Ingkerrenh/Antey (Stories) is Shirley Dawson's second solo exhibition with Umbrella, and her first working primarily in ceramics. The artist's recent work has been with slip-cast vessels and hand-built ceramics. This exhibition explores stories of bush plants (as medicine and food), and animals including enarpa (echidna). 

Exhibitions launch
6pm Friday 26 July 2024. 
Full details here. 

Shirley Dawson is from the Eastern Aranda people of Huckitta, Northern Territory. She has been making art and exhibiting since the 1980s, and is now based on Kalkadoon Country / Mt Isa. Shirley’s artistic interest commenced in 1973 during primary school with sketching and then acrylic painting on canvas. She expanded her practice, incorporating her artworks onto ceramic pieces and using bush plants to dye material before applying her artwork designs onto women's clothing. Shirley completed a course on all aspects of airbrushing in 1985 through the Flying Arts School. She started a small arts and ceramic business in 1988 with a loan through the Aboriginal Development Commission. After this, she gained a certificate qualification in teaching in ceramics. Shirley won a number of prizes for her paintings and ceramic pieces at the Mt Isa Annual Art show during the 1980's & 1990's. Shirley exhibited with Umbrella at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair over several years, and her first solo exhibition, The Long Walk, was exhibited at Umbrella in 2021.