The commissioned portrait depicts his father gazing out of the drawing, directly at the viewer. His multi-faceted practice includes works that range from large-scale drawings of his ancestors to hard-hitting text-based works and installations. Vernon Ah Kee, self-portrait (possesses some of the attributes of an artist), 2007, charcoal and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 240.1 x 179.3.National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian … Grandfather Gaze, 2006 Grandfather Gaze, rendered in charcoal, is one in a series of portraits by Vernon Ah Kee of his family members.
Ah Kee submitted his 2006 series of large charcoal portraits of male relatives for inclusion. Vernon Ah Kee is a portraitist, graphic and video artist. Vernon Ah Kee Portrait of my father 2 December – 18 February '18 Vernon Ah Kee is a nationally and internationally renowned artist who was born in Innisfail, south of Cairns, in 1967. This year he returned to Cairns to complete a commissioned portrait for the Gallery’s … Buy a domain today.Vernon Ah Kee, not an animal or a plant, 2006"Anthony Jia" in 2005 by Vernon Ah Kee. In 2009 Ah kee will become one of a select group of Australians whose work will be displayed on the most important visual arts stage in the world, the … Vernon Ah Kee, I see deadly people, Lex Wotton, 2012 acryclic on canvas, 180 x 240 cm. I love his “What is an Aborigine?” series - large scale pencil drawings of portraits his Aboriginal family...Hallmarks of the Hungry. Vernon Ah Kee, Panel 15 from the 'If I was White series', 2002An overview of Indigenous Australian artist Reko Rennie's (with Frank Buffalo Hyde) exhibition and artist residency at the Kluge-Ruhe Collection in Charlottesville, Virginia.Artist: Vernon Ah Kee Born 1967, Innisfail, QLD Australia.
Lives and works in Brisbane. Vernon Ah Kee | Milani GalleryBuy a domain and see how a premium domain can be the best investment. In 2004 Ah Kee became a founding member of proppaNOW, a collective of Aboriginal artists in Brisbane to give urban-based Aboriginal artists a voice.The commissioned work is now on display for the first time, together with two portraits of the artist’s son. Vernon Ah Kee | Australian | Aboriginal | Contemporary artist Vernon Ah Kee (born 1967) is an Australian award-winning artist, political activist and … Working from photographs of his father,While in Cairns, Ah Kee worked from a studio space provided by the TAFE Queensland North and gave a free public talk about his work in August that was recorded by James Cook University and is now available on the Gallery’s web site.Vernon Ah Kee is a nationally and internationally renowned artist who was born in Innisfail, south of Cairns, in 1967. Vernon Ah Kee is a member of the Kuku Yalandji, Waanji, Yidinji and Gugu Yimithirr peoples.
His father Merv, who tragically died in a car accident in 2014, and his mother Margaret, were both passionate advocates for Indigenous rights and education. The inspiration for this series came when Ah Kee accessed the resources of the South Australian Museum to view the Tindale Collection which included photographs of his family members, taken in 1938. Your business starts here. Charcoal on paper.Vernon Ah Kee - Australian Contempory Indigenous Aboriginal artistArtist Vernon Ah Kee; a contemporary master.Vernon Ah Kee Work at the 2008 Sydney Biennale This year he returned to Cairns to complete a commissioned portrait for the Gallery’s Permanent Collection, Merv Ah Kee (my father).Ah Kee is a member of the Kuku Yalandji, Waanji, Yidinji and Gugu Yimithirr peoples and is a passionate advocate for First Nations’ peoples and issues relating to race, colour and politics.Ah Kee spent his childhood in Innisfail and teenage years in Cairns, before moving to Brisbane to complete his Bachelor of Visual Arts and then Doctorate in Visual Arts at the Queensland College of Art. Private Collection, Brighton, Victoria.Photo: Peter Morgan.