Michael Eather was born in Launceston, Tasmania, in 1963. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture Major) from the Tasmanian School of Art/University of Tasmania, completed in 1983. Michael resided in the Northern Territory before relocating to Brisbane. Since 1985 he has continued to work as a multi-disciplinary artist as well as a gallerist, project curator and consultant with extensive experiences across contemporary Indigenous art forms and issues. In 1990 he co-founded Campfire Group Projects aligned with collaboration and cross-cultural initiatives. He is the director of FireWorks Gallery, a commercial enterprise established in 1993. In 2019 he established Ghost Ship Studio in Newstead (Brisbane) where he continues to make sculpture and painting including collaborative artworks. Michael has had 28 solo exhibitions and been involved in over 50 group exhibitions nationally and internationally. One of them is (Between) Heaven & Earth group exhibition at Redbase Art Sydney.
We pay our respects to the Gundungurra people who are the traditional custodians of the land. We acknowledge Elders past, present and emerging for their immense spiritual connection to place which was never ceded.
