“I am a proud Yorta Yorta/Gunditjmara man, I hold my culture strong to my heart and it gives me a voice and great sense of my identity. I look around I see empires built on aboriginal land, I cannot physically change or shift this, though I can make the most of my culture in a contemporary setting and my art projects reflect my journey.” Josh Muir is a Melbourne-based multi-media artist. In 2015 Muir was the recipient of the Telstra National Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander Art Award – Youth and the Hutchinson Scholarship, which saw him undertake a 12 month residency at the Victorian College of the Arts. Muir’s work has been acquired by the Koorie Heritage Trust, The National Gallery of Australia, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, the National Gallery of Victoria and was commissioned as a major project artist by White Night.

Adam Ridgeway is a Worimi ceramicist currently based in Melbourne, Victoria. Ridgeway’s artistic practice began in 2005 at Sydney College of the Arts completing Honours in 2009 and Masters in 2011. Ridgeway’s ceramic works are introspective explorations of contemporary Indigenous identity and the A-colonial/anti-colonial histories, memories and perceptions that intersect in their formation. Previous exhibitions have included the 24th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (2007), the 4th World Ceramic Biennale in Korea (2007), the 2008 Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award and Generations (2008) at the Horus & Deloris Contemporary Art Space, Sydney.