Lin & Tiriki Onus 'Pawns—Yellow' etching titled and dated in bottom

titled and dated in bottom margin

represented across public collections including at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

‘Hornby’ is quintessential Knight

the Australian War Memorial

Lin & Tiriki Onus 'Pawns—Yellow' etching titled and dated in bottomLin Onus, a Yorta Yorta artist of Aboriginal and Scottish descent, represents a singular voice in Australias cultural life. Esteemed for his wit, talent and panache, Onuss work is a negotiation of culture identity, using both Aboriginal and Western techniques to unsettle categorisation. After being racistly expelled from school at age fourteen, Onus worked as a mechanic and activist, before teaching himself to draw. He forged a style that combined