Luke Currie-Richardson

Luke is a descendant of the Kuku Yalanji and Djabugay peoples, the Mununjali Clan of South East QLD, the Butchulla clan of K’gari and the Meriam people of the Eastern Torres Straits Islands. He aspires to be a role model for young people both Indigenous and non-Indigenous to show them they can be and do all things.

Luke began storytelling in 2000 learning and performing traditional dance with Gerib Sik Torres Strait Islander Dance Group with his family in Canberra. His first introduction to contemporary arts came as a member of the youth dance ensemble QL2 in their 2007 production Unspeakable. Today, he is a dancer, photographer, writer, performer and actor (among other things!).