Kyra Mancktelow

'Strength and resilience are words we use to describe ourselves and we, Australian South Sea Islanders – or South Sea People – truly embody these qualities. Our community descends from...

Kyra Mancktelow’s series No Blak in the Union Jack takes its title from British Academic Paul Gilroy’s book ‘There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack: The Cultural Politics of...

Unconstitutional Love centres around a wedding dress that honours the artist’s Ancestors. With this work, Kyra continues to explore the history of garments in Australia as a means by which...

N.Smith Gallery is delighted to present Kyra Mancktelow's fourth exhibition with the gallery – We're Marching. Investigating the history of protest in Australia through legacies of colonialism, We're Marching poses...

Don’t Read the Comments investigates the history of protest in Australia through legacies of colonialism, posing important questions such as how we remember and acknowledge the Indigenous experience and histories...

Gubagulabu presents new work by Kyra Mancktelow featuring new unique bronze sculptures and unique impression prints. The artist's well-used dillies call to the historic nature of a useful item while...

Sitting Down Place challenges the archival records concerning the Indigenous people of Moongalba, also known as Myora mission. Government policy forbade traditional practices and enforced the introduction of colonial uniforms....

By responding to colonial intentions of the past, Mancktelow investigates the long-lasting legacies of colonialism and questions how we remember and acknowledge Indigenous histories, traditions, culture, and beliefs.

Gubba Up investigates the destruction of Aboriginal culture by covering up blak skin. ‘Gubba Up’, loosely translates to ‘whiten up’ – a phrase used by First Nations peoples to describe...

No Perception investigates the military jackets worn by naval officers on the First Fleet. These jackets were given to First Nations peoples as they were seen as naked through Western...

Sitting Down Place speaks to the history of Minjerribah by referencing the Myora Mission and speaking to the resistance and resilience of the Quandamooka people through the artist's methods of...

Thea is a finalist with her work A Bastard Like Me. Kyra won the Emerging Artist Category with her work Moongalba II. The Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander...

Each applying a unique and distinct aesthetic, Continuous / Unbroken Bonds investigates long-lasting legacies of colonialism, asking questions such as how we remember and how we acknowledge First Nations histories....

carriers of memory presents new acquisitions from the Museum of Brisbane Collection by First Nations artists: Kim Ah Sam, Kuku Yalanji people and Kalkadoon people; Sonja Carmichael and her daughter...

Unsilenced is Kyra Mancktelow's first major solo exhibition. It incorporates a series of prints, sculpture, ceramics, and weavings. The exhibition exposes untold histories of Australia. It showcases the unique way...

N.Smith Gallery is proud and super excited to introduce you to the work of the gallery's represented artists: Jordan Azcune, Tom Blake, Casey Chen, Neva Hosking, Kyra Mancktelow, Dylan Mooney,...