Glen Mackie (Kei Kalak)

b. 1975, Yam Island, Torres Straits
Lives Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Tribe:  Iama (Yam)
Language:  Kala Lagaw Ya (Central Torres Straits)
Totems:  Hammerhead Shark (Kurrs); Crocodile (Koedal)

STUDY
1995, 98-99 Diploma of Visual Arts, Cairns TAFE
2015-16  Study towards BA in Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, Qld

Solo Exhibitions
2017    Glen Mackie (Kei Kalak) – Recent Works, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns
2015    The Coming of Sigai and other Stories, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
2014    Rear Visions: Stories from Home: The Prints of Glen Mackie, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns (Cairns Indig. Art Fair)
2011    I am Kulkalgal, UMI Arts, Cairns
2011    Ngai Lamalaig – Me a Yam Islander, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane

Group Exhibitions
2023    The National 4: Australian Art Now, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2022-23  ARTNOW FNQ, Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns, Queensland
2022   FACELESS: Transforming Identity, Cairns Art Gallery (Cairns Indigenous Art Fair exhibition)
2022    Artist Showcase – Cairns Art Gallery (online exhibition), Carns Art Gallery, Cairns
2021    Explore Sydney Contemporary – Paper (online), Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
2021    Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (online), Cairns
2021    WARWAR: The Art of Torres Strait, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
2021    Reimagining: Between Tradition and Innovation, Cairns Art Gallery, Qld
2021    Cairns Art Society 73rd Annual Exhibition, Cairns Art Gallery, Qld
2020    Critical Mass: The Art of Planetary Health, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Gallery, Katoomba, NSW
2020    Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, online and exhibition at Tanks Arts Centre
2020    From the Sea, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane Qld
2020    Between the Moon and the Stars, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
2020    Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (online), Cairns, Qld
2020    Recent Prints, joint exhibition with Daniel O’Shane, Caffiend Cafe, Cairns
2020    Shiver, Onespace Gallery, Brisbane
2019    Works by FNQ Indigenous Artists, Pullman Hotel, Cairns
2019    Sydney Contemporary – Paper, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks, Redfern, NSW
2019    Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns
2018   Old Stories and New Narratives: Recent Indigenous Prints, for the 2nd Australian Print Triennial, Mildura, Vic.
2018    Printing as Process, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds, Vic.
2018    Sydney Contemporary – Paper, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks, Redfern, NSW
2018    Inkfest, Inkmasters Biennial Exhibition, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, Qld
2018    Glen Mackie and Daniel O’Shane: A celebration of the work of two artists from the Torres Strait Islands, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2018    Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns
2017    ARTNOW FNQ, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, Qld
2017    Letters from Australia, (joint exhibition with Theo Tremblay), National Library of Latvia, Riga
2017    Sydney Contemporary – Paper, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks, Redfern, NSW
2017    25th Mabo High Court Win Celebration, Gallery Gilimbaa, Brisbane
2017    Partners in Print, with Sydney Printmakers, Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney, NSW, and KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, Qld
2017    Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns
2016    Gondwana’s Garden, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, Qld
2016    Thancoupie Bursary Fund, Fundraising exhibition, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns
2016    Here and Now, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns, Qld
2016    Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns
2016    Tracing the Line, Blue Mountains City Art Gallery, Katoomba, NSW (in conjunction with Print Council of Australia)
2016    Sydney Contemporary – Paper, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks, Redfern, NSW
2016    ARTNOW FNQ, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2016    Pathways, touring exhibition curated by UMI Arts, Cairns (touring exhibition)
2015    32nd Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum & Art Gallery of the NT, Darwin (Finalist)
2015    Silk Cut Print Award, Melbourne, Vic (Finalist)
2015    Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns, Qld
2015    Mapping Memories, Tracking Visions, Bungendore Woodworks Gallery, NSW
2015    Encounter/Northern Encounter, Impress Gallery, Brisbane
2015    Encounter/Northern Encounter, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns
2014    Indigenous Artists from Australia, Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, USA
2014    International Print Exhibition , (Australia & Japan), Kyoto, Japan
2014    Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns
2013    30th Telstra Indigenous Art Award, Museum of Arts & Sciences, Darwin, NT (Finalist – Works on Paper)
2013    Inside/Out: Mapping Spiritual Journeys, Circa 1907 gallery, Cairns, Qld
2013    Prints from the Torres Straits, Surry Hills Library, Sydney
2013    Cairns Indigenous Art Fair exhibition, Cairns
2012    Big Wet, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2012    Sense of Place, Inkmasters Exhibition, Canopy Artspace, Cairns
2012    Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns
2011    Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2011    Inkmasters Inaugural Members Exhibition, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, Qld
2011    Pathways, UMI Arts, Cairns
2011    Storyboat, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2011    CIAF Exhibition, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2010    Zenadh Kes Printmakers, Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle USA
2010    One Family Our Way of Life, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2010    Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns
1999    Exhibition with Nino Sabatino , Banggu Minjaany Art Gallery, Cairns TAFE

