Dr Mayrah Yarraga Dreise b. c.1971

Also known as Mayrah Yarraga
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Curator ,
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Painter)
Mayrah Dreise is an Indigenous sculptor, painter and performance artist who lives in the small town of Dirranbandi, South West Queensland. Mayrahs work covers a broad range of studio areas and challanges the viewer to consider the role of the cultural aesthetic interface experienced in te everyday world. The role of place, the interplay of tme, space and perception on arts experiences are key to her work.
Tags: Aboriginal, Gamilaraay, Yeeralaraay, Contemporary, Installation, Arts worker, Curator, Painter, Remote, Sculpture, Feminist
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Gamilaraay and Yeeralaraay sculptor and performance artist living in remote South West Queensland, Australia. Mayrahs installation work critically explores the role of placeness and placelessness of Aboriginal peoples within Australian society. She also contributes to international debates through installation work, painting and performance. This work focuses on the intersections between non-Indigenous and Indigenous artists, minorities and power groups.

Mayrah is a strong advocate for her community and has established several artist groups in various locations where she has resided. She is currently the secretary for C-ART (Community artists re-thinking) and a director of the Dinjerra Foundation a small Aboriginal Arts and Cultural organisation locqated in South West Queensland focused on the sustainability of Aboriginal arts and cultural practices.

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Writers:
Allas, Tess
Date written:
2007
Last updated:
2012

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Periods active
  • c.1989 - c.2012
Residences
  • 2010 - 2012 Dirranbandi , Queensland, Australia ( South West Qld near NSW Boarder )
  • Cooroy, Qld.
Other occupations
  • Lecturer, Curator, Arts Educator, Indigenous Education Worker, Principal, Lanuage Researcher, Cultural Consultant and Oner Business (ANZSIC code: 81)
  • Education officer
Tags
  • Aboriginal
  • Gamilaraay
  • Yeeralaraay
  • Contemporary
  • Installation
  • Arts worker
  • Curator
  • Painter
  • Remote
  • Sculpture
  • Feminist
  • Aboriginal
Copyright agents
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References [<ExternalResource: Dreise, Mayrah Yarraga (December 2002), 'Urban Blackness', _Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues_, vol. 5, no. 4, pp.22-27.>, <ExternalResource: Dreise, Mayrah Yarraga (c.1 January 2010), 'Res Nullius'.>] [<ExternalResource: Dreise, Mayrah Yarraga (December 2002), 'Urban Blackness', Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, vol. 5, no. 4, pp.22-27, .>]
Trainings
  • Bachelor of Arts Visual Arts, Grad Dip in Visual Art, PhD by Research Visual Arts, c.1989 - c.2010 Queensland University of Technology and Girffith University, Queensland College of Art, South Brisbane, Australia
Cultural heritages
  • Aboriginal
  • Gamilaraay
  • Yeeralaraay
  • Australian
Languages
  • English
  • Gamilaraay
  • English
Related people
  • Casely-Hayford, Pauline (collaborator of)
  • Kelly, Davina (collaborator of)
  • Annels, Ross (collaborator of)
Related person groups
  • Dinjerra Foundation (associate of)
Related recognitions
  • Being Blak (received)
  • Australian Council for The Arts grant (received)
  • Queensland Arts Council (received)
  • Robin O'Chin Memorial Art Award (received)
  • Maroochy Shire Regional Arts Award (received)
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Place Redcliffe, QLD Australia , While family living in Surat QLD Australia , Australia
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