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Australian Prints + Printmaking

Timothy Akis

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Name

Timothy Akis

Other names

AKIS

Culture

Papua New Guinean

Gender

Male

Birth date

1940

Birth place

Tsembaga, Simbai Valley, Madang District, Papua New Guinea View on map Close map

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Death date

1984

Death Place

Papua New Guinea View on map Close map

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Occupations

