Les Saxby b. 1971 Newcastle, NSW

  • Artist (Performance Artist), (Painter)
Les Saxby is a Wonnarua (Hunter Valley, NSW) painter, dancer and didgeridoo player who paints the Dreamings of his people. He is the founder of Yidaki Didg & Dance.
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Name
Les Saxby
Birth date
2 July 1971
Birth place
Newcastle, NSW
Death date
8 February 2009
Death place
None
Burial place
Catherine Hill Bay Cemetery, NSW
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Performance Artist)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Dancer
Active Period
  • 1993-
Languages
  • English
Training
Is Indigenous
Yes
Heritage Country
  • Hunter Valley, NSW
Dreaming
  • Wonnarua Dreaming Stories
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Saxby, Les

Les Saxby is a Wonnarua (Hunter Valley, New South Wales) painter, dancer and didgeridoo player who paints the Dreamings of his people. He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, in 1971 to Norma Walsh and Gordon Saxby. He began painting in the early 1990s and was included in the 1998 exhibition “ Djalarinji: Something that belongs to us” at Manly Regional Museum and Art Gallery. In 1992 he formed the dance troupe Yidaki Didg & Dance .

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Writers:
Allas, Tess
Date written:
2008
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Malcolm Jagamarra
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Graham Davis King
1967
Artist (Performance Artist), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Yidaki Didg & Dance
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Djalarinji: Something that belongs to us
1998
Exhibition ()
Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, NSW