Elisa Jane Carmichael

Elisa Jane Carmichael is a Ngugi woman of the Quandamooka People (Moreton Island/Mulgumpin and North Stradbroke Island/Minjerribah, Queensland. Elisa’s arts practice draws on Ancestral knowledge, matrilineal connections, memories of place and relationships with Country. Elisa and her mother, Sonja, have collaboratively been at the forefront of gathering knowledge, learning, and experimenting, to revitalise the unique traditional practice of Quandamooka weaving and explore its creative applications to contemporary fibre art. Elisa further develops her practice through both new techniques and materials, acknowledging, nurturing, and protecting her culture and the resources of Quandamooka Country. Her regular inclusion in national survey exhibitions and major prizes demonstrates her conceptual explorations through weaving, sculptural materials, cyanotypes and now printmaking.