Karen Clarke-Edwards is Victorian Indigenous artist based in Mildura. A descendant of the Mutti Mutti and Wemba Wemba people, her paintings and prints are inspired by and pay tribute to Indigenous women and often involve the marrying of traditional women’s symbols of with a contemporary aesthetic. Clarke-Edwards was a finalist in the 2007 and 2008 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards, and participated in the “Moving Pictures – Images of Reconciliation” (2008) Exhibition at Manningham Gallery in Melbourne. She also contributed to the Possum-Skin Cloak Project in 2005, collaborating with fellow Mildura artist Sonya Hodge to create one of 37 cloaks that were worn by Victorian Indigenous elders at the opening ceremony of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006. The Yuyu cloak produced by Hodge and Clarke-Edwards represented the north-western tribes of Victoria and was adorned with designs that were connected with the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers.
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- Writers:
- Fisher, Laura
- Date written:
- 2011
- Last updated:
- 2011
