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'''Sally Scales''' (born 1989) is an Australian artist. She is |
'''Sally Scales''' (born 1989) is an Australian activist and artist. She is an ethnic [[Pitjantjatjara]] from [[Pipalyatjara, South Australia]] in the northwestern part of the [[Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara]] lands (APY).<ref name="APY">{{cite web|url=https://www.apygallery.com/pages/sally-scales-1|title=Sally Scales|accessdate=31 January 2023|website=APY Gallery}}</ref> |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Scales is the daughter of Josephine Mick, cultural leader and senior artist at Ninuku Arts, and the late Ushma Scales, leather maker and one of the founders of Maruku Arts and the APY Ara Irititja cultural archive.<ref name="APY" /><ref name="Nguyen">{{cite web|url=https://artguide.com.au/sally-scales-on-the-links-between-painting-life-and-family/|title=Sally Scales on the links between painting, life and family|accessdate=31 January 2023|website=Art Guide|author=Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen}}</ref> Her grandmother was also a painter.<ref name="Nguyen"/> |
Scales is the daughter of Josephine Mick, cultural leader and senior artist at Ninuku Arts, and the late Ushma Scales, leather maker and one of the co-founders of Maruku Arts and the APY Ara Irititja cultural archive.<ref name="APY" /><ref name="Nguyen">{{cite web|url=https://artguide.com.au/sally-scales-on-the-links-between-painting-life-and-family/|title=Sally Scales on the links between painting, life and family|accessdate=31 January 2023|website=Art Guide|author=Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen}}</ref> Her grandmother was also a painter.<ref name="Nguyen"/> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Scales is the youngest person and second woman to |
Scales is the youngest person and second woman to serve as the position of President of APY and is also a spokeswoman for Coletivo APY Art Center, an indigenously owned cultural enterprise group,<ref name="BBC 100" /> with whom she has worked since 2013.<ref name="BBC 100">{{Cite web |title=BBC 100 Women 2022: Who is on the list this year? - BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-75af095e-21f7-41b0-9c5f-a96a5e0615c1 |date=6 December 2022 |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=7 December 2022 |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207131215/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-75af095e-21f7-41b0-9c5f-a96a5e0615c1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ABC">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/qanda/sally-scales/13377084|title=Sally Scales|accessdate=31 January 2023|website=ABC.net.au}}</ref> As well as working with the collective, she undertakes consultancy work for the Art Gallery of South Australia.<ref name="ABC" /> |
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Scales is part of the Uluru Declaration Reform Youth Leadership Team, having participated in the Referendum Council regional Constitution dialogues in Ross River, [[Adelaide]] and the national convention in [[Uluru]] in 2017. Since then, she has been involved with the leadership of Voice, Treaty and Truth.<ref name="ABC" /> |
Scales is part of the Uluru Declaration Reform Youth Leadership Team, having participated in the Referendum Council regional Constitution dialogues in Ross River, [[Adelaide]] and the national convention in [[Uluru]] in 2017. Since then, she has been involved with the leadership of Voice, Treaty and Truth.<ref name="ABC" /> |
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==Awards and recognition== |
==Awards and recognition== |
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Scales has |
Scales has received various awards and was named a finalist in the 2022 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA).<ref name="Nguyen" /> |
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In 2022, she was appointed to join the group working with the Australian government |
In 2022, she was appointed to join the group working with the Australian federal government in preparation of a referendum known as the [[Indigenous Voice to Parliament]], a proposed Australian federal advisory body to represent the views of [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] and [[Torres Strait Islander]] peoples.<ref name="BBC 100" /> That year, she was named in the BBC's list of the [[100 Women (BBC)|100 Women]], nominated by former Australian [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Julia Gillard]], who noted that Scales "created wonderful art and broad human understanding. By illuminating and inspiring others, she catalyzes the many changes needed to end the pernicious combination of racism and sexism."<ref name="BBC 100" /> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Revision as of 22:18, 28 November 2023
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Sally Scales (born 1989) is an Australian activist and artist. She is an ethnic Pitjantjatjara from Pipalyatjara, South Australia in the northwestern part of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands (APY).[1]
Early life
Scales is the daughter of Josephine Mick, cultural leader and senior artist at Ninuku Arts, and the late Ushma Scales, leather maker and one of the co-founders of Maruku Arts and the APY Ara Irititja cultural archive.[1][2] Her grandmother was also a painter.[2]
Career
Scales is the youngest person and second woman to serve as the position of President of APY and is also a spokeswoman for Coletivo APY Art Center, an indigenously owned cultural enterprise group,[3] with whom she has worked since 2013.[3][4] As well as working with the collective, she undertakes consultancy work for the Art Gallery of South Australia.[4]
Scales is part of the Uluru Declaration Reform Youth Leadership Team, having participated in the Referendum Council regional Constitution dialogues in Ross River, Adelaide and the national convention in Uluru in 2017. Since then, she has been involved with the leadership of Voice, Treaty and Truth.[4]
Scales focused on her artistic practice in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6] She had her first exhibition at APY Gallery Adelaide in March 2021, which sold out.[1]
Awards and recognition
Scales has received various awards and was named a finalist in the 2022 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA).[2]
In 2022, she was appointed to join the group working with the Australian federal government in preparation of a referendum known as the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, a proposed Australian federal advisory body to represent the views of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.[3] That year, she was named in the BBC's list of the 100 Women, nominated by former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who noted that Scales "created wonderful art and broad human understanding. By illuminating and inspiring others, she catalyzes the many changes needed to end the pernicious combination of racism and sexism."[3]
Personal life
Sally Scales is the adoptive mother of a son named Walter.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Sally Scales". APY Gallery. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ a b c Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen. "Sally Scales on the links between painting, life and family". Art Guide. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d "BBC 100 Women 2022: Who is on the list this year? - BBC News". BBC. 6 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Sally Scales". ABC.net.au. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Keen, Suzie. "Old, new, us: Painting a generational story". In Daily. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Foster, Farrin. "Sally Scales: 'COVID-19 has shown the good, the bad and the ugly'". Adelaide Review. Retrieved 31 January 2023.