Join us for the Queensland launch of Windows and Mirrors, the first publication to catalogue the immense, influential career of Bandjalung cultural leader Djon Mundine OAM. Spanning essays, reflections, and archival materials from 1999 to 2023, Windows and Mirrors traces the people, exhibitions, and ideas that shaped contemporary Indigenous art in Australia. Mundine’s writing moves between art history, personal memoir, and cultural philosophy, revealing an incisive, poetic voice grounded in decades of practice and leadership. Through projects such as The Aboriginal Memorial (1988), The Dingo Project (2021), and curatorial work across regional, national, and international contexts, Mundine has helped redefine the role of First Nations artists and curators within the national story. Windows and Mirrors gathers his extraordinary life’s work into one volume.
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Djon Mundine OAM FAHA is a Bandjalung man born in Grafton, New South Wales. A curator, writer, and activist, he is widely regarded as a foundational figure in the development of contemporary Indigenous art in Australia. Over more than four decades, Mundine has worked across remote communities, state institutions, and international exhibitions, advocating for Aboriginal artists and cultural autonomy. He is best known as the concept curator of The Aboriginal Memorial (1988), a forest of 200 hollow log coffins created by artists from Ramingining in Central Arnhem Land and now permanently housed at the National Gallery of Australia. Mundine’s career spans roles at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Campbelltown Arts Centre, and the Northern Territory’s art co-operatives of Ramingining and Maningrida. His curatorial and written practice continues to shape critical dialogues around art, history, and sovereignty.
