Uncle Nick Kupetsky is a palawa kani man from central Lutruwita Tasmania, and is a lifelong creative practitioner. Uncle Nick’s multi-media practice explores the deep and dark ancestral histories of palawa country, as well as the artist’s own private moments of cultural discovery and revelation. When painting Country, Uncle Nick takes a mental image of places that feel energetic, and vibrate with history. He returns to the memory over time, forming feeling and truth, before putting it onto canvas. Uncle Nick is known for painting friends, ancestors, and cultural leaders, and has been exhibited by the National Gallery of Victoria for these works. Dedicated to the erasure of historical amnesia, Uncle Nick reminds his audience to remain critical of the things we are taught to value as truth, asking only that we listen. 

Exhibitions

2014 Ganggan-Baluk, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne

2014 Diverse/City, The Light Factory Gallery, Eltham

2012 Ngarrambel, Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey

2012 – Nairm Baluk, Frankston Arts Centre, FRANKSTON, Victoria

1992 – Tormented Soul, National Gallery of Victoria