Michael Eather
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Michael Eather is a contemporary Australia
n artist, based in Brisbane
who helped found the Campfire Group, a significant cross-cultural artistic collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists.
Eather grew up and was educated in Tasmania
. Following his graduation in 1983, he spent time at the Indigenous community of Maningrida, which became the starting point for decades of inter-cultural artistic collaboration.
Eather is the Co-owner and Director of Fire-Works Gallery in Brisbane.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n artist, based in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
who helped found the Campfire Group, a significant cross-cultural artistic collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists.
Eather grew up and was educated in Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
. Following his graduation in 1983, he spent time at the Indigenous community of Maningrida, which became the starting point for decades of inter-cultural artistic collaboration.
Eather is the Co-owner and Director of Fire-Works Gallery in Brisbane.