More Artworks

Primeiro Socorros (First Aid)

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, glue, oil paint tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer
Date: 2003
Dimension: 65 x 80cm

Private Collection

According to the legend, East Timor originated from the time a young boy first aided to rescue a crocodile, which later returned the favour by helping the young boy to see the world, and by becoming the Island of East Timor.
Influenced by my work as an interpreter and translator for the Ambulance project, this painting is an attempt to express the necessity of first aid in East Timor as we struggle as an independent nation. Just like the young boy, this very young nation of East Timor needs rescuing in order to grow strong for the future generations to come.

Primeiro Socorros (First Aid II)

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, gesso, impasto gel, ink, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer
Date: 2005
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Lulik I (Sacred)

Mixed Media on board: acrylic, gesso, impasto gel, glue, sealer
Date: 2001
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Hidden Treasures I

Mixed Media on canvas: acrylic, ink, pencil, charcoal, sealer
Date: 2005
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Lemo Rai (Wandering)

Mixed media on paper: charcoal, pastel, wire, shellac
Date: 1996
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Private collection

The sea as the frightening beginning of a journey. The East Timorese in exile have a saying: namkare lemo rai seluk-seluk (wandering aimlessly throughout the world)

Searching

Mixed media on paper: pencil, ink
Date: 1992 - Private
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First Impressions

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, ink, gesso, glue, wire, charcoal, paper, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), shellac Date: 2002
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Private Collection

Timor 13

Mixed media on canvas: oil, impasto gel, gesso, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer
Date: 2005
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Militia I

Mixed media on board: acrylic, canvas, gesso, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), shellac, sealer
Date: 2001
Dimension: 90 x 60cm
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Militia II

Mixed media on board: acrylic, canvas, gesso, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), shellac, sealer
Date: 2001
Dimension: 90 x 60 cm
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Militia III

Mixed media on board: acrylic, canvas, gesso, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), shellac, sealer
Date: 2001
Dimension: 90 x 60 cm
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Militia IV

Mixed media on board: acrylic, canvas, gesso, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), shellac, sealer
Date: 2001
Dimension: 90 x 60 cm
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Timor Oan (Children of Timor)

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, newspaper, gesso, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth)
Date: 1994
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Roots (Mum’s Hair) – Study Drawing

Mixed media on paper: pencil, charcoal, ink
Date: 1990
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Private collection

From a series of study drawings of my mum’s hair


Roots IV (Mum’s Hair) – Study Drawing

Mixed media on paper: pencil, charcoal, ink
Date: 1990
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Private collection

From a series of study drawings of my mum’s hair


Lulik II "Sacred II" (No picture available)


Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, ink, pastel, charcoal, gesso, shellac, sealer
Date: 2003
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Timor 13; The Destruction (No picture available)

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, impasto gel, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer
Date: 2005
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Era Mera (No picture available)

Mixed media on canvas: diluted red earth, betel nut, glue, shellac, sealer
Date: 01 / 05
Dimension: 1.20 x 90cm

CV

RESUME

MARIA MADEIRA

6 Hibbertia Close
BEELIAR
WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6164
Telephone: (08) 9437 4587
Mobile: 041 8354 105
E-mail: madeirams@yahoo.com.au

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QUALIFICATIONS:

1996: MURDOCH UNIVERSITY, Western Australia
Bachelor Of Arts in Political Science

1993: CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Western Australia
Graduate Diploma of Education
Major: Art
Minor: Teaching of English as a Second Language (TESL)

1991: CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Western Australia
Bachelor Of Arts in Fine Arts (Visual Arts)


LANGUAGES FLUENT IN:

English, Tetum, Portuguese

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2007: KULCHA MULTICULTURAL ARTS OF WA, FREMANTLE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA (July/Aug)

“Lian Tatoli”
Solo Exhibition

2007: CANNERY ARTS CENTRE, ESPERANCE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA (June/July)

"Silent Voices"

Artist in Residence and Solo Exhibition


2006: LAWRENCE WILSON ART GALLERY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Aug/Oct)

“Picturing the Sea”
Group Exhibition
Picturing the sea is drawn from public and private collections and the University of Western Australia Art Collection

