Debra Beale

Debra Beale is a multidisciplinary designer and artist whose work celebrates her connection to Gadigal Country, to her mother’s bloodlines from the Palawa and Yorta Yorta Nations, and to her father’s bloodlines from the Wonnarua and Gamilaraay Nations. She works across fashion, textiles, jewellery, painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, and furniture, to connect cultural knowledge with contemporary media. Debra’s practice speaks to the ongoing impacts of the Stolen Generation, the mistreatment of Aboriginal people in police custody, and layers of intergenerational trauma. Her process is grounded in gathering sustainable and natural materials as a form of healing, and a way to make spiritual connections with her Country, Ancestors, and inner self.