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Latitude
-22.1646782
Longitude
144.5844903
Start Date
1973-01-01
End Date
1973-01-01

Description

Sources

ID
tb9967

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/daniel-geia
Birth Place
Queensland
Biography
printmaker, identifies with the Bwgcolman group, Palm Island, and has family links with Moa Island and with the Kalkadoon people of western Queensland. He grew up on Palm Island, a former reserve that is home to many Aboriginal and Islander people removed from their traditional lands. His linocuts of Aboriginal station life incorporate a symbolic form of light: “The sun gives light during the day and the moon gives light at night. If anyone sees that light symbol they know I did it. The figures represent me. I am a Torres Strait Islander and Aborigine. I want to show that.” Geia has exhibited in Brisbane and Cairns as well as in Shadows in the dust , a national travelling exhibition that included his linocuts, Rodeo , Working Together , Holding the Key [double figure with explanation], Walk Out [re b/w conflict], One Man [re unity] and Shake the Trees [with story], all 1995. This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1996 Last updated: 2007
Born
b. 1973
Summary
Printmaker. His linocuts of Aboriginal station life incorporate a symbolic light element which represent his Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal heritage.
Gender
Male
Died
None listed
Age at death
None listed