Robert Fielding (artist)

[1][2] His mother, Grieve Fielding, is of Afghan/Pakistani[3] (from the early Afghan cameleers in Australia[4]) and Western Arrernte descent.

[6] During the closure of APY Lands during the COVID-19 pandemic, worked on Fielding led a research project with the South Australian Museum focusing on intergenerational learning and cultural maintenance.

[7] Fielding has created photographs of abandoned objects of modern life such as wrecked cars, decorated with Aboriginal artistic motifs and references to his community, which have featured in exhibitions, such as the installation entitled Holden On which featured in the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial.

This word "can loosely be described as the practice of marking the earth with a stick, or a bone, or a wire for storytelling... used during the recounting of Tjukurpa held within the manta, or the earth, as well as the practice of using art to recall day-to-day lived experience, sharing knowledge, local stories, both unmonumental and important".

[15] The 2019 short film "Electric Mimili", part of the Deadly Family Portrait series, was shown on ABC Television and iview.