Gail Mabo, within ‘Eastern Threads’ exhibition, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville. Photo: ArtsHub.
Within the past few weeks, Piadram woman Gail Mabo (born 1965) has witnessed her art celebrated on the sails of the Sydney Opera House, unveiled her first curated exhibition at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery in Far North Queensland and, days later, oversaw the opening of a new Court building named after her activist father, the iconic Eddie Koiki Mabo.
It is the kind of busy schedule Mabo is used to – her world being shaped by both activism and tradition. (Alongside her father, her mother Bonita Mabo was also an activist and educator.)
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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