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This exhibition travelled to Switzerland in September 2017. More broadly, Tipoti's work communicates the ancestral narratives of his people, and draws on the vibrant ceremonial life of his Islander culture and events from the past. His most powerful performance was a traditional ritual in 2015 behind closed doors when the Zugubal dancers performed for Torres Strait turtle shell masks (artefacts) collected in the late nineteenth century and were on display at the Cambridge University/Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology.
In 2021, Alick with his wife and four children established their new dance team called Dhamuw Koedal.
These are left through oral histories, held within language and the environment and through observing cultural artefacts held in collecting institutions.
Tipoti's work is held in significant Australian and international collections inclding the British Museum, Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia USA, the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and the New Zealand Parliament House art collection.
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Artist Showcase | Alick Tipoti
To Dance, To Sing: Headdresses from the Gallery Collection
22 Mar - 8 Jun 2025
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His works use complex background designs, disguised among ritual objects, and land and sea creatures. He is one of the last generations to speak the language Kala Lagaw Ya fluently and Alick is actively involved in programs concerning the preservation of Torres Strait Islander cultral knowledge and languages.
Tipoti completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Printmaking) at the Australian National University, Canberra in 1998 and has since established himself as a leading contemporary Australian artist.
Tipoti works across a variety of disciplines including printmaking, sculpture, painting, dance and performance. Alick is passionate about preserving his native language and reviving cultural traditions through his art and dance, He has been working putting together a language book and aims to have it published by early 2025.
Alick has promoted his culture through art & dance nationally and internally for over 20 years.
This will allow them to embrace their culture proper strong especially in the midst of the unknown technology world ahead.
He continues to education the young people to firstly understand their identity by knowing their Totems, Stars, and Winds. in a short time, they have performed in festivals such as the Winds of Zenadth cultural festival (WoZcf23) on Thursday Island, Melanesian Arts & Cultural festival (MACfest23) in Vanuatu, Cook Islands, National Art Gallery of Singapore and Art Gallery of NSW.
They have since been booked for a few performance in 2024.
A documentary featuring Alick and HSH Prince Albert II discussing climate change was released in 2020, shedding light on their efforts to care for the environment. Evidence of human settlement in the region dates back some 2,500 years.
Kisay Dhangal
This work by Alick Tipoti is inscribed with traditional motifs and stories, reflecting on the life cycle and feeding patterns of the dhangal in the Torres Strait while also focusing on the environmental impact modern day society is having on their habitat.
Photogrammetry by Rampe Realistic Imaging Pty Ltd
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Alick Tipoti
The National NAIDOC Committee are thrilled to announce Alick Tipoti as one of the finalists for Caring for Country and Culture award.
Alick Tipoti is a Koedal (crocodile), a Zugubaw Baydham (seven stars shark constellation and a Kuki Guuba (northwest monsoon wind through his father's side from Badhu.
12/50, linocut, coloured, Purchased by Cairns Regional Gallery with the assistance of Robina Cosser, 2006Alick Tipoti, Gubau Aimai Maibaigal (Four winds), 2006, vinylcut, Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Editions Tremblay NFP, 2012
Gamu Zamiyakal - Masks, Headdresses and Dance Machines
22 Apr – 18 Jun 2023
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FACELESS Transforming Identity: Blak/Black Artists from North Australia, Africa and the African Diaspora
25 Jun – 2 Oct 2022
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Reimagining: Between Tradition and Innovation
17 Oct 2020 – 10 Jan 2021
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Malu Minar: Art of the Torres Strait
2 Apr – 22 May 2011
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He has an impressive exhibition history including performing the 'Marimawa' (spiritual mask dance) at the British Museum, London in 2015, participating in 'UnDisclosed: 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial', National Gallery of Australia (2012) and the 18th Biennale of Sydney, 'All our Relations', Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2012).
From these three elements, they will be more Loud and Proud as a first nation culture.
This is the world of Koey Zugub - Alick Tipoti.
Ilan Pasin: Torres Strait Art
6 Nov – 31 Jan 1998
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Alick TIPOTI, b.1975, Kala Lagaw Ya Mura Uruiau Danaka 1995, linocut, 100 x 54.5 cm, Centre Culturel Jean-Marie Tjibaou, Noumea
Alick Tipoti
Cultural Leader and Artist
My art is based on legends of the Torres Strait where I depict my interpretations of the land, sea, sky and the many different living creatures and spirits that exist here.
His elders named him Zugub, meaning Spiritual Ancestor, due to the spiritual encounters he experiences through his art practice.
Tipoti’s contemporary artistic techniques are informed by spiritual patterns revealed to him by his Ancestors.
Art to keep the cultural fire burning and Science to learn about caring for country into the future of global warming and climate change.
His most iconic artwork presentation was when his work was put on the roof top of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco in 2016. More than 8,000 years ago, world sea levels were about 100 metres lower than today.
the first team he founded (Zugubal Dancers 2012-2016) has performed in many places internationally from the U.K to France to Monaco and throughout the Pacific.