Bindi Cole Wins Indigenous Art Award

Next Wave would like to congratulate photographer and artist Bindi Cole for winning the $25,000 Deadly Art Award, part of the 2009 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards.

A Wathaurung woman and Melbourne-based artist, Bindi who presented a significant exhibition of her work in the 2008 Next Wave Festival (titled Not Really Aboriginal), was awarded the prize for her evocative photography series, Ajay, pictured.

The Victorian Indigenous Art Awards is an annual art award program developed for Indigenous artists through Arts Victoria.

An exhibition of the finalists’ work is on now until 23 December 2009 at Boscia Galleries, Level 4, 175 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

View a selection of Bindi’s work on her Flickr site.

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IMAGE: Bindi Cole, Ajay, 2009. Winner of the 2009 Deadly Art Awards.