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This Place - Artist Series - Vernon Ah Kee

30 April 2020
Culture and Capability
A large portrait of an Indigenous man is attached to a wire frame. At right and holding the frame is man dressed in black shirt and jeans.

See the work of artist Vernon Ah Kee and follow him as he prepares to paint his grandmother’s portrait.

'My family is like any normal family. It's full of heroes and villains, but it's where I get my inspiration from.'

Vernon Ah Kee's larger than life portraits aim to show First Nations people as contemporary and modern people. Follow him as he prepares to paint his grandmother’s portrait and revisits the people and places that shaped him.

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For more information, visit This Place - Artist Series.