About

Bevan has been strongly influenced by his own family, culture and life experiences. Bevan remembers well a time where Aboriginal people had to be back in their camp before sunset – and where Aboriginal people lived in ’shanty town camps’ on the outskirts of major towns such as the one he lived in over the top of ‘Mount Misery’, in the sandunes at the back of Geraldton – Western Australia.

This wasn’t all that long ago in Australia’s relatively short history, and Bevan now enjoys sharing his stories through his ceramics and glass artworks; a medium well suited to the nature of Bevan and his yarns, as these materials are of the earth and can tell their own stories. Bevan’s use of these materials and the processes he subjects them too, allows us to look into his life and past experiences in an entirely different way.

“My inspiration comes from my Grandmother’s stories relating to the land, stars and different animals, and from my own lived experiences. The message I am sharing is about life stories that were told to me by my Grandmother, about the land and culture. I think that telling stories through art will lead to greater reconciliation between our cultures. My vision is to share my story, combining both the Indigenous way and the use of European technology, which in effect marries the two cultures as one.” Bevan Thompson – 2008.