Michael Eather

Article summary

Michael Eather (born 1963) is a contemporary Australian artist based in Brisbane, who helped found the Campfire Group, a significant cross-cultural artistic collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists. Eather grew up and was educated in Tasmania. Following his graduation from the Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture) in 1983, he spent time in the Indigenous community of Maningrida, which became the starting point for decades of inter-cultural artistic collaboration. in 1996, he established a long-term partnership with well-known Aboriginal artist Kumantje Jagamara (1946–2020).

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1. date of birth: 1963 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of establishment: 1946 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1238991918