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22.01.2022 My name is Vincent Babia of Saibai Island. My wife and I relocated to Seisia which enabled us to travel extensively throughout Northern Australia to perform and create commissions art pieces. Over the past 9 years, I have won 7 Awards recognising my Traditional Customs / Dance and Hand Art crafts.... My work is currently featured in galleries around the World including Canberra International Museum. Please like, share, follow and keep up to date.

19.01.2022 "2014 GAB TITUI INDIGENOUS ART AWARD WINNERS Saibai Island artist, Vincent Babia has been named Winner of the 2014 Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award in opening night celebrations held at the Gab Titui Cultural Centre on 16 April. Photo Courtesy: Gab Titui Cultural Centre

16.01.2022 Repost from Torres Strait Island Regional Council. Vincent Babia EXHIBITION: KOEY BUWAI MAB - MIGRATION FROM SAIBAI ISLAND TO CAPE YORK The story of a voluntary mass migration of a community from Saibai Island in the Torres Strait to the mainland after World War II, is explored in a new exhibition by artist Vincent Babia. Babia is a descendant of the Ait Kodal (Crocodile clan) and Samu (Cassowary clan) from Saibai Island and his family is one of many that relocated from Saib...ai to mainland Australia in the 1940s and 50s. He is a highly regarded sculptor of ceremonial masks, canoes and drums with works represented in the National Gallery of Australia. In this exhibition, Babia traces the stories of Saibai Island culture and the pearl luggers’ journeys from the island to the mainland, through sculptures and related vinyl cut prints. Saibai is located in the northwest region of the Torres Strait, approximately five kilometres from the Papua New Guinea coastline. It is a low-lying island made up of mud flats, swamp and mangroves, and prone to severe tidal and monsoonal inundation. Following several king tides in the 1940s which caused severe flooding, the community decided to move to safe ground at the tip of Cape York Peninsula which had been identified by Saibai Islander soldiers during the war. The Queensland Government agreed to the relocation in recognition of the significant contribution of Torres Strait Islander communities to the Australian war effort. Two pearl luggers, M.V. Millard and M.V. Macoy, were used to transport the first Saibai Islander families from seven clan groups to abandoned Australian Army Defence Barracks at Muttee Heads, on the lands of the Injinoo people in Cape York. By the 1950s, more than 250 Islanders had relocated to the Cape, and the township of Bamaga in the Northern Peninsula Area was established as a permanent refuge for the people of Saibai.

06.01.2022 Day 6 . We are in Cairns Learning Business Website Online

04.01.2022 My name is Vincent Babia of Saibai Island. My wife and I relocated to Seisia which enabled us to travel extensively throughout Northern Australia to perform and create commissions art pieces. Over the past 9 years, I have won 7 Awards recognising my Traditional Customs / Dance and Hand Art crafts. ... My work is currently featured in galleries around the World including Canberra International Museum. If you are in Cairns I will be exhibiting on Wednesday 23rd of October at the Special Launch Event - Indigenous Artists Hub, iDPM & iiHub. Please like, follow and keep up to date.

02.01.2022 Carved a turtle head at Punsand Bay in January

01.01.2022 Last night was a very special night! We (Vincent and Louisa) graduated from a 10 day Program hosted by Complete Business Solutions and Torres Strait Regional Authority. Vincent exhibited some of his art work to over 130 attendees in Cairns. ... A special moment was sharing a traditional dance performance from Saibai with our son Asuelu Aniba. Thank you to our family and friends for supporting all the way. We look forward to sharing and growing more. Please like, share and keep supporting <3