Dorsey Smith
Dorsey Smith is a Dhungutti and Gumbangiir man who has completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the College of Fine Arts at the University of NSW and is now completing a Masters in Visual Arts. As well as being an accomplished artist, Dorsey is also a talented dancer, performing with the Dhungutti Traditional Dancers who have represented Australia in the South Pacific Festival of the Arts in Tahiti. Dorsey also toured Africa on a cultural tour in 2007. Dorseys’s artwork has been exhibited at the Boomalli Art Gallery in 2011, 2006, 2005 and 2003.
Dorsey’s artwork was also featured at the 30th Anniversary Launch of the Indigenous Law Bulletin (‘ILB’). Dorsey has exhibited his works at the AIATSIS Conference and has been published in a number of editions of Guwaynii. Dorsey has also conducted numerous workshops at the Nura Gili Winter School Program, aimed at sharing culture and self identity with young Indigenous students from right across Australia. Dorsey is very passionate about ‘the survival of culture’ which is personified in his diverse artworks, that have evolved into instillation culture.
The below artwork was featured in the Indigenous Law Bulletin September / October 2011 Volume 7 Issue 26.
