Timo Hogan Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra Language, circa 1973

Timo Hogan was born in 1973 and grew up with stories of life in the Spinifex Lands. He spent his formative years in Mount Margaret, Western Australia, with his father Neville McArthur and his stepmother Alkawari. Once they moved to Warburton, closer to his father’s traditional lands, McArthur took Hogan to all the culturally significant places. He wanted to introduce him to the Country, to the spirit caretakers and teach him the law. Hogan now paints his Country, the vast salt lake Lake Baker, which he now has cultural obligations to look after. In 2021 Hogan’s Lake Baker was the overall winner in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.

Text from National Gallery of Victoria