Justin Earl Majid – CV
Born: Mackay, 1984
Language: Kala Lagaw Ya, central & Western Torres Strait
Lives: Cairns, Qld
Justin has Islander (Boigu, Badu and Horn Islands), Aboriginal and European heritage. He grew up on Horn Island and in Cairns and graduated with a Certificate III in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Art from Tropical north Qld TAFE in 2009. He has exhibited locally, nationally and internationally and is regarded as an upcoming Islander artist to watch. Justin’s works are rich in symbolism and local legend; his prints depict an extraordinary variety of sea creatures and their marine environments. Crocodiles, dugongs, hammerhead sharks, sea turtles, skates, crabs, octopi and many species of fish are depicted swimming in ornate fields of decorative patterns that are specific to various families and regions. These creations stories are the heart and soul of Torres Strait Islander culture.
EDUCATION
2009 Certificate III, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Cultural Art, Cairns TAFE
AWARDS
2008 Indigenous Student Art Award, Cairns TAFE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Che Zest Café, Cairns
2022 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
2022 Botanica Café, Edge Hill Cairns, (with Brooke and Bianca Foster)
2021 Explore Sydney Contemporary – Paper, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney NSW (online)
2021 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns (online)
2021 Biennial Print Exhibition, InkMasters Cairns, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
2020 Shiver, Onespace Gallery, Brisbane
2017 Works on Paper Exhibition, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cruise Liner Terminal, Cairns
2017 25th Mabo High Court Win Celebration, Gallery Gilimbaa, Brisbane
2017 Partners in Print, with Sydney Printmakers, Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney
2017 Partners in Print, with Sydney Printmakers, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns
2011 Story Boat, emerging Zenadh Kes printmakers, Cairns Regional Gallery
2011 Inaugural members exhibition, Inkmasters Cairn, c.1907 Contemporary Art Space, Cairns
2011 Emerging Contemporary Artists, Invitational group exhibition Cairns Regional Gallery
2010 Zenadh Kes Prints, Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, USA group exhibition
2010 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
2010 Darwin Art Fair, with UMI Arts, Darwin, NT
2010 Pillow Talk, group exhibition Port Douglas, Qld
2009 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
2009 Darwin Art Fair, with UMI Arts, Darwin, NT
2009 Graduating Student Exhibition, Banggu Minjaany Gallery, Cairns TAFE
WORKSHOPS
2021 Printmaking Workshop at Inkmasters Cairns (part of my Artist-in-Residence at Inkmasters)
2010 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (Printmaking)
2009 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (via Reach Program) (Printmaking)
2009 Woree State High School, Cairns (NADOC Day Workshop in Printmaking & Ceramics)
2009 Trinity Bay State High School, Cairns (NAIDOC Day Workshop in Printmaking & Ceramics)
2008 Weipa State High School (Printmaking)
2008 Thursday Island State High School (Printmaking)
2008 St Paul’s State School (Printmaking)
RESIDENCIES
2021 Artist-in-Residence, Inkmasters Cairns Inc, Cairns, Qld
COLLECTIONS
Cairns Regional Council
Cairns Art Gallery
+ many private collections
