DESERT-RAIN MAGPIE
Desert-Rain Magpie is a Nyoongar woman from Western Australia living on Bullongin Country (Pimpama) on the Gold Coast. An emerging artist and established weaver. Her multidisciplinary practice spans ceramics, jewellery, textiles and fashion which are rooted in the use of native plants and the ways they connect us to place and community. Desert-Rain holds a Bachelor of Indigenous Studies in Trauma and Healing and uses her art to create culturally safe spaces for connection and storytelling, with a focus on strengthening cultural identity.
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Ballun (River) reflects the living movement of water on Country, tracing the eddies, flows, and tributaries that gather and converge. Through weaving, these rhythms become a metaphor for the deep relationships between People and Country, revealing how our individual and collective well‑being is bound to the vitality of our waterways. The rivers and oceans that sustain us are the life‑blood of Country. They are dynamic, connective, and essential. Ballun invites viewers to pause at this threshold between land and water, to recognise the stories carried in each current, and to consider our shared responsibility to protect and honour these ancient systems.