Shaun Edwards was one of 200 artists given global exposure at the fair.
Indigenous art is hot!
That’s the verdict based on sales and crowd numbers at the second annual Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF).
More than 10,500 visitors attended the three-day event in late August, enjoying its blend of traditional and contemporary visual arts, film, dance, music and theatre.
About 200 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, born or based in Queensland, exhibited.
“CIAF is a celebration but at its roots, it has an economic base, trying to develop and improve an economy for local artists,” said artistic director Michael Snelling.
More than $750,000 changed hands as buyers’ representatives, gallery curators and art dealers from as far away as Europe snapped up works by emerging and established artists.
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