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Pierra Van Sparkes is a Kulin Country based Pibbulman Noongar artist. Swaying between whispered invitations into their internal world (shhhh, that dog in em is sleeping) and full-throated Blak humour for mob in the back row, their work is inspired by the shared histories, feelings and encounters that shape lived experiences of Aboriginality amidst manifold Blak identities. Working with photography, video and digital media, they explore experiences of place, belonging and interrogate mythscapes that inform notions of Indigenous authenticity, settler-colonial supremacy and the modes in which they manifest.

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current & upcoming
past

current & upcoming

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past

2022

A Rainbow of Tomorrows

Koorie Heritage Trust

2021

ALIWA
Counihan Gallery

(Curator)

Makeshift
Environmental Film Festival Australia

2020

Blak to the Future III
Footscray Community Arts Centre

Affirmation
Koorie Heritage Trust 

A Sight for Sore Eyes
Blak Dot Gallery

(Curator)

2019

Current
The Substation

The Living Pavilion

The University of Melbourne

dis rupt
Hamer Hall

Taking it Blak
Centre for Contemporary Photography

Hitched
Wyndham Art Gallery 

2018

The Koorie Art Show 2018
Koorie Heritage Trust 

TRAIN/ENNIAL – c3 Annual Fundraiser
c3 contemporary art space

Artivisms Now
La Trobe Art Institute
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Because of Her We Will
Counihan Gallery

Blak to the Future
Footscray Community Arts Centre

BBQ: Blak, Beautiful and Queer
Testing Grounds

2017

The Koorie Art Show 2017
Koorie Heritage Trust
​Recipient of the Moogji Club People’s Choice Award


Badjur - Bagarook - Yorga – Woman
Manningham Art Gallery​

2016

The Koorie Art Show 2016
Koorie Heritage Trust ​
Recipient of the RMIT University Award

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