Alison Williams

Gumbaynggirr – Artist – Curator - Cultural Heritage Spokesperson

Alison is Gumbaynggirr/Mirlagalgi descendant, and has had a love a painting and drawing from a young age as a way of expression of personal impressions, dreams and experiences. Born in Sydney in 1968, Alison grew up around Wollongong, however always harbored a feeling of belonging to her mother’s family & country, the northern lowlands of Gumbaynggirr Nation. This feeling brought Alison to the North Coast of NSW, to settle there, establishing a studio and continuing her artistic & professional development strengthening roots within the community to teach, advocate, support family and artistic practice in regional NSW.