Living Country. Ancestral presence. Shared responsibility.
Through immersive visual language and poetic practice, Glenn Loughrey reflects on the interconnectedness of Country, community, and spirit across the Everywhen.
Wiradjuri Artist | Writer | Honorary Associate Professor (ANU)
Glenn Loughrey is a Wiradjuri artist and writer whose work explores the relational dimensions of Country through pattern, story, and spirit.
Working across visual art, writing, performance, and research, his practice engages the space between Aboriginal and Western worldviews, holding them in conversation rather than opposition. His work reflects an ongoing dialogue with water, land, and ancestral presence—what might be understood as the “Everywhen.”
This is art grounded in Country, shaped by story, and led by spirit.
The process
Glenn Loughrey’s practice emerges through an immersive engagement with Country, where story, spirit, memory, and material are held in relationship.
Working across canvas with sticks, layered paint, repeated mark-making, and intuitive gesture, his process becomes both a physical and ceremonial act of connection.
Through abstraction, rhythm, and pattern, the works evoke movement across time and place — traces of water, pathways, gatherings, and ancestral presence. Each painting grows slowly through layering and response, allowing Country itself to guide the work into being.
Services & Offerings
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Available for commissioned artworks, exhibitions, site-responsive installations, and collaborative creative projects. Original artworks are available for purchase, with works ranging from intimate pieces to large-scale immersive canvases.
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Author of poetry, reflective writing, and cultural works exploring Country, spirit, memory, justice, and relationality. Glenn’s books bring together art, story, and Aboriginal philosophy, creating immersive spaces for contemplation, truth-telling, and connection.
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Presents spoken word performances, poetry readings, and collaborative events including Blak & Blues. Through rhythm, story, and lyrical reflection, these performances engage audiences in conversations around Country, identity, spirit, resistance, and healing.
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Drawing on decades of experience across art, community, theology, and cultural practice, Glenn offers consultation on Aboriginal perspectives, relational approaches to Country, cultural storytelling, and creative engagement. His work supports organisations, galleries, churches, schools, and community groups seeking deeper and more respectful engagement with First Peoples knowledge and practice.
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Presents lectures, artist talks, poetry readings, and workshops for universities, conferences, schools, galleries, and community organisations. Sessions explore themes of Country, spirituality, artmaking, identity, truth-telling, and the role of creativity in cultural and communal transformation.
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Works with schools and classrooms through artist residencies, talks, and interactive workshops that encourage students to engage with Aboriginal art, story, and contemporary cultural perspectives. Programs are tailored for different age groups and learning environments.
Latest News
Winner of 2026 Mandorla Art Prize
Thrilled to be announced as the overall winner of the 2026 Mandorla Art Award with my powerful work - "I Was Naked, You Was Afraid; So You Hid Me." Genocide 17:88.
The Mandorla Art Award is Australia’s most significant thematic Christian art prize, attracting some of the country’s finest artists since its inception in 1985. Held every two years. This is a contemporary fine art award in conversation with a Biblical text. Mandorla invites artists to contribute to the cultural life of Australia.
Image credit: Mandorla Art Award and Bel & Cal Photography
Shortlisted for an Children’s Illustrator Award
Pleased to announce being shortlisted in the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s 2026 New Illustrator Book of the Year Awards with our book - Prayer for a River, Uncle Glenn Loughrey, text by Andrew Kelly & Uncle Glenn Loughrey (Wild Dog Books).
