Runway Journal acknowledges the custodians of the nations our digital platform reaches. We extend this acknowledgement to all First Nations artists, writers and audiences.
Guest Editor: Joel Spring
Chair: Emma O’Neill
Deputy Chair: Johanna Bear
Treasurer: Sebastian Henry-Jones
Secretary: June Miskell
Editors: Rebekah Raymond, Sebastian Henry-Jones
Editorial Assistants: June Miskell, Siân Scott-Clash
Digital Producers: Alisa Blakeney, Ellen Formby, Julie Ha, Janey Li
Typeface credit: Forest Young and Jeremy Mickel
Issue 44: TimePublished November 2021
My name is Matty Ngungin Moore, I am a First Nations man, an Anangu, a Traditional Owner of the Kokatha Mula Lands in Central South Australia—my Grandfather’s Country. I am also a descendant of the Anangu people of the Anangu Pitjantjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of Far North Western South Australia—my Grandmother’s Country.
I am a contemporary visual artist and my main creative process is painting, in which I utilise both oil and acrylic painting mediums. I have stepped out of my comfort zone with these artworks by using technology. The Procreate program, a digital painting program, and an iPad and iPencil, were used to create some of these artworks, while the other works used Photoshop. I am also an illustrator who sketches portraits, designs, and characters for use in stories which will become a graphic novel.
My artworks are socio-political, and the themes of my artworks range from traditional Anangu dot paintings, portraiture, and wildlife. The subject matter varies from Indigenous issues, incarceration of Indigenous people, Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, mental health, Frontier Wars, and other social issues I feel are personally concerning and have impacted upon me. I create artworks as a form of self-expression and my way of storytelling—a traditional characteristic of our culture which has survived thousands of years.
My artwork aims to enlighten the viewer, or create a conversation based around these issues. I use skills learnt while undertaking my Visual and Creative Arts Degree through Deakin University, at their Geelong, Waurn Ponds Campus.
Thank you to Rebekah Raymond, Joel Spring and Ellen Formby and all the staff at the Runway Journal. Thank you for this opportunity to showcase my experimental and new creations. A special thank you, and show of appreciation to Daniel Connell, artist, lecturer and a source of inspiration and drive, who I appreciate and hope to collaborate with in the future.