Jimi Thaiday
Born in Cairns and grew up on Erub (Darnley Island) in the Eastern Torres Strait.
Jimi Thaiday
I was born in Cairns and grew up on Erub (Darnley Island) in the Eastern Torres Strait. My Tribe is Peiudu, one of the four tribes of Erub.
The inspiration for my art is from my indigenous heritage, livelihood and the environment in which I live and grew up.
My cultural traditions and knowledge that has been taught and passed on through generations has also influenced my
practice.
My family has always encouraged my artistic practice, giving me confidence and motivation to keep developing my ideas
and techniques.
Art has always been part of my life; it is something I enjoy doing and expressing myself through to being creative
GALLERY LINKS:
- Ocula Gallery. – Artist Jimmy Thaiday bio
- Northsite Gallery – Jimmy Thaiday ‘Alog op’
- Cairns Art Gallery – Jimmy K.Thaiday Ghost net Dari 2012
- Tali Gallery – Dari by Jimmy Thaiday
- Woolloongabba Art Gallery – Erub Arts – Yumpla ‘everybody together’ featuring Jimmy Thaiday (Exhibition catalogue PDF)
- First Nations Media Australia – Jimmy Thaiday workshop presentation
- Torres Strait artists give extinct native rodent new life while flagging first climate change loss – featuring Jimmy K Thaiday
- ARTIST CONVERSATION: JIMMY K THAIDAY AND LYNNETTE GRIFFITHS – Queensland Art Gallery/ Gallery of Modern Art
- Head Sox – Coral Reef Jimmy Thaiday