Bevan Skinner is an Indigenous artist of the Northern Rivers, NSW. His ceramics and paintings feature a dot design 'Birraals of the Wuluurr' which means 'stars of the valley' in the Gumbaygan language.
Bevan Skinner was born in Kempsey in 1970 and grew up around Grafton where he graduated with an Associate Diploma in Art from Grafton TAFE majoring in ceramics. He has both Gumbaygan and Bundjalung ancestry in his family. Bevan’s works have been exhibited at Grafton Regional Gallery; 'Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Aboriginal Exhibition and Art Award’, 2002 and in 'ConVerge: Northern Rivers Touring Ceramics Exhibition’, 2006-2008, which travelled to thirteen regional galleries across Australia. His paintings and ceramics are held in the Grafton Regional Gallery collection and in private collections throughout Australia.
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