Award-winning artist Gordon Hookey has been recognised as the 2017 Arts, Education and Law Alumnus of the Year.
Born in Cloncurry and a descendent of the Waanyi people, Gordon is one of the leading Australian artists of his generation and is known for politically charged work that explores the intersections between Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultures.
An acclaimed painter and sculptor, Gordon has exhibited extensively both internationally and throughout Australia.
Since graduating from a Master of Visual Arts at the Queensland College of Art in 2012, his works have been acquired for public and private collections around the world, including the National Gallery of Australia, Queensland’s Gallery of Modern Art and the Osaka Museum of Ethnology in Japan.
Gordon has used his work to address a variety of historical and contemporary political issues, from the injustices suffered by Indigenous Australians, to Australia’s intervention in the Middle East and immigration.
Gordon continues to exhibit his work on the international art
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