Mia Boe: Guwinganj

Mia Boe records and recovers Indigenous histories in a contemporary context, fusing the personal and historical.

Mia Boe is a Melbourne-based painter from Brisbane with Butchulla and Burmese ancestry. Her work is influenced by the inheritance and ‘disinheritance’ of these two cultures, often responding to the British Empire’s deliberate and violent interferences with the cultural heritages of Burma/Myanmar and K’gari.

Through her unique depiction of elongated figures and stylised landscapes, Boe records and recovers Indigenous histories in a contemporary context, fusing the personal and historical.

Mia Boe’s solo exhibition will be developed on Butchulla Country as the recipient of the 2024 Fiona Foley residency.

Image: Mia Boe, Wongari Marat Marat, 2023, synthetic polymer on linen.