Queer, Blak and Here

It’s about telling our story of resilience, thriving, survival, how far we’ve come as a people, what we’ve achieved… and where we’ll be in the future.

Dylan Mooney is a Yuwi man from Mackay, a Torres Strait Islander man from Erub and Badu Islands and an Australian-born South Sea Islander. He works across painting, printmaking, digital illustration, and drawing.

These portraits deftly illustrate issues affecting his lived experience. He narrates his identity as a proud, queer, Indigenous man. Subjects stand proudly and defiantly, gazing out at the viewer. The combination of digital technology and social commentary unites the artist’s sense of optimism with a profound understanding of both historical and contemporary issues.

Digital portraits