人物簡介
葛蘭達．克莉絲汀娜．尼珂斯1954年出生於澳洲維多利亞天鵝山，是擁有多族血統（瓦迪瓦迪/約塔約塔/納葛林桀利的原住民藝術保衛者。
尼珂斯的創作延續自身家族歷史，反映家族長者及祖先的故事，呈現過去與現在的連結，也展露自身與國家的關係，她的編織與羽毛創作在維多利亞原住民藝術圈中為人熟知，其創作的網、籃子及羽毛花朵更曾在維多利亞州的美術館展出。
孩提時期，尼珂斯常觀察長輩運用針織、勾針、編織等技法及不同纖維材質展現技藝，她創作的羽毛花朵自母親的外曾祖母開始世代相傳，運用從長者們留下的設計藍圖，構築融合傳統及當代手法的藝術形式，尼珂斯的祖傳技藝可視為一種生/活文化，依㝷祖先的傳統步伐，逐步搭起自身與土地的連結。
Glenda Christina Nicholls was born in Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia in 1954. She is a multi-clanned Aboriginal custodian (Waddi Waddi/Yorta Yorta/Ngarrindjeri).
Her craft reflects the continuity of her family storyline. It reflects the story of her elders and ancestors and the connection between the past and present. Her work shows her connection to her country. Her weaving and feather craft are well known within the Victorian indigenous art world with some of her net pieces, baskets and feather flowers exhibited throughout Victorian galleries.
As a child, Glenda remembers watching her Elders knit, crochet, weave and carry out their craft using different processes and fibres. Glenda’s feather flowers are a generational art form that has been handed down from her mother and her mothers’ mothers. This art form show a traditional and contemporary method that come from blueprints handed down from her Elders. Her family craft practice is a living culture that is following in the footprints of her ancestors and is her connection to her country.
臉書專頁：https://www.facebook.com/GlendaNichollsArtist/
尼珂斯的創作延續自身家族歷史，反映家族長者及祖先的故事，呈現過去與現在的連結，也展露自身與國家的關係，她的編織與羽毛創作在維多利亞原住民藝術圈中為人熟知，其創作的網、籃子及羽毛花朵更曾在維多利亞州的美術館展出。
孩提時期，尼珂斯常觀察長輩運用針織、勾針、編織等技法及不同纖維材質展現技藝，她創作的羽毛花朵自母親的外曾祖母開始世代相傳，運用從長者們留下的設計藍圖，構築融合傳統及當代手法的藝術形式，尼珂斯的祖傳技藝可視為一種生/活文化，依㝷祖先的傳統步伐，逐步搭起自身與土地的連結。
Glenda Christina Nicholls was born in Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia in 1954. She is a multi-clanned Aboriginal custodian (Waddi Waddi/Yorta Yorta/Ngarrindjeri).
Her craft reflects the continuity of her family storyline. It reflects the story of her elders and ancestors and the connection between the past and present. Her work shows her connection to her country. Her weaving and feather craft are well known within the Victorian indigenous art world with some of her net pieces, baskets and feather flowers exhibited throughout Victorian galleries.
As a child, Glenda remembers watching her Elders knit, crochet, weave and carry out their craft using different processes and fibres. Glenda’s feather flowers are a generational art form that has been handed down from her mother and her mothers’ mothers. This art form show a traditional and contemporary method that come from blueprints handed down from her Elders. Her family craft practice is a living culture that is following in the footprints of her ancestors and is her connection to her country.
臉書專頁：https://www.facebook.com/GlendaNichollsArtist/