TarraWarra Biennial 2025: We Are Eagles

The 2025 TarraWarra Biennial – titled We Are Eagles – centres on themes of regeneration, relational connections and the power of cultural memory.

Curated by Yorta Yorta woman, writer and curator Kimberley Moulton, this year’s 9th edition showcases the work of 23 Australian artists and makers. The theme is inspired by the landmark 1938 Day of Mourning, when Aboriginal leaders called for a resolution to be passed against the callous treatment of their people, and for full citizenship status and equality. At the gathering, Yorta Yorta pastor Sir Doug Nicholls famously declared, “We do not want chickenfeed … we are not chickens; we are eagles.”

Through a rich array of new and existing works, the exhibiting artists challenge colonial narratives while honouring the spirit of self-determination, love and connection to place of those pioneering activists. Works in We Are Eagles reflect the multiplicity of truths, from museum collections and geopolitics to the body as a living archive of generational wisdom, as the artists consider how knowledge can be renewed through creative practice.

The exhibition also highlights deep bonds across cultures in Australia and beyond, through waterways, kinship and totemic animals – including the wedge-tailed eagle, which is central to the exhibition’s themes. Participating artists include Jack Anselmi, Lisa Hilli, Angela Tiatia, Moorina Bonini, Maree Clarke and many others, including an ancestor maker, whose works converge across time and space to restore culture and remember.

We Are Eagles is on now until July 20. Tickets are available now.

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