Michael Eather (born 1963) is a contemporary Australian artist based in
Brisbane
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, who helped found the Campfire Group, a significant cross-cultural artistic collaboration between
Indigenous
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*Indigenous (ecology)
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and non-Indigenous artists.
Eather grew up and was educated in
Tasmania
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. Following his graduation from the Tasmanian School of Art,
University of Tasmania
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with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts
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Background ...
(Sculpture) in 1983, he spent time in the
Indigenous
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*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology)
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community of
Maningrida
Maningrida ( Ndjébanna: ''Manayingkarírra'', Kuninjku: ''Manawukan'') is an Aboriginal community in the heart of the Arnhem Land region of Australia's Northern Territory. Maningrida is east of Darwin, and north east of Jabiru. It is on ...
, which became the starting point for decades of inter-cultural artistic collaboration.
in 1996, he established a long-term partnership with well-known
Aboriginal artist
Kumantje Jagamara
Kumantje Jagamara (1946 – November 2020), also known as Kumantje Nelson Jagamara, Michael Minjina Nelson Tjakamarra, Michael Nelson Tjakamarra and variations (Kumantye, Jagamarra, Jakamara), was an Aboriginal Australian painter. He was one of ...
(1946–2020).
References
Further reading
*Martin-Chew, Louise. ''A guide to the form: the stingray sculptures of Michael Eather / essay.'' Heiser Gallery and M. Eather, Brisbane, 2010. (paperback)
*Michael Eather (ed.), ''Shoosh! A History of the Campfire Group'', Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2005
External links
Michael Eather: James C. Sourris AM Collection of Artist Interviews 2022-2023 State Library of Queensland
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Australian Aboriginal artists
Living people
1963 births
University of Tasmania alumni
People from Launceston, Tasmania
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