Tania Major Artist Talk

Name: Tania Major Artist Talk
Start: 2025-09-20T04:30:00+10:00
End: 2025-09-20T05:15:00+10:00
Location: Cnr Abbott & Shields St, Cairns, QLD, Australia, Queensland 4870

Schedule

Sat Sep 20 2025 at 04:30 am to 05:15 am

UTC+10:00

Location

Cnr Abbott & Shields St, Cairns, QLD, Australia, Queensland 4870 | Cairns, QL

Exhibiting artist Tania Major will present a floor talk in her solo exhibition Kowanyama – When Rain Falls, When Earth Sleeps, her first solo exhibition at Cairns Art Gallery.
Tania is a Kokoberra woman from Kowanyama, Cape York. She is an artist, activist and former Young Australian of the Year and was the youngest person elected to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) in 2004.
Join the artist and learn more about her artistic practice and how her cultural heritage and connection to Country informs the themes of her work.
Free event. RSVP essential.
IMAGE: Tania MAJOR
Kokoberra
b. 1981, Cairns, Queensland
Swallowed by the Rainbow
acrylic and spray paint on canvas
Courtesy of the artist and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne