Matt Adnate
Pakeepan Mirring - Through Country (Collaboration with Tommy Day), 2025
Spray Paint and Acrylic on Linen
122 x 198cm
This portrait depicts a young boy from the Kimberley, painted by Adnate following time spent in community. His steady gaze anchors the work in presence and lived experience, inviting a...
This portrait depicts a young boy from the Kimberley, painted by Adnate following time spent in community. His steady gaze anchors the work in presence and lived experience, inviting a moment of quiet reflection.
Surrounding the portrait are painted line forms by Kerrupmara artist Tommy Day. These marks represent kinship and connection, tracing a living thread that travels from his Country in western Victoria to the Kimberley. Rather than mapping physical distance, the lines speak to relationships carried through story, shared responsibility and enduring ties to Country.
Together, the work reflects the strength of connection across lands, where identity is shaped not only by place, but by the cultural threads that link communities across the continent.
- ADNATE, 2026
Surrounding the portrait are painted line forms by Kerrupmara artist Tommy Day. These marks represent kinship and connection, tracing a living thread that travels from his Country in western Victoria to the Kimberley. Rather than mapping physical distance, the lines speak to relationships carried through story, shared responsibility and enduring ties to Country.
Together, the work reflects the strength of connection across lands, where identity is shaped not only by place, but by the cultural threads that link communities across the continent.
- ADNATE, 2026
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