In partnership with Deadly Fringe Blak Dot is proud to support ‘Healing Through Buliana’.
About the exhibition
It wasn't until I had my son that I realised how incredible the woman's' bodies are. We are strong and endure so much. We create life, we feed and nurture another being, and we continue to grow and provide all that we have.
Birth is such an incredibly empowering experience.
The birth of my firstborn child was very traumatic, I lost control, and when I was going into my second pregnancy, I was fearful of the end. Though, it was not at all to be feared. Pregnancy is so innate and natural, yet the westernised way has shifted the power and control from the woman to the hospital or physician.
With my second birth and labour, I put faith in my body and knew that it would know what to do. I gave in to the waves of labour. It was such a pivotal moment in my life.
Birth gives you immense strength that no one can take away from you. A woman's body is one to be cherished. These pieces depict the creation of life, motherhood, nurturing and nourishing our beautiful babies or bodies. It expresses the honour we should place on our matriarch.
Artist Bio
Maddy Connors (nee’ Saunders). A proud and strong Yorta Yorta (Wolithica), Dja Dja Wurrung and Gamilaroi woman and mother to two booris (babies) Marley and Yindi. She is the Founder and Creative Director of Yarli Creative.
Her identity is what drives her. She describes it as "It’s something that is within me and comes from the heart. My connection to my environmental surroundings is my blood line and vein to this country and the community which runs deep within." Madison comes from a strong line of women and am aims to follow them; she aims to embody their full form on this earth and strive to make her mob proud of the work that she creates and achieves.
Maddy was born and raised in Shepparton, spending most of her life living on her grandmother’s Country. Oral history has taught Madison to yarn with her Elders; to listen, to understand and acknowledge the challenges they faced, to be strong in the face of adversity and to continue teaching her children the importance of her history, their history.
if you would like to learn more about Maddy, visit her website at yarlicreative.com.au or follow her Instagram @yarli_creative, Facebook - Yarli Creative or twitter - YarliCreative
‘My Burra’ 2020 Maddy Connors