Thea Anamara Perkins, Bungalow 2, 2021. Acrylic on clayboard, 45.7 x 61cm. Courtesy: the artist and N.Smith Gallery, Sydney.

With a delicate hand, Thea Anamara Perkins answers heavy questions about what it means to be Indigenous in contemporary Australia, and how Aboriginal people and Country can and should be portrayed. Thea’s Station & Bungalow paintings depict Arrernte Country north of Mparntwe (Alice Springs) – the place that keeps calling her back and has been the wellspring of art and activism for her family, and by extension, the nation.

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