Makia McLaughlin b. 1989

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Makia McLauglin was a finalist in the 2005 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards with her painting 'My Yolngu/Yorta Yorta Dreaming'.
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Makia McLaughlin was born in 1989 in Victoria. McLaughlin’s father is from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory and her mother’s people are Yorta Yorta from Victoria. McLaughlin’s work, My Yolngu/Yorta Yorta Dreaming, a 2005 acrylic on canvas work, was shortlisted in the 2005 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards.

At the time of the awards McLaughlin was enrolled in a Certificate III course in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art and Design at North Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT), Preston. McLaughlin has exhibited in a number of group exhibitions including “Gumbri: White Dove” at Bundoora Homestead (2004), “Sorry – It’s Not So Hard To Say” at Bundoora Homestead (2005), and “Gathering of the Land” at A-Space, NMIT, Bundoora (2005).
McLaughlin’s work is held in the collection of the Faculty of Further Education, NMIT.
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Allas, Tess
Date written:
2009
Last updated:
2011

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References [<ExternalResource: (eds.) Liddle, E., Norris, L., Kluska, L., and Gorr, S. (2005), 'Victorian Indigenous Art Awards (catalogue)', Arts Victoria, South Melbourne, VIC.>]