Stacie Piper stands at the entrance of Paola Balla's artwork

Curator Stacie Piper, installation view.

Paola Balla, Murrup (Ghost) Weaving in Rosie Kuka Lar (Grandmother’s Camp) 2021 with Rosie Tang, Untitled Wallpaper, image c. 1978, reproduced 2021
installation view, WILAM BIIK, TarraWarra Museum of Art, 2021
Courtesy of Paola Balla
Photo: T J Garvie

WILAM BIIK

Past Exhibitions

30 October - 8 September 2021

CURATED BY STACIE PIPER

WILAM BIIK exhibited at TarraWarra Museum of Art 20 Oct – 21 November 2021. It is currently touring with NETS Victoria

Wangaratta Art Gallery 30 April– 12 June 2022
Wyndham Art Gallery 27 October – 31 December 2022
Latrobe Regional Gallery 4 March – 28 May 2023
City of Greater Dandenong’s Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre 25 July – 8 September 2023

Learn more about WILAM BIIK (Home Country) by exploring the content on this page, including videos, music, artwork…and more!

In the Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri people, Wilam Biik means Home Country.

How do we see Country? How do we listen to Country? How do we connect to Country?

You are called to listen deeply with your ears, eyes and hearts– to understand how First People connect with Wilam Biik.

Wilam Biik is the Soil, the Land, the Water, the Air, the Sky and the Animals that reside within. It is the only home we know, and we honour it for its sacred exchange. A home where Custodial rights and responsibilities never left.

An exhibition of cultural consciousness and knowledge, of an unsevered connection between First Peoples of South East Australia and their Country, over thousands of generations.

Welcome to WILAM BIIK. Image by Andrew Curtis.

Nannette Shaw (Tyereelore, Trawoolway and Boonwurrung/Bunurong), Kelp Vessel 2021, kelp, native Tasmanian wood, river reed, 13 x 21 x 14 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Andrew Curtis.

Kent Morris (Barkindji), Barkindji Blue Sky – Ancestral Connections #11 2021, digital print on phototex wallpaper with framed giclee prints on rag paper, 1356 x 492.5 cm, installation view, WILAM BIIK, TarraWarra Museum of Art, 2021. Courtesy of the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery. Photo: Andrew Curtis.

Arika Waulu (Koolyn, Gunnai, Djap Wurrung, Peek Wurrung, Dhauwurd Wurrung), Yuccan Noolert (Mother Possum) 2021, wood, red ochre, yellow ochre, charcoal, acrylic, ink, melaleuca bark, crushed granite, koolor (lava stone) dimensions variable, installation view, WILAM BIIK, TarraWarra Museum of Art, 2021. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Andrew Curtis.

Djirri Djirri Wurundjeri Women’s Dance Group (Dancers include Wurundjeri, Dja Dja wurrung, Ngurai illum-wurrung), Wominjeka 2018–20, video projection on phototex wallpaper duration 00:02:26. Filmed by Ryan Tews. Installation view, WILAM BIIK, TarraWarra Museum of Art, 2021. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Andrew Curtis.

Steven Rhall (Taungurung), Of the Earth 2021, inkjet print, steel, audio, amplifier, subwoofer,
granite, table, light, architectural intervention, framed and wrapped inkjet prints, dimensions variable,installation view, WILAM BIIK, TarraWarra Museum of Art, 2021. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Andrew Curtis.

Glenda Nicholls (Waddi Waddi, Ngarrindjeri and Yorta Yorta), Drag Net 2021, jute, wood, river clay, native river mussel shell 200 x 100 cm, installation view, WILAM BIIK, TarraWarra Museum of Art, 2021. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Andrew Curtis.

Deanne Gilson (Wadawurrung), As I Walk on Country, Passing the Manna Gum and the Banksia Tree, I Remember the Past and Work Towards a Brighter Future 2021, white ceremonial ochre, wattle tree sap, red ochre, pink ochre, acrylic on canvas, diptych: 90 x 110 cm each. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Andrew Curtis.

Rhiannon Williams (Waradjuri and Wakaman) (left to right): Rebirth 1, Rebirth, Rebirth 2, Written on Country, 2021, installation view, WILAM BIIK, TarraWarra Museum of Art, 2021
Courtesy of the artist, Photo: Andrew Curtis.

Kim Wandin (Wurundjeri/Woi-wurrung), Eel Trap 2021, natural fibers, 140 x 45 x 45 cm
installation view, WILAM BIIK, TarraWarra Museum, of Art, 2021. Photo: Andrew Curtis.

(Left to right): Personal tools by Liwik (Ancestor). Grinding Stone, Scraper, Stone Axe with anvil pit in the centre, Grinding Stone with ochre residue dates unknown, stone and ochre, dimensions variable, Museums Victoria Collection (X045135, X087783, X081827, X041703) installation view, WILAM BIIK, TarraWarra Museum of Art, 2021. Courtesy of Museums Victoria. Photo: Andrew Curtis.

Paola Balla, Murrup (Ghost) Weaving in Rosie Kuka Lar (Grandmother’s Camp) 2021 with Rosie Tang, Untitled Wallpaper, image c. 1978, reproduced 2021, installation view, WILAM BIIK, TarraWarra Museum of Art, 2021. Courtesy of Paola Balla.Photo: Andrew Curtis.

William Barak (Wurundjeri Ngurungaeta, Head Man) Corroboree c. 1880s, Collection of Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art and Ceremony, c. 1895, Collection of the Art Gallery of Ballarat installation view, WILAM BIIK, TarraWarra Museum of Art, 2021. Photo: Andrew Curtis