Tarquin Singleton
Yirrganydji • Designer & Illustrator
Artist Statement
Tarquin’s star represents culture and guidance. For thousands of years Indigenous peoples all around the world use stars to help them understand, guide and navigate through the world around them. Stars can be used as maps, calendars, symbols and reminders of historical events.
With overlapping patterns at the centre of the star representing built up knowledge at the core, then branching out to give room and space to invite others to add their own stories to pass on to next generations.
Image: Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) 2027 Collaborative Hero Artwork Commission: Superhighway – Country Sings to Stars Dancing. Digital mixed media. Created with Red Ochre Republic by First Nations designers Tarquin Singleton (Yirrganydji) and Sheree Jacobs (Meriam), with creative contributions from CIAF Artistic Director, Teho Ropeyarn (Angkamuthi and Yadhaykana) and artists Peggy Kasabad Lane (Saibai Koedal Awgadhalgal), Jack Wilkie-Jans (Waanyi, Teppathiggi and Tjungundji), Sandra Delaney (Nunagal, Goenbal and Ngugi, Quandamooka), Douglas Tamwoy (Thupmul Clan, Gudang Yadhaykenu Tribe, Badu & Erub Islands), Daphne de Jersey (Gangalidda, Waanyi and Garawa) and Sabrina Rose-Toby (Gangulu).