Patrice Muthaymiles Mahoney is an Anaiwan Nation (Dunghutti/Ngayaywana) woman, Patrice Mahoney Muthaymiles was recently awarded an OAM for service to the Indigenous community of Victoria. From her home in Wonthaggi she is an activist and advocate, a printmaker, sculptor, weaver, drawer and painter. Patrice expresses herself through motifs and symbols and is deeply inspired by connection to place. Through her work she challenges current relationships between mainstream and Aboriginal Australian through identity. Patrice has a Bachelor in Art and Design, is currently studying for a Masters degree and has exhibited extensively throughout Victoria.
Exhibitions
 
2014 Diverse/City, The Light Factory Gallery, Eltham
 
2013 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat
 
2013 Monash Cultural Exchange Navajo, Boulder University, Colorado, USA
 
2012 Ngarrambel, Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey
 
2010 Biik, Until Never Gallery, Hosier Lane, Melbourne