SUE HEALEY & JUDD OVERTON | 'On View: Icons ELMA KRIS' | Photographic print on rag paper Edition:1\10 My father was an important

My father was an important man and traveling to Fiji and other places performing traditional dance

pen and ink on archival paper

archival research

JOEL SAM | 'Slender Barracuda' | 2010 | Linocut Print | 30 x 40 cm | Edition of 10

a native of the rainforest

SUE HEALEY & JUDD OVERTON | 'On View: Icons ELMA KRIS' | Photographic print on rag paper Edition:1\10 My father was an important"Elma Kris is a proud Torres Strait Islander woman who grew up on Thursday Island. Her clan is from the North Western and Central Islands of the Torres Strait. She is a highly respected dancer, choreographer and teacher, who has performed on stages around the world. She studied at the National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) Dance College and first danced with Bangarra Dance Theatre in 1997, as well as forming her own dance