About our First Nations artwork
The below First Nations artwork was commissioned by ORIMA Research and depicts ORIMA’s core values of conducting our work in an ethical manner with honesty, integrity, respect, and humility. It also reflects our value of contributing to community in a meaningful way. The painting represents our First Nations Community Interviewers humbly visiting the country and community of other First Nation Peoples, sitting courteously with, listening with integrity, and respectfully sharing, as part of a community, the views and thoughts of First Nations Peoples.
About the artist
ORIMA Research is privileged to have had its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Field Force artwork completed by Tristan Pwerl Duggie.
Tristan comes from Mungkarta Community 80km south of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory. His family are from the Warumungu, Warlpiri and Alyawarr language nations of central Australia.
His Dreaming is Ahakey from and of the Antarrengeny country and song line north of the Sandover Region of the Northern Territory. He is a kirda (boss) of the Rain Dreaming and Witchetty Grub.
Tristan has had artwork exhibited in many exhibitions across Australia and oversea. He has completed a number of commissioned artworks for Non-Government and Government organisations.
In addition to being an accomplished artist Tristan has studied education and has a passion to see community development through education. He has worked in the Northern Territory Department of Education for over 7 years and works supporting remote students onto boarding schools right across Australia. For further information about Tristan and to seek commission work from Tristan please contact ORIMA Research.