Amanda Westley
Biography
My name is Amanda Westley and I am a Ngarrindjeri woman and artist, born in Victor Harbor, South Australia in 1985. Growing up I experienced the best of both worlds living the farm life 12kms out of coastal country town of Victor Harbor. My father was a boat builder so the water and the ocean have always been a big part of my life. My painting style is dot work and the bright colours from my coastal country hometown and the ocean are represented through my paintings. I have been painting from a very young age and my style is contemporary Aboriginal dot art, I have always enjoyed painting and the calm that it brought. My paintings represent country, for Aboriginal people land has a spiritual and cultural connection and is so important to our identity and way of life. My family is one of the oldest Aboriginal families here on the south coast so this land I call home has been a part of my family for a very long time, and by creating these paintings I am acknowledging the important connection my family have with this land.
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Exhibitions
RAW Splendour, the Currumbin RSL, QLD, June 2015
RAW Signature, the Producers, SA, April 2016
Malpa Wiru Good Friends, Signal Point Gallery Goolwa SA, June - July 2016
Lets Take The Next Steps, Living Kaurna Cultural Centre, SA, May 2017
Uwankara Together, Signal Point Gallery Goolwa, June - July 2017
Tarnanthi Exhibition, the Hahndorf Academy SA, October 2017
Japingka Aboriginal Art Gallery WA, SOLO EXHIBITION, February 2018
Stump Hill, McLaren Vale SA, March 2018
Ngayuku Ngura, Hahndorf Academy SA, June 2018
SALA, KiriKiri Art Gallery Victor Harbor SA, August 2018
Loretto College Spring Art Show SA, September 2018
Spirit of Place, Japingka Aboriginal Art Gallery WA, January 2019
NAIDOC 2019, Signal Point, Goolwa SA, July 2019
Our Place, Coral Street Art Space SA, 2019
Ngarrindjeri Ruwe Our Lands and Waters, Redpoles McLaren Vale SA, September 2019
Other Accomplishments
October 2018 Finalist in the Heysen Art Prize.
Collaboration with Lifewearau to make official NAIDOC merchandise.
Collaboration with Designer Bums 2018 & 2019.
Commissioned by local victor harbor medical centre for 3 pieces.
Have just released 2 eye wear designs with ayaeyewear in Vancouver.
Collaboration with Adelaide designer Karla Cola to make dresses, scarves, beeswax wraps and accessories.
Collaboration with Rollas Jeans to create two shirts.
Completed certificate 3 in Endangered Aboriginal Language.
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