Alinta Maguire

Alinta Maguire is a proud Gamilaraay artist and curator who has grown up on Dharawal Country and is currently studying at the University of Wollongong. Her practice is informed by themes of identity, historical narratives, trauma and colonisation. With a deep decolonial intent, Alinta hopes to contribute to an epistemic shift within art institutions and equally, within minds. Over the years, her use of charcoal has transitioned from hyperrealism to interventionalist tactics exploring the materiality and cultural understandings of fire. As a Curatorial Cadet at Wollongong Art Gallery, Alinta has engaged with First Nations art held in the gallery’s collection and worked with Electric Canvas in digitally animating and projecting local First Nations art onto Wollongong City’s Lighthouse.

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