Amethyst Downing

Amethyst Downing is a Wandi Wandian woman with kinship and ancestral ties woven throughout the East Coast in so called Australia. Born and raised on Kulin Nation, now living on Country in the lands of Dharawal.

Amethyst is a multidisciplinary artist, cultural practitioner, mother, carer and scientist in training at the University of Wollongong. She uses a wide variety of traditional and contemporary mediums, methods, knowledges, practices and techniques taught by her Elders and knowledge holders within her kin. She is passionate about the environment, she spreads awareness, while capturing images building a digital archive of many species both native and pest. One of her target species is a dingo which is red listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN) as critically endangered.

For OpenField Amethyst will present recent work and participate in our First Nations skill sharing workshops at the Berry Showground Rural Youth Hall.