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b. 1975 -

Born in Melbourne in 1975, she holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Federation University (2010) and a Diploma in Applied Photography from the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE, which she completed in 2004. She is currently[when?] undertaking a PhD at Deakin University.

Cole’s work often references her life story and experiences, such as her Wadawurrung heritage, the importance of Christianity in her life, and the impact of politics, the law and other power structures on her lived experience and that of her family and community. Her artistic practice questions the way people circumscribe and misconstrue contemporary identity and experience.[citation needed]
Early works

Cole's first major work which came to public attention was Heart Strong (2007), an exhibition at the Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne. This work focused on the media's portrayal of Indigenous communities. Cole also photographed elite Indigenous sportsman for the calendar Men in Black. Cole's portrait of boxer Anthony Mundine, Do you like what you see, won the Boscia Galleries Award for Photography at the Victorian Indigenous Art Awards.

As well as photography, Cole's approach to art includes the use of video, text and installation.
Not Really Aboriginal (2008)

Cole's Not Really Aboriginal is a series of photographs including portraits and group photographs in which the faces of the subjects are blackened with paint. Not Really Aboriginal explores Cole's Indigenous identity and heritage, and the ways in which they are questioned by mainstream society due to Cole's fair complexion.

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    • § BINDI COLE (born 1975) #18C Portrait (Bigot) 2014 pigment print on rag paper, with hand painted paper bag
      Jun. 28, 2021

      § BINDI COLE (born 1975) #18C Portrait (Bigot) 2014 pigment print on rag paper, with hand painted paper bag

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      § BINDI COLE (born 1975) #18C Portrait (Bigot) 2014 pigment print on rag paper, with hand painted paper bag 68 x 68cm (print); 38 x 30.5 x 14cm (bag) PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: The Australian Federal Government recently considered changes to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975. This proposal received much media attention and stirred debate across all levels of Australian society about the implications of racism and the right to free speech. The Government's proposed changes includes the repeal of Section 18C of the Act, which currently states the following: (1) It is unlawful for a person to do an act, otherwise than in private, if: (a) the act is reasonably likely, in all the circumstances, to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or a group of people; and (b) the act is done because of the race, colour or national or ethnic origin of the other person or of some or all of the people in the group. #18C is a new work made by Chocka in response to the situation, and to the comment made by Attorney-General George Brandis in parliament that "People do have a right to be bigots". (The Artist)

      Leonard Joel
    • BINDI COLE , KOORIMITE KID, 2008
      Dec. 01, 2020

      BINDI COLE , KOORIMITE KID, 2008

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      BINDI COLE born 1975 KOORIMITE KID, 2008 from the series POST US digital pigment print on rag paper 150.0 x 110.0 cm (image) 171.5 x 130.0 cm (frame) edition: 3/5 signed on label verso PROVENANCE Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label attached verso) Corrigan Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in June 2013 On long-term loan to the University of Technology, Sydney, December 2013 – November 2020 EXHIBITED Post Us, Boscia Galleries, Melbourne, 2008 (another example) Over the Fence: Contemporary Indigenous Photography from the Corrigan Collection, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, 6 August – 30 October 2016 LITERATURE Edmonds, F. and Clarke, M., Sort of Like Reading a Map, A Community Report on the Survival of South-East Australian Aboriginal Art since 1834, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Darwin, 2009, pl. 60, p. 43 (illus., another example) Moreau, S., The presence which is absence. Urban Aboriginal artists and the motive of the body, 2013, thesis, pp. 49, 50, 51 (illus., another example) Craig, G., and Presley, R., Over the Fence: Contemporary Indigenous Photography from the Corrigan Collection, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, 2016, pp. 55 (illus.), 90, and illus. back cover This work is located at our Melbourne Gallery © Bindi Lee/Copyright Agency, 2020

      Deutscher and Hackett
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