Digital Catalogue: 2024 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award
Naomi Hobson
b. 1978 Cairns QLD, lives Cairns QLD
Southern Kaantju
Gentle, 2024
pigment print on archival cotton rag paper
Image courtesy of the artist © Naomi Hobson
Artist Statement
Gentle is honest and respectful. The main aim of the photograph is to draw attention to the connection of Country and its First Nations people. This photo was taken during the monsoon season in Coen, capturing the colours of Cape York Peninsula wet season and all the bugs, birds, insects and food gathering that takes place on Country in Cape York. My art reflects feelings and emotions of human behaviour, connection to Country, and the peculiar habits of the creature world, all of which are deftly interwoven and presented in my new series of photographs, Life on the River.
About the Artist
Naomi Hobson is a multidisciplinary based in Coen, Far North Queensland. Since her 2013 solo debut, she has held over fifteen solo exhibitions national and internationally, including London, UK and Rabat, Morocco.
Hobson has been the winner of five art awards and a finalist in numerous prestigious national awards. Her works are held in all major Australian institutions, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and many private collections nationally and internationally.
Hobson is the first living, female Indigenous artist to exhibit in a museum in the UK and the first non-Moroccan artist to exhibit in the Musée National de la Photographie, Morocco.
Kellie O'Dempsey
She Does (Bathroom Scene and amber glass)
Chris Barry
Tarna Driffen, Rosalyn Boko, Leonard Driffen and Princess, Larapinta Town Camp, Alice Springs, from the series CRUISING: A Journey into Culture (2015-present)
Marnie Haddad
The Dressing Room