Judith Nangala Crispin

I am a Canberra-based poet and visual artist, with an background in music. I’ve published a collection of poetry, The Myrrh-Bearers (Sydney: Puncher & Wattmann, 2015), and a book of images and poems made while living with the Warlpiri, The Lumen Seed (New York: Daylight Books, 2017). I’m a proud member of Oculi collective and an Artist in residence with Music Viva.

Since 2011, I have spent part of each year living and working with Warlpiri people in the Northern Tanami desert. My work includes themes of displacement and identity loss, a reflection on my own lost Aboriginal ancestry, but primarily it is centred on the concept of connection with Country. I trace my ancestry to the Bpangerang people of North-Eastern Victoria and the NSW Riverina. I also trace ancestry to Ghana, the Ivory Coast, France, Ireland and Scotland.

Ph.D.

Head On, solo exhibition (November 2022 )
Twenty Twenty Six Gallery, solo exhibition (July 2022 )
Grainger Gallery, solo exhibition 2022
Foto Freo, core program, solo exhibition 2022
Photo2022 Festival, Oculi Acts I-VII, curated show 2022
Ambush Gallery, curated show 2022
Beautiful Bizarre, Gallery of New England, curated show 2022
The Dingo Project, Ngunungulla Gallery, curated show 2022
Whiteswall Art Projects, curated show 2021
Auckland Photo Festival, works in large light boxes throughout Auckland 2021
aMBUSH Gallery, giant outdoor works 2020
Pingyao International Photography Festival, core program 2020
Maunsell Wickes Gallery, solo exhibition 2020
The Other Art Fair, group exhibition 2020
Heifei International Photography Biennale, curated show 2020
Galerie VU/France, Perpignan, curated show 2020
Newmont Gold Mine, Tanami Desert, solo exhibition 2019
Tweed Gallery, shortlist for the Olive Cotton Prize 2019
Head On Festival, curated show 2019
Auckland Photography Festival, projection show 2019
Atkins Technicolor, solo exhibition and book launch 2017
Social Documentary, online exhibition 2017
Adelaide Shimmer Festival, curated show 2017
The Soap Factory, Rome Italy, VR installations 201...