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Jeffrey Samuels
Jeffrey Samuels, Ngemba painter, illustrator, designer, mixed media artist and printmaker, was born in Bourke in northwest New South Wales in 1956 and spent his early childhood years on sheep properties at Carinda. In 1978, Samuels completed a Diploma in Fine Art and the Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education (now the National Art School) in Sydney. While studying, he found he was not so inspired by European art genres and theories, but more by "traditional and contemporary Aboriginal dancing, language, music, theatre, literature and visual artist along with Aboriginal and Australian social political issues"
In 2011 Jeffrey commenced his PhD with the Centre for Positive Psycholgy where he will investigate the experiences of male Koori artists.
Qualifications
DipFA (Alexander Mackie), BFA (City Art Institute)
Grants
Yarramundi Scholarship
Thesis title
Ways Forward: A Critical Analysis of Established Male Koori Artists’ Artistic Practices, Experiences, and Perceptions of the Progress and Barriers Confronted in Male Koori Art Practice
Supervisors
Professor Rhonda Craven & Dr Peter Dallow
