David Doyle is a Barkindji/Malyangapa artist, educator, cultural consultant, advocate and purveyor of bush foods and medicines who lives and works on Barkindji lands in Broken Hill, NSW.
His family is from the Menindee region of the Baaka, or Darling River. Following the traditions of his mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Doyle makes carved emu eggs, mussel shell jewelry, and wooden objects including bowls and sculptures. He mostly uses natural resources or found materials, traditional practice and modern technologies to make sculpture; incorporating stories, both cultural and contemporary to continue Barkindji storytelling traditions and to ensure these stories are passed onto others.
Doyle is currently an Artist in Residence with Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery and West Darling Arts (2022); will be presenting new works in the upcoming arts festival GLAMfest (2022/23); and was a finalist in the Blacktown City Art Prize (2021).
