Graham King

Braemar Gallery
Our Places - Our Faces | 8 June – 24 June 2007

Graham King, born in 1976, spent his childhood in Redfern and the inner west of Sydney. His mother is Ada King from the Ngiyampaa and Wiradjuri peoples and his father is Sid Davis from Gosford.

He has over thirty years Aboriginal dance experience and over twenty years of Aboriginal radio experience with 2RSR, 2SER in Sydney and 2XX in Canberra. He also has over twenty years of Aboriginal storytelling experience. He has studied Aboriginal languages of Australia at the Australian National University.

King was awarded the Cannes Film Award for writing Lake Mungo Lady in 1992 and recently won the COFA Professional Development Award in the 2006 Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize Exhibition. His painting technique is unique in this region using natural pigments such as ochres, tree resins, charcoals and clays.

The Marra Mob are a group of Aboriginal people from a variety of regions all living in the Blue Mountains region.

We have local Dharug and Gundungurra artists represented as well as people from Wiradjuri, Ngiyampaa, Gamillaroi, Bundjalung, Tharawal, Barkindji and Yidinji countries.

Four members of the group were selected as finalists for the 2006 Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize. In 2007, Varuna, the Writers House in Katoomba, has provided a mentor for one of our members to assist with the draft for her first book.

The artists have won awards and sold many of their artworks at local and regional exhibitions. Members include performing artists, visual artists, dancers, didgeridoo players, writers and singers, some of which have performed at state and national levels.