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About the Artist

Vernon Ah Kee was born in 1967 in Innisfail, Queensland, of the Yidindji, Kuku Yalandji, Waanji, Koko Berrin and Gugu Yimithirr peoples. A founding member of the Aboriginal artist collective proppaNOW, and the recipient of multiple awards, Vernon Ah Kee is a prolific and highly respected international artist.

In September 2014, Vernon Ah Kee travelled to Turkey at the request of curator, Carolyn Christov Bakargiev. After visiting Istanbul, Ah Kee ventured into regions affected by the Armenian genocide a century ago. Ah Kee saw parallels with his own family's experiences, specifically, the undocumented massacres of Indigenous Australians in this country's history and the removal of his family from the mainland to Palm Island.

Just over the border, during Ah Kee's visit to Turkey, the advance of ISIS had a significant affect on him, prompting deliberation on what could possess a people to attempt genocide against another. The brutalities were then born of Ah Kee's experiences in Turkey. 

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