Lola Greeno

[2] Greeno specialises in traditional Tasmanian Aboriginal shell necklace threading, a skill passed down from her mother and maternal grandmother.

[1] From 2003 to 2013 Greeno worked as a Program Officer for Arts Tasmania, facilitating cross-cultural exchanges between Tasmanian, Australian and international indigenous people.

[1] A touring exhibition of her work, Lola Greeno: Living Treasure has been showing in galleries across Australia from 2014 to the present.

[7] During the Biennial, on 27 February in Bradley Forum, Level 5, Hawke Building, UniSA, a panel discussion on Animism and Object Behaviour, facilitated by West Australian curator and writer Gemma Weston, focused on the work of Lola Greeno.

[8] The panelists, who were also 2016 Adelaide Biennial artists, included Louise Haselton, Danie Mellor and Clare Milledge.

These necklaces hold great cultural significance, often created by descendants of Tasmanian Aboriginal people from Cape Barren Island as expressions of devotion, parting or love.

[15] 1996, Guddhabungan: A Festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Australian National University, Drill Hall, Canberra.

[15] 1997, Cultural Forms - curated an exhibition of Tasmanian Aboriginal Baskets, Gallery B, University of Tasmania Launceston.