Graham King
Graham King was born in 1976, spent his childhood in Redfern and the inner west of Sydney. His mother is Ada King from the Ngiyampaa and Wiradjuri peoples and his father is Sid Davis from Gosford.
He has over thirty years Aboriginal dance experience and over twenty years of Aboriginal radio experience with 2RSR, 2SER in Sydney and 2XX in Canberra. He also has over twenty years of Aboriginal storytelling experience. He has studied Aboriginal languages of Australia at the Australian National University.
King was awarded the Cannes Film Award for writing Lake Mungo Lady in 1992 and recently won the COFA Professional Development Award in the 2006 Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize Exhibition. His painting technique is unique in this region using natural pigments such as ochres, tree resins, charcoals and clays. His recent work includes a series of lino cut prints.
