TarraWarra Biennial 2025: We Are Eagles is an exhibition of new and existing works by 23 artists and makers from across Australia that centre regenerative practice and relational connections.
The title comes from an important political movement in 1938 called The Day of Mourning, held on the 150th anniversary of the colonisation of Australia, during which Aboriginal leaders called for a resolution to be passed against the callous treatment of their people and for full citizenship status and equality. At this gathering the Yorta Yorta visionary Pastor Sir Doug Nicholls KCVO OBE stated that;
‘we do not want chicken-feed … we are not chickens; we are eagles’.
Connecting across cultures from this continent and beyond its borders, through waterways, community kinships and the stars, to the totemic eagle and animals that guide them, the artists share their truth.
The works in We Are Eagles converge across various temporal spaces to re-story and remember.
–Kimberley Moulton (Yorta Yorta), Curator
The artists participating in TarraWarra Biennial 2025 are: Ancestor, Jack Anselmi, Nathan Beard, Moorina Bonini, Amy Briggs, Maree Clarke, Gunybi Ganambarr, Cynthia Hardie, Nadia Hernández, Lisa Hilli, Iluwanti Ken, Brendan Kennedy, Daniel Riley, Laurel Robinson, Teho Ropeyarn, Shireen Taweel, Lyn Thorpe, Angela Tiatia, wani toaishara, Brooke Wandin, Lisa Waup, Warraba Weatherall, Yaritji Young.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body; the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria; and the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.
Artwork: Iluwanti Ken, Walawuru Tjukurpa – Story of the Eagles 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Tjala Arts, Amata
