Iesha Farmer b. 1991 Bunbury, WA

  • Artist (Painter)
Noongar artist whose work was included in 'Noongar Country' (2009) at Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, Western Australia.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 2009
Name
Iesha Farmer
Birth date
1991
Birth place
Bunbury, WA
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Perth, WA
Active Period
  • 2006-
Languages
  • English
Training
Is Indigenous
Yes
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Farmer, Iesha

Iesha Farmer is a Noongar woman born in 1991 at Bunbury, Western Australia.

Farmer began to practise art seriously in Year 10 at Aranmore Catholic College in Perth. After graduating from high school in 2008 Farmer continued studying visual art and in 2009 she enrolled in the Certificate III course in Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft at the Kidogo Art Institute in Fremantle. In June and July of 2009 she participated in a group show of the Kidogo students’ work, 'Moorditj Mob’, at Kidogo Arthouse. In the same year Troy Bennell curated her into the exhibition 'Noongar Country’ at Bunbury Regional Art Galleries. Other artists in this group show included Wendy Hayden, Ronald Williams, Lance Chad, Sharyn Egan, Janet Hansen, Dolores Fraser (Jillawarra), Troy Bennell, Athol Farmer, Graham (Swag) Taylor and Laurel Nannu
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Writers:
Allas, Tess
Date written:
2009
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Troy Bennell
1971
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Joanna Robertson
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Kidogo Art Institute
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Moorditj Mob
2009
Exhibition ()
Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle, WA
Noongar Country
2009
Exhibition ()
Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, Bunbury, WA
http://www.brag.org.au
Citations:
  • Kidogo Art Institute, Fremantle, WA