Selinda Davidson
Photo: courtesy of Ninuku Arts and Jam Factory
Selinda Davidson
Pitjantjatjara born 1994
Level 2
NGV International
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PROJECT
Selinda Davidson created this series of glass vessels as part of her mentorship with South Australian glass artist Clare Belfrage in JamFactory’s glass studio. The hand-worked surfaces of the vessels feature Davidson’s highly textured linear paintings and are the culmination of her experiments and explorations into the medium of glass as a mode of cultural expression. Davidson makes design (walka) inspired by traditional mark-making and tjukurpa (ancestral stories) that for this series inform the design of each vessel.
ABOUT
Selinda Davidson was born in 1994 in Alice Springs, where she went to primary school. As a teenager she moved to Irruntyju and then Pipalyatjara. After Davidson finished school, she became a member of Aṉanguowned arts centre Ninuku Arts, painting regularly and serving as an arts worker. Davidson enjoys making walka (design) inspired by traditional mark-making and tjukurpa (ancestral stories). Davidson works alongside her grandparents Jimmy Donagan and Molly Miller at Ninuku Arts and has learned from them how to paint tjukurpa and translate story into her design. Her family’s Country is in Warburton, Western Australia, and she speaks both Pitjantjatjara and English.
Presented by the Melbourne Art Foundation, 2022