John Prince Siddon Russia, why bomb hospitals and small farms

As John Prince Siddon paints, the TV hums beside him. Challenging traditional notions of Indigenous art, his psychedelic paintings address many of the urgent themes of our time, from the destruction of Indigenous landmarks to global warming and gun control. In this work, he grapples with the pain and plight of Ukrainian civilians caught in the web of war.

Mangkaja Arts, 2023

Many of our old people painted their lives, their own land, even animals. Well, I’m trying to do the same thing, to piece together every animal – north, south, east, west – trying to mix them up like a jigsaw … I have been gathering information from watching the news on TV.

John Prince Siddon, 2023