Daniel Geia b. 1973

  • Artist (Printmaker)
Printmaker. His linocuts of Aboriginal station life incorporate a symbolic light element which represent his Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal heritage.
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printmaker, identifies with the Bwgcolman group, Palm Island, and has family links with Moa Island and with the Kalkadoon people of western Queensland. He grew up on Palm Island, a former reserve that is home to many Aboriginal and Islander people removed from their traditional lands. His linocuts of Aboriginal station life incorporate a symbolic form of light: “The sun gives light during the day and the moon gives light at night. If anyone sees that light symbol they know I did it. The figures represent me. I am a Torres Strait Islander and Aborigine. I want to show that.”

Geia has exhibited in Brisbane and Cairns as well as in Shadows in the dust , a national travelling exhibition that included his linocuts, Rodeo , Working Together , Holding the Key [double figure with explanation], Walk Out [re b/w conflict], One Man [re unity] and Shake the Trees [with story], all 1995.

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Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

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