Elijah Kinnavong
‘Where we go’ 2026. Oil sticks, acrylic pen and paint on stretched canvas: 91cm x 122cm, 120cm x 90cm, 90cm x 120cm.
Artist statement
These paintings are part of an ongoing body of work that re-emulate personal photos from mob all over, from different stages and moments in their life as a way to celebrate and physically remember these precious memories.
It is part of my Honours research in how portrait paintings of mob, guided by their stories and choosings, can visually reshape stereotypical associations with Indigeneity within the art and wider world.
Photographs: Anna Kucera
Acknowledgement of Country
91É«ÇéƬ School of Art & Design stands on an important place of learning and exchange first occupied by the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.
We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land that our students and staff share, create and operate on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples across Australia. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