Public Art/Murals
2018    Munro Martin Parklands pump house building, part of Sea Walls Australia project, Cairns, Qld
2013    Snake Bay School, Melville Island (NT), mural
2012    Choice Australia, wall and floor murals for The Culture Place Gallery/Restaurant, Cairns
2011    Print Council of Australia print commission, two plate vinylcut Augud
2010    Dept of Immigration and Citizenship, Reconciliation Action Plan 2013-16 document, cover design
2010    Window decal project, Woodridge Medical Centre, Brisbane
2008    TNQ TAFE mural commission, Pre-school Childcare Centre
2004    Yam Island Council mural, community centre – ‘Kabusu’
2003    Queensland Health Commission mural for Health Clinic
2003    Yam Island Council Community Store mural
2003    Yam Island Airport, Yam Island Welcoming sign

Workshops/ Residencies
2023    MacGregor Winter Workshop, Towoomba, Queensland
2022    NAIDOC Artist-in-Residence, Artist as Storyteller, MacGregor School, Towoomba, Queensland
2018    Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, community workshop with Inkmasters Cairns Inc
2017    Cairns Regional Gallery, Xmas Holiday Workshop in Printmaking
2016    Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, vinylcut carving/printing workshop
2015    Print workshops, Thaiday memorial family festival, Two Brothers sports facility
2014    Woodford Festival of the Arts, Brisbane; talks, demonstrations in woodcutting,
2013    Print Workshops, NAIDOC Week, Australian Museum & Surry Hills Library, Sydney
2013    Resident Artist (12 months), painting and printmaking demonstrator, The Cultural Place, Cairns
2012    Big Wet Monoprint Workshop with Theo Tremblay, Editions Tremblay, Cairns
2012    Resident Artist, Woodford Folk Festival, Qld

Awards/Selected
2016    Finalist, Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin
2016    Finalist, National Works on Paper Award, Victoria
2015    Finalist, Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin
2015    Finalist, Silk Cut Print Award, Melbourne
2014    Finalist, Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin
2014    2nd Prize Winner, Inkfest: Festival of Printmaking, for handpainted vinylcut, The Coming of Sigai; Tanks Art Centre, Cairns
2013    Arts Queensland Bursary to study printmaking with master printmaker Theo Tremblay

Bibliography
2016    Creative Types, Cairns Eye, article by Roz Pulley, 16/1/16
2015    Darwin – The Bigger Picture, review by Jeremy Eccles, Aboriginal Art Directory, 14/8/15
2015    Dilemma of difference in indigenous art award, article by Nicolas Rothwell, The Australian, 13/8/13
2012    SBS NAIDOC Week short films featuring Tagai – Star Constellation print
2011    The past returns to the surface, article by Nicolas Rothwell, The Australian, p.17 Arts, 17/11/11
2011    Land, Sea & Sky – In and out of the Torres Strait, article by Jeremy Eccles, Aboriginal Art Directory, 6/7/11
2006   Gatherings II, Survey Publications, Arts Queensland, Keeaira Press, Brisbane
2002   Gatherings I, Survey Publications, Arts Queensland, Keeaira Press, Brisbane

Collections
Artbank
Art Gallery of NSW
Art Gallery of South Australia
Art Vault, Mildura, Vic
Australian Museum
Ballarat Regional Gallery
Cairns Regional Gallery
Canson Australia
City of Fremantle, WA
Art Gallery of NSW
Kluge Ruhe Collection, University of Virginia, USA
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
National Museum of Australia
Newcastle Art Gallery
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Print Council of Australia
Queensland Art Gallery
St Ursula’s College, Toowoomba, Qld
University of NSW Art Collection
University of Queensland Art Museum
University of Woolongong, NSW
+ national and international private collections