Vivien Anderson Gallery is pleased to present Clare Jaque Vasquez, Kim Ah Sam, Erica Muriata and Janet Fieldhouse at the 2O25 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair.
Clare Jaque Vasquez |
Moving Mountains
2025
acrylic and impasto on stretched canvas
200 x 200 cm
Erica Muriata |
Recycled Jawun (danger)
2025
wire framework, recycled materials, packing/safety tape
28 x 33 x 19 cm
Provenance: Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, QLD cat 2O9-25.
Kim Ah Sam |
Our journey 1
2025
raffia, bale twine, emu feathers, metal
55 x 55 x 4 cm
Janet Fieldhouse |
Little Fish Charm
2024
buff raku trachyte, raffia
27 x 12 x 12 cm
Clare Jaque Vasquez |
Fibres of the First Ligh
2025
acrylic and impasto on stretched canvas
76 x 76 cm
Clare Jaque Vasquez will extend her latest installment of work, Skyland, offering a new suite of paintings that explore Sky Country as both an archive and witness. Drawing on her upbringing between Western Sydney and on Country, and informed by her matriarchal lineage, Vasquez presents skyscapes as acts of cultural remembering — gestures of resilience, beauty, and ancestral continuity.
Clare Jaque Vasquez |
Between mouths and white stones
2025
acrylic and impasto on stretched canvas
200 x 200 cm
Clare Jaque Vasquez |
The rising ridge
2025
acrylic and impasto on stretched canvas
76 x 76 cm
Kim Ah Sam offers a new series of woven sculpture works that explore the connection between Country and the human body. Ah Sam’s self-taught weaving process is intuitive and improvisational, with no preordained pattern. Repurposed materials such as raffia are sourced from zero waste outlets, while emu feathers gesture towards the territorial boundary markings of her Kalkadoon ancestors who have maintained culture since time immemorial.
Kim Ah Sam |
Our Journey 2
2025
raffia, bale twine, emu feathers, metal
55 x 55 x 4 cm
Kim Ah Sam |
Our Journey 3
2025
raffia, bale twine, emu feathers, metal
40 x 40 x 4 cm
Erica Muriata |
Recycled Jawun (no cash kept on the premises)
2025
wire framework, recycled materials, packing/safety tape
28 x 33 x 19 cm
Provenance: Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, QLD cat 2O8-25.
Alongside these evocative works, sits Erica Muriata’s bold series of woven wire jawun, emblazoned with various warnings. In this direct nod to CIAF’s 2025 theme, ‘Pay Attention’, Muriata prompts spectators to remain vigilant about the social, political, and cultural issues impacting First Nations communities in contemporary times. As an emerging artist, Erica’s work is deeply rooted in her cultural heritage, drawing inspiration from the landscape, traditions, and stories of her ancestors. Her art reflects a strong connection to the Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, where she continues to honor and celebrate her community’s artistic practices.
Erica Muriata |
Recycled Jawun (danger – do not enter)
2025
wire framework, recycled materials, packing/safety tape
28 x 33 x 19 cm
Provenance: Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, QLD cat 2O9-25.
Janet Fieldhouse |
Water charm
2025
buff raku trachyte, feathers, raffia
28 x 8 x 7 cm
Janet Fieldhouse will present a suite of ceramic hand-built forms, acknowledging Torres Strait traditions of navigation, living off the sea and the land, and women’s traditional practices such as weaving body adornments for ceremony and scarification.
Janet Fieldhouse |
Dance charm
2025
buff raku trachyte, feathers, raffia
19 x 25 x 25 cm
Janet Fieldhouse |
Little turtle charm
2025
buff raku trachyte, raffia, wire
19 x 11 x 8 cm
Erica Muriata |
Recycled Jawun (Banana)
2025
wire framework, recycled materials, packing/safety tape
28 x 33 x 19 cm
Provenance: Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, QLD cat 211-25.
Kim Ah Sam |
Our journey 4
2025
raffia, bale twine, metal
28 x 28 x 5 cm
Clare Jaque Vasquez |
Speaking in silence
2025
acrylic and impasto on stretched canvas
76 x 76 cm
Janet Fieldhouse |
Pendant basket
2025
buff raku trachyte, feathers, raffia, wire, pandanus
60 x 74 x 74 cm
Kim Ah Sam |
Our journey 7
2025
raffia, bale twine, metal
26 x 26 x 3.5 cm
Clare Jaque Vasquez |
In the seams of sod
2025
acrylic and impasto on stretched canvas
76 x 76 cm
Erica Muriata |
Provenance: Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, QLD cat 2O3-25.
Recycled Jawun (fragile)
2025
wire framework, recycled materials, packing/safety tape
28 x 33 x 19 cm
Kim Ah Sam |
Our journey 5
2025
raffia, bale twine, metal
30 x 23 x 6 cm
Erica Muriata |
Recycled Jawun (this way up)
2025
wire framework, recycled materials, packing/safety tape
28 x 33 x 19 cm
Provenance: Girringun Aborginal Art Centre, QLD cat 2O2-25
Janet Fieldhouse |
basket pendant
2025
buff raku trachyte, feathers, raffia, pandanus
80 x 70 x 7 cm
Kim Ah Sam |
Our journey 8
2025
raffia, bale twine, metal
30 x 23 x 2.5 cm
Clare Jaque Vasquez |
The air beneath her
2025
acrylic and impasto on stretched canvas
50 x 50 cm
Clare Jaque Vasquez |
The first rains
2025
acrylic and impasto on stretched canvas
50 x 50 cm
Erica Muriata |
Recycled Jawun (Handle with care)
2025
wire framework, recycled materials, packing/safety tape
28 x 33 x 19 cm
Provenance: Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, QLD cat 197-25.
Clare Jaque Vasquez |
Nested in the hills
2025
acrylic and impasto on stretched canvas
50 x 50 cm
Erica Muriata |
Recycled Jawun (caution)
2025
wire framework, recycled materials, packing/safety tape
28 x 33 x 19 cm
Provenance: Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, QLD cat 2O7-25.
Kim Ah Sam |
Our journey 6
2025
raffia, bale twine, metal
26 x 26 x 6 cm
Clare Jaque Vasquez |
First flight 1
2025
acrylic and impasto on stretched canvas
50 x 50 cm
Erica Muriata |
Recycled Jawun (please do not bend)
2025
wire framework, recycled materials, packing/safety tape
28 x 33 x 19 cm
Provenance: Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, QLD cat 196-25.
Clare Jaque Vasquez |
First flight 2
2025
acrylic and impasto on stretched canvas
50 x 50 cm
Erica Muriata |
Recycled Jawun (do not enter)
2025
wire framework, recycled materials, packing/safety tape
28 x 33 x 19 cm
Provenance: Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, QLD cat 195-25.
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