500/30 by Michelle Gissara

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ARTIST NOTES: This artwork represents the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. I made this artwork by painting a black acrylic background and then using chalk to outline the shapes before painting over them with coloured acrylic paints. My intention is to raise awareness about Aboriginal deaths in custody and have part of the proceeds of the sale of this artwork donated to the Dhadjowa Foundation and the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service. The story behind the painting is derived from the colours of the Aboriginal flag in that the background represents Aboriginality, red represents connection to Country, and yellow represents life. The white dots represent Indigenous lives taken in custody by white people. This year marks the 30-year anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and still our mob is dying. This creation is based on a design I had burned into a possum skin hand drum at my women’s group in Hastings. This half-circle style is one that my mob uses in the Northern Territory, which I find mind-blowing as I created this design before discovering this and I have never been on my home Country.

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Artist: Michelle Gissara

ARTIST BIO KNEIPP Michelle Born 1988, Adelaide, Australia. CONTACT + 0424692038 + myshell.urshell@gmail.com EDUCATION Grenadi School of Design Advanced Diploma of Advertising and Graphic Design, 2013 Adelaide College of the Arts Certificate IV in Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft, 2011 EXHIBITIONS CCP Salon 2015 Friday 27 November—Saturday 19 December 2015 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy  Click 2015 4th - 17th September 2015 Brunswick St Art Gallery Perceptions 2013 Graduate Exhibition Grenadi School of Design Best Artwork Ever 2011 Graduate Exhibition Adelaide College of the Arts ART FIELDS + Painting + Photography + Illustration + Mixed Media + Visual Art + Contemporary Craft WEBSITES + michellekneipp.prosite.com + michellekneipp.wordpress.com + Facebook.com/MichelleKneippPhotography View works by Michelle Gissara in Hastings Art Show