Artist Profile Kelvin Cunningham
[ Kelvin Cunningham ]
Kel is a local Aboriginal artist and winner of the Maria Lock Award in Liverpool, Sydney, 1996. He has had works of art on display in Canberra, Parliament House in the Year of the Indigenous People.
A direct descendant of the Worimi tribe who lived in the area, he is 37 years old and has lived in the area since birth. He has been painting Aboriginal Art for 5 years.
He also likes to make and paint didgerdoos and has been painting for Tobwabba for 5 years. He would like to teach young Aboriginal kids to paint and to learn a bit of their culture.
He would like to continue to display Aboriginal Art to the rest of the world and make a name for Tobwabba and our people. He hopes to make some money along the way!