Artist bio profile

Iluka Sax-Williams

Iluka Sax-Williams is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans Indigenous Visual Art, Fashion, and Design. A proud Taungurung man of the Kulin Nation with Tibrean ancestry from Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait Islands), Iluka draws from his cultural lineages to create works rooted in ancestral knowledge.

His practice is deeply community-focused, with a strong emphasis on cultural education. Iluka facilitates workshops in Possum Skin Cloak-making, Pyrography, and immersive art experiences that promote cultural learning and connection. His Kangaroo skin artwork Woora Liwik was exhibited at the 10th Koorie Heritage Trust Art Show (2022–2023), where it received the RMIT University Emerging Artist Award.

Iluka’s work has expanded into public and exhibition spaces, including his contribution to Making the Metro Tunnel at Domain House Gallery, and the creation of the Bundjil and Waa Sculpture, an installation for Balnarring Primary School that symbolises ancestral knowledge and cultural continuity.

In 2024, his design for the First Peoples Melbourne Art Tram was launched as part of RISING Festival, later earning a Gold Anthem Award for Social Impact. In 2025, Iluka presented Dabana at YIRRAMBOI Festival, featured on the cover of Beat Magazine, and participated in the inaugural Victorian First Peoples Art & Design Fair.

Iluka continues to expand his practice, using art as a platform for cultural expression, storytelling, and community empowerment.