Joel Birnie b. 1980

  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Tasmanian Indigenous mixed media and photo media artist was a finalist in the 18th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.
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Name
Joel Birnie
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Co- visual installation designer and co-workshope coordinator (Co- visual installation designer and co-workshope coordinator For the 2002 Department of Human Services' project 'Nunga Voices/Yunga Choices' marquee during National Youth Week in Adelaide)
  • Co-visual installation designer and co-workshop coordinator (Co-visual installation designer and co-workshop coordinator For the 2002 Department of Human Services' events, 'Picnic in the Park and Reconciliation Week')
  • Caretaker
  • Co-curator and artist liaison officer (Co-curator and artist liaison officer 2003 and 2005. Closing event of the Indigenous Arts Showcase for Blak Nite at the Come Out Youth Festival, Adelaide.)
  • Arts worker and retail worker (Arts worker and retail worker 2004 to 2007. Roles included gallery attendant, receptionist, collections and workshop assistant, photographer.)
Birth date
1980
Birth place
Blackwood, SA
Birth note
In the Adelaide Hills
Active Period
  • 1999-
Residence
  • 1980 - 1981 Russel Falls, TAS
  • 1994 - 2006 Adelaide Hills, SA (Lived in various Hills suburbs: Aldgate, Blackwood/Hawthorndene and Stirling )
  • 2007- Melbourne, VIC
Training
  • Taught by parents who are both art teachers
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Nicholls Rivulet, southeast Tasmania
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Birnie, Joel

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