Vicki Couzens b. 1960

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Kirrae Wurrong/Gunditjmara artist based in Warrnambool in western Victoria whose work encompasses painting, installation, mixed media, sculpture, printmaking and public art. Couzens is most well known for her involvement in the revival of the possum skin cloak making tradition in Victoria.
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creator of
Birrarung Wilam
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Melbourne City Council public art commission, produced in collaboration with Treanha Hamm and Lee Darroch, in Melbourne’s Yarra River Precinct.

 
creator of
Reproduction of a possum skin cloak collected in 1872 from Lake Condah
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Produced in collaboration with Debra Couzens.

 

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References [<ExternalResource: Reynolds, Amanda, in collaboration with Couzens, Debra; Couzens, Vicki; Darroch, Lee; Hamm, Treahna (2005), 'Wrapped in a Possum Skin Cloak', National Museum of Australia Press.>, <ExternalResource: Jacqui Geia (ed) (2001), '? Lost & Found Exhibition Catalogue, p. 11', City of Melbourne, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: (2008), 'Ng woka, woka nganin: I am the land & the land is me:', Museum Victoria webpage.>, <ExternalResource: (2007), 'This Week's Feature - Mission Voices and Local Story: Local Voices', Arts Bulletin 237.>, <ExternalResource: (2006), 'Artist Unearths Ancestry', ArtLook, Arts Victoria, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: (2008), 'Artistic family leads NAIDOC Week celebrations at Bunjilaka - Media Release', Museum Victoria.>]