2005: HOTEL TIMOR, DILI, EAST TIMOR (May)

Solo Exhibition

2003: INSTITUTO CAMÕES, DILI, EAST TIMOR (May)

"The Trade Fair Exhibition"
Group Exhibition with several East Timorese artists

2003: CULTURAL CENTRE, DILI, EAST TIMOR (March)

"1st Portuguese language book fair exhibition"
Group Exhibition with several East Timorese artists

1998: UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO, PORTUGAL (June)

“East Timor Cultural Week”
Exhibition of three East Timorese Artists

1998: WORLD EXPO ‘98’ LISBON, PORTUGAL (June)

University of Lisbon
Exhibition of six East Timorese Artists

1997: KULCHA MULTICULTURAL ARTS OF WA, FREMANTLE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA (October)

“Artist of The Month”

1997: KALLA YEEDIP GALLERY, MIDLAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA (June)

“Hamutuk”
Solo Exhibition

1996: PERTH INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS, PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA (June/July)

“East Timor - Land of Crosses”
Solo Exhibition

1996: KALLA YEEDIP GALLERY, MIDLAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Apr/May)

“Memory and Reality”
A Multi Cultural Exhibition

1992: PERTH INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS (May)
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

“Dislocation”
Collaboration with David Jones – Sculpture


SELECTED SPECIAL EVENTS:

Oct 2000: REGIONAL ARTS CONFERENCE

2nd National Conference, Esperance Western Australia
Participant & Guest Speaker - Theme: Different Stories

Apr 1999: WORLDWIDE CONVENTION - PORTUGAL

National Convention of East Timorese Abroad
Participated with the specialised portfolio, Arts & Culture

Mar 1998: ABC RADIO DRAMA

“The Sea Change”
Participated as an actor and singer with the East Timorese ‘Tais Surik’

Jul 1997: KALLA YEEDIP GALLERY, “UMA KNUA”

Co-ordinator and Curator of the visual component for the
Exhibition

Aug - Sep 1995: SPRING SCHOOL – UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (UWA)

“East Timor Exploring the Culture and Exploding the Myths”
Assistant Organizer
Facilitated classes for the course, organised discussion groups, interpreted and translated for East Timorese participants.


EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Aug – Nov 2005: EDMUND RICE CENTRE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, FREMANTLE
Immersions Coordinator
Duties:
· Administration associated with applications, travel arrangements, immersion fees;
· Develop and maintain immersion placement database as required

Sep 2004 - May 2005: UNITED NATIONS’ SERIOUS CRIMES UNIT (DEFENCE LAWYERS’ UNIT)
Interpreter, Translator and Cultural Adviser
Duties:
· Employed by the UN SCU for its investigation of possible Crimes Against Humanity by pro-Jakarta paramilitary militia prior to and then after the UN-supervised act of self-determination in November 1999;
· interpreter and translator for the investigation and collection of standardised data and evidence for the Defence Lawyers’ Unit;
· Liaised with Timorese families charged with Crimes Against Humanity to advised them that UN lawyers were about to enter their home to interview them;
· cultural adviser to the Defence Lawyers’ Unit on all the cultural protocols to be observed when conducting these interviews;
· assisted in the translation of all the documents for the Defence Lawyers’ Unit; and
· for this work, the UN lawyers’ and I traveled by helicopter or jeep to every region of East Timor continuously over eight months.

2002: ALIANCE PLANNING AND CONSULTANCY (APAC) HEALTH SYSTEMS / AUSAID
Interpreter and Translator
Duties:
· Acted as an interpreter, translator and cultural adviser to the AUSAID- sponsored Ambulance Procurement and Distribution Project.
· Assisted in the translation of all the Government health policies for the ambulance system in East Timor.
· Facilitated community input into the ambulance service structure.
· Designed the Ambulance Logo for the ambulance system in East Timor.

Feb - Mar 2002: DECKCHAIR THEATRE
Teacher and Cultural Adviser
Duties:
· Acted as a cultural adviser and taught East Timorese songs for a musical theatre production “Mavis Goes to Timor”

Oct 2001: ALIANCE PLANNING AND CONSULTANCY (APAC) HEALTH SYSTEMS / AUSAID
Interpreter and Cultural Adviser
Duties:
· Acted as an interpreter and cultural adviser to the AUSAID-sponsored 5 year health equipment procurement plan for East Timor.
· Assisted in the collection of standardised data for each district health facility (re. equipment, instruments and diseases).

