Craig Koomeeta
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Craig Koomeeta is an acclaimed Wik artist, sculptor and carver from Aurukun on the western Cape York Peninsula. A member of the Apelech clan, one of Aurukun's five ceremonial groups, Koomeeta began carving as a teenager, learning traditional stories and cultural knowledge from his uncle Roland Toikalkin. Koomeeta is particularly celebrated for his expressive carved sculptures depicting ancestral beings and animals including crocodiles, barramundi, dingoes and camp dogs. His works draw upon ancestral songlines, ceremonial practice and the creation stories of his Country, while his lively treatment of form has established a distinctive contemporary sculptural language. His Apelech Brothers are particularly important within his practice. These ancestral brothers are associated with the creation of the lands and waters around Aurukun and recur across Koomeeta's sculpture and painting. Koomeeta's work received major national recognition in 2001, when he won the Wandjuk Marika Three-Dimensional Memorial Award at the 18th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
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