KNOWN: Katie West

KNOWNis a series of publications that promotes and celebrates contemporary Indigenous Australian artists, facilitating cross-cultural dialogue between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and writers.KNOWNelevates and amplifies First Nations voices; strengthening cultural knowledge, language, and artistic engagement. TheKNOWNseries is designed to foster knowledge exchange within communities and acknowledges contemporary Indigenous Australian artists on both national and international stages.

This volume features Katie West, a Yindjibarndi woman and artist based in Noongar Ballardong boodja (Country), whose work spans found and naturally dyed textiles, video, sound, and social practice in its consideration of the ways in which we weave our stories, places, histories, and futures. Having shown in solo and group exhibitions at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA), her work is grounded in the understanding that the health of human society and Country mirror one another. The book features a text by renowned author and Noongar woman Claire G. Coleman, complete with translations in language.