Dakota Dixon-Campbell

I am a proud Dharawal-Dunghutti-Yuin Woman. My grandmother, Rene Campbell and my grandfather, Roy Page, are La Perouse Elders. I grew up in Lennox Head on Bundjalung land and I am currently living and working on Gadigal land, Sydney.

As an artist and designer, I enjoy traditional styles of dot painting with acrylic paint and combining mixing media and manipulating the designs digitally. My artist style is a mix between traditional Aboriginal stories told and created in a contemporary way.

I like using plants and animals in my artwork, from painting them in my artworks to using plants to weave the shells onto possum tails. Creating cultural adornments for myself and my community from the environment we are surrounded by. I have a responsibility to continue the shell art practice that the women of La Perouse would create to sell as one of their only means of income. I continue this tradition by hosting workshops and teaching the children of the community about the long practice.

Since completing a Diploma of Design at TAFE NSW in 2017, I have worked in the arts for the over five years, with companies such as the Australian Design Centre, Sydney Opera House and FDC. As well as working designing public artwork, hosting workshops and being apart of group exhibitions through my gallery Boomalli, I am also currently working at the Australian National Maritime Museum as Indigenous Programs and Education.