Jun - Nov 2000: LOCKRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL
“Artist in Residence”
· Teaching East Timorese songs for a musical theatre production “Amigos”

Oct - Dec 1999: WEST COAST COLLEGE OF TAFE, EAST FREMANTLE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Art and Music Teacher for East Timorese Refugees

May - Oct 1999: KAMBALDA HIGH SCHOOL, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Art, Media, Music and cultural Program teacher

Apr 1999: MINISTRY FOR CULTURE & THE ARTS, GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Arts Edge
Visual arts workshop with the teachers of the arts

Feb - Apr 1999: MERREDIN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Art Teacher

1997: KULCHA MULTICULTURAL ARTS OF WA
Agency Co-ordinator
Duties:
· Co-ordinate and liaise between artists and clients in regard to booking visual and performance artists for festivals, special and multicultural events.

1996 - 1997: MULTICULTURAL ARTS OF WA
Assistant Agency Co-ordinator

Apr 1992: DAVID JONES (SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, CURTIN UNIVERSITY)
Research Assistant
Duties:
· Provision of assistance and support for artist / lecturer.
· Liaise with artist providing pieces.


REFEREES:

Professor David Jones
Professor of Sculpture, School of Fine Arts
Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia
Telephone: (08) 9299 6771

Jenny Simpson
General Manager
Awesome Arts Australia Ltd
President Board of Director
Kulcha Multicultural Arts of Western Australia
(Former Director of National Folks Festival, Canberra)
Telephone: (08) 9485 0560
Mobile: 0409 682 234

Gordon McIntosh
Former Senator for Western Australia (retired)
Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia
Telephone: (08) 9450 5111

Craig Hooper
(Then-Coordinator, AUSAID Ambulance Project, East Timor)
Senior Policy Adviser
Consumer Health Forms of Australia
Telephone: (02) 6273 5444
Mobile: 0414 466 737

A Mini Biography

Maria Imaculada Madeira

Maria Madeira was born in 1969, in the village of Gleno in the Ermera region of East Timor. She was evacuated from Timor by the Portuguese Air Force in 1976 during the Indonesian invasion. She spent most of the subsequent eight years in the griding poverty of an International Red Cross refugee camp on the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal. She immigrated to Australia with her family in August 1983, settling in Middle Swan on Perth's Eastern fringes,

Adjusting to an Australian high school was a huge transition, and Maria and her five siblings were required to repeat a numbers of years of schooling. Maria has gone on to complete three University qualifications: a B.A. Fine Arts (Visual Arts) Degree from Curtin University in 1991, a Graduate Diploma of Education (Major in Art) from Curtin University in 1993, and a B.A. in Political Science from Murdoch University in 1996.

Between 1996 and 2000, Maria worked in Western Australia as a high school art teacher and for several arts and culture organisations. Maria was an art teacher at Merredin Senior High School, Kambalda High School, and West Coast College of TAFE. O behalf of WA Ministry for Culture and the Arts, she conducted visual arts workshops with art teachers. She was an artist in residence and cultural adviser with Lockridge Primary School and the Deckchair Theatre. She has also been an Agency Coordinator for Kulcha (Multicultural Arts WA), coordinating and liaising between the artists and clients for festivals and multicultural events.

Maria returned to East Timor to live between 2000 - 2004 to play a part East Timor's recovery, rebuilding and development of the world's newest nations. Being fluent in English, Tetum, and Portuguese proved useful. She was employed in 2001 and 2002 as interpreter and translator for the AUSAID-sponsored 'Alliance Planning and Consultancy (APAC) Health Systems' project to procure and distribute ambulances throughout East Timor. She assisted in the translation of Government health policies for ambulance system in East Timor, and with the collection of standardised data for each district health facility. She also designed the Ambulance Logo for the ambulance system in East Timor. In 2004 - 2005, Maria was employed as an interpreter, translator and cultural adviser by the United Nations' Serious Crimes Unit investigating Crimes Against Humanity committed in 1999 and 2000. While in Dili, Maria also worked voluntarily every Saturday as an art teacher at the Arte Moris art school, provided free to local youth.

To date, Maria has held over fifteen solo or group exhibitions of her paintings, sculptures, drawings, mixed media collages and installation pieces, across Australia, Portugal and East Timor. Her main concern as an artist, teacher and cultural adviser is to convey East Timor's culture and traditions to other societies - and vice-versa. It is her strong belief that art and culture are the spirit and soul of a nation. She regards art and culture as a vehicle through which future generations can learn to appreciate the beauty and strength of their own culture - and, in this way, discover who they are in the world.

Media releases

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The Artworks

Mama Hamutuk; (Chewing Betel Nut Together; Mascar Juntos)

Mixed media on canvas: betel nut, glue, shellac, sealer
Date: 02 / 03
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As a tribute to my ancestors, this painting is a result of my journey to self-discovery. It was achieved through an unrehearsed performance in Gleno (completed in Dili), where up to 14 people chewed betel nut and spat on the canvas while singing, dancing, and telling traditional stories from the district of Ermera. As I chewed and cheered, my journey for self- discovery slowly became a journey of innocence, pride and joy.

Dili Playground “Angelica”

Mixed media on canvas: oil, shellac, sealer
Date: 07 / 03
Dimension: 90 x 1.20cm
Private collection

A La Timor Loro Sa’e

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, gesso, impasto gel, ink, glue, shellac, betel leaves, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 12 / 05

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Mana São (Detail)

Mixed media on canvas: glue, shellac, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer
Date: 2003
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Troubled Spots

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, impasto gel, gesso, glue, ink, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer
Date: 05 / 06
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Hidden Treasures II

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, ink, pencil, charcoal, sealer
Date: 10 / 05
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Ina Lou (Dear Mother, Mãe Querida)

Mixed media on canvas: oil, impasto gel, gesso, glue, betel nut, sealer

Date: 02 /07

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Black Gold

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, oil, pastel, gesso, impasto gel, coffee, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer
Date: 03/ 07
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Untitled

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, impasto gel, betel nut, shellac, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer
Date: 03 / 07
Dimension: 46 x 46cm

Aerial View

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, impasto gel, coffee, glue, betel leaves, ink, sealer
Date: 09 / 05
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Loro Sa’e / Loro Monu II (Sun Rise / Sun Set; Nascer/Por do Sol

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, gesso, impasto gel, betel leaves, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer
Date: 08 / 06
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Lilin (Candles, Velas)

Mixed media on canvas; acrylic, oil, gesso, impasto gel, glue, ink, gauze, shellac, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 04 / 07

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Celebration

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, gesso, impasto gel, glue, ink, gauze, shellac, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 02 / 07

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Portrait I

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, oil, impasto gel, gesso, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 03 /07
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Portrait II

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, oil, impasto gel, gesso, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 03 / 07

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Portrait III

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, oil, impasto gel, gesso, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer
Date: 03 / 07
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Journey

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, pastel, impasto gel, gesso, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer
Date: 08 / 06
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Nai Maromak Tulun Ami (Dear God Help us)

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, charcoal, ink, pastel, sealer

Date: 1996

Dimension: 85 x 1.16cm

A shattered country

A dysfunctional family

A heart that bleeds

A crying home

By the grace of God, may the disintegration of our homes and hearts be healed.

Private collection

Kaibauk Drowing

Mixed media on board: acrylic, ink, pastel, charcoal, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth)

Date: 1996
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The kaibauk is a traditional ceremonial head ornament of East Timor.

Bloody Treaty "Timor Gap" (Detail)

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, and photo transfer

Date: 1996

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In 1970, Australia co-sponsored the United Nations Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations, which states: “The territory of a state shall not be subject to acquisition by another state resulting from the threat or use of force. No territorial acquisition resulting from threat or use of force shall be recognised.” In 1989, Australia and Indonesia signed the Timor Gap Zone of Cooperation Treaty, to divide between them the immense oil and gas resources lying between East Timor and Australia.The territorial acquisition by force of East Timor by Indonesia has cost a third of the East Timorese people their lives. Has there ever been a treaty so drenched in blood as this?

Dalan Foun (New Roads; Novos Caminhos)

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, diluted red earth, glue, coffee, betel leaves, sealer

Date: 05 / 07

Dimension: 51 x 76cm

Halibur (Gathering together; Juntarmo -nos) - Detail

Mixed media on canvas; diluted red earth, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 05 / 07

Dimension: 31 x 61cm

Private collection

Fragmented Culture

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, oil, impasto gel, ink, sealer

Date: 05 / 07

Dimension: 51 x 77 cm

In-Fighting

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, oil, gesso, impasto gel, glue, ink, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 04 / 07

Dimension: 90 x 90cm

Kiss & Don’t Tell (a study)

Part of a series of 2

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, gesso, impasto gel, glue, lipstick, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 04 / 07

Dimension: 61 x 31cm

Kiss & Don't Tell

(part of a series of 4)

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, gesso, impasto gel, lipstick, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 08 / 07

Dimension: 61 cm x 76 cm

Backbone

Mixed Media on canvas: pastel, acrylic, gesso, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 03 / 07

Dimension: 51 x 61cm

Kanik (Open Wounds)

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, oil, gesso, glue, gauze, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 03 / 07

Dimension: 51 x 61cm

Ahi Lakan (Flames)

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, oil, gesso, glue, gauze, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 03 / 07
Dimension: 51 x 61cm

Kilat Musan (Bullets)

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, oil, gesso, glue, gauze, ink, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 03 / 07
Dimension: 51 x 61cm

Choir II

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, impasto gel, betel nut, shellac, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 02 / 07

Dimension: 46 x 46cm

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Knua Lemorai I, II, III (Scattered Villages; Aldeias espalhadas)

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, glue, betel nut, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 10 / 06

Dimension: 25 x 20cm

Targeted

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, gesso, impasto gel, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 09 / 06

Dimension: 25 x 20cm

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Knua (Villages; Aldeias)

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, impasto gel, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 09 / 06

Dimension: 25 x 20cm

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Lafaek (Crocodile; Crocodilo)

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, impasto gel,glue,tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), pencil, ink, sealer

Date: 2005

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Isolated Incidents

Mixed media on canvas: acrylic, gesso, impasto gel, glue, tais (traditional East Timorese cloth), sealer

Date: 09 / 06

Dimension: 61 x 91cm

“Untitled” (Detail)

Mixed media on board: acrylic, gesso, impasto gel, glue, canvas, ink, pencil, sealer

Date: withheld
Dimension: 92 x 81cm

Lei da Catana (Law of the Machete)

Mixed media on board: acrylic, impasto gel, glue, canvas, ink, pencil, sealer

Date: 2001

Dimension: 91 x 80cm

Sculptures and Installations

Hili Batar (Picking Corn)

Installation; Floor piece

Mixed media: wood, corn, acrylic, shellac and traditional East Timorese woven baskets (rocks)

Date: 2003

Dimension: Approximately 1.3m x 60cm

Hili Batar (Picking Corn)

In a different setting

Hili Batar (Picking Corn) Detail

What Price Silence?

Mixed media: Sculpture in metal, wood, wire, tais (traditional East Timorese woven cloth)

Date: 1996
Dimension: Approximately 2m x 1m

On December 27 1992 young East Timorese Fernando Boavida was taken by the Indonesian military. During his interrogation he was made to lie on a plank of sharp nails, while another plank was laid on top of him. A heavy tyre was placed on top of the second plank. When Fernando failed to give his torturers ‘satisfactory answers’, another tyre was added. Fernando lost consciousness and died, three days after his arrest. (Amnesty International to United Nations, 13/7/93)

270+ (The Santa Cruz Massacre)

Mixed media: sculpture in metal

Date: 1996

Dimension: Approximately 3.5 m x 3.5 m

In memory of more than 270 East Timorese mourners murdered in the massacre of November 12

1991.

270 + The Santa Cruz Massacre ( Detail)

Dislocation

Installation (In collaboration with David Jones)

1992

Sculpture with newspaper, glue, rope, and red earth