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Torres Strait Artist Biography - David Bosun see the Artists prints Browse Torres Strait Prints
Torres Strait Island artist David Bosun is from the tribe of Wug on Moa Island and grew up in a very sensitive cultural environment. From the age of four he practised traditional dancing and singing. He first became interested in art in grade six after participating in an art class at school. David first attended school at Thursday Island Secondary school and later moved to All Saints and St Gabriels Anglican college in Queensland. During High School he was always in trouble for drawing in class instead of doing his work. Dennis Nona, another Torres Strait artist, was one of his classmates and was in the same year eight class at Thursday Island. Their competitions to see who could do the best drawing during classes resulted in a lot of detentions. From 1993 to 1995 David studied for an Associate Diploma in Communications at James Cook University. Although he never stopped drawing, he was never serious about it as his studies took up most of his time. The Cultural studies component of his course inspired him to take up art again. In 1996 he did a Visual Arts course at the Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE. In 1997 when David returned to Moa Island he met up with his childhood friend Dennis Nona and realised that the career he had been looking for was in fact what had always got him into trouble at school. David believes that both the future generations in the Torres Strait as well as the rest of the world need to be educated about the rich cultural heritage and distinctiveness of Torres Strait culture. He is striving to record and illustrate his ancestral beliefs and traditions through the visual and performing arts. David has also been a member of the Royal Australian Army Reserve; he is a Councillor and Project Officer with Kubin Community Council and a founding member of the Mualgau Minneral Art group of Moa Island. collections National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT. Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs. Cairns Regional Gallery. Badi Island State Primary School. exhibitions Group exhibitions 1996 “Expressing Our Traditions”. Cairns Regional Gallery, Qld. 2001 Gelam Nguzu Kazi, travelling exhibition. Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW. Aboriginal Art Prints Home	region Torres Strait state Qld community Kubin born 1973 active 1997 language Kal-lagaw-ya art centre Mualgau Minneral Art Centre medium linocuts, works on paper, canvas and wood carved sculptures, limited edition prints

DENNIS NONA CURRENT SOLO EXHIBITION

Sesserae: New Works by Dennis Nona

Paris, London, Sydney, Brisbane

Dennis Nona is widely acknowledged as one of, if not the most, important living Torres Strait Islander artist.

This exhibition of installations, limited edition linocuts, etchings and cast bronze sculptures showcases the artist's most recent work.

PARIS
The Australian Embassy
6 April - 8 June, 2006

LONDON
Rebecca Hossack Gallery
35 Windmill Street,
LONDON (Dates TBA)

SYDNEY
31 Lamrock Avenue
BONDI BEACH, NSW
30 March - 16 April, 2006

BRISBANE
Dell Gallery, Queensland College of Art
BRISBANE, QLD
3 June - 10 July 2005

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Other Australian and overseas venues and dates to be announced.

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