Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-op recognises the unceded sovereignty of the Gadigal and Wangal peoples, the traditional owners of the land on which we stand. We honour their continued connection to Country and their Elders who are the keepers of their knowledge and stories. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or printed material.

Jai Walker

Jai Walker began working as an artist in 2007 at the Jambama Aboriginal Art studio and gallery in Casino. Jai is proudly Bundjalung.
His style is largely self-taught. He draws and paints the old people, haunting images of the ancestors who formed the Bundjalung nation. Jai is a unique artist with the ability to create images of his ancestors that move and speak through their eyes, bringing into focus the men and women of the past, lost but not forgotten.

Jai experiments with new techniques continuously producing work that evolves and grows with each time he produces new works. He is an inspired young artist and leaves a mark with the work he produces.

“I come from West of the range, Mallanganee – my grandmother and my father’s country. I was born stomping my feet and with a paint brush in my hand”