Skye Crowe b. 1958

Also known as Alkira
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Carver)
Skye Crowe is a Shepparton based painter, woodburner and emu egg carver who is descended from the Parperloihener people of Tasmania. Her work is informed by her Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage.
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Name
Skye Crowe
Also known as Alkira
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist
  • Artist (Carver)
Other Occupation
  • Builders Labourer
  • Attendant Carer
Birth date
1958
Birth place
Yallourn, VIC
Active Period
  • 2005-
Residence
  • New South Wales
  • 1958 - 1964 Trafalgar, VIC
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland
  • 1964 - 2008 Shepparton, VIC
Training
  • 2006 Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE, Shepparton, VIC
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Robbins Island and Circular Head (Smithton, Stanley), TAS
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Viscopy

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Other occupations
  • Builders Labourer
  • Attendant Carer
  • Builders Labourer
  • Attendant Carer
Copyright agents
  • Viscopy
  • Viscopy
Alternative names
  • Alkira
  • Alkira
Heritage countries
  • Robbins Island and Circular Head (Smithton, Stanley), TAS
  • Robbins Island and Circular Head (Smithton, Stanley), TAS
Related works
  • My Lost Son (creator of)
  • Tortured Family Tree (creator of)
  • Destruction of My People (creator of)
  • My Lost Son (creator of)
  • Tortured Family Tree (creator of)
  • Destruction of My People (creator of)
Related collections
  • Aboriginal Community Strategic Planning and Policy Unit, Shepparton, VIC (collected in)
  • Aboriginal Community Strategic Planning and Policy Unit, Shepparton, VIC (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Victorian Indigenous Art Awards (received)
  • Victorian Indigenous Art Awards (received)
Field Changes
Birth embedded
Coverage embedded
Date
Precision 2
Indigenous notes