JOEL SAM | 'Karrmui' | Linocut PrintJoel Sams family lives in Bamaga, Cape York, and originates from Saibai Island in the Torres Strait. Born on Thursday Island, he currently lives in Cairns, having finished his art studies in 2005 with a Diploma of Art from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Visual Arts Course at the Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE. Since then he has been developing an art practice and technical skills in the media of linocut, sculpture and etching. Joels

this book includes practices that span from Jakarta to Brisbane

while the disease is long in remission

Country: Djabuganydji

European and Torres Strait Islander heritage

and that if you ask for what you need

a coil basket made with a split lawyer cane

" - John Murray

The dancer connects the helmet to my father’s story

2010 61 x 91cm

edition of 20

a dramatic shift in personal circumstances propelled the artist towards a new style of working

Sik yawoeyka mura thonarnu