Yabini Kickett in the Town of East Fremantle
Artist: Yabini Kickett (She/Her)
Work: A Child Was Born Here (2022 - 2023)
Location: Town of East Fremantle, Western Australia
Community partner: Town of East Fremantle
About the artist:
Yabini Kickett (Esther McDowell) is a descendant of the Kickett and Hayden families of the Bibulmun/Noongar Nation. Having grown up with an artist and poet mother, as well as a photographer and land conservationist father, her practice is heavily rooted in language, endemic plants, family, totemic relations and found objects from country. In late 2017 Yabini participated in the National Indigenous Arts Leadership program at the National Gallery, this experience helped foster lasting relationships and deeply encouraged her to pursue working within Visual Arts. Currently Yabini is experimenting with textiles, and found objects, with a focus on animal remains from hunting and roadkill. The resulting works are often about place and the solastalgia associated with the destruction of country.
Yabini Kickett, 'Kovel', 2020, 16.5cm. x16.5cm, shells, embroidery, eco-dyed silk and cotton. Photo courtesy of artist.
