painter, sculptor and public artist. A visual artist since 1982, Hamm's work discusses issues of identity, assimilation and connection to land and community. She has a Masters in Visual Arts from Charles Sturt University.

Citations

  • Kleinert, Sylvia and Neale, Margo (editors) (2000), 'Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture’, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Griffin, Sasha (Dr) (1997), 'Australian Printmaking in the 1990s’, Craftsman House International.

  • Isaacs, Jennifer (1992), 'Aboriginality (1st edition)’, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, Qld.

  • Raabe, Eva (2001), 'Bridge Between Time and Worlds, Exhibition with Peter Hupfaup’, Frankfurt Museum of World Cultures.

  • Reynolds, Amanda (editor) (2004), 'Wrapped in a Possum Skin Cloak’, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • Bamford, Ann (editor) (2006), 'Viewpoints – Visual Art Case Studies’, Heinemann.

  • (2007), 'Culture Warriors’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery History Archive

    http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/upfiles/qvmag/imglib/collections/CHS89%20Launceston%20Contemporary%20Art%20Organisations.pdf

Initial data sources

  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
  • Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery History Archive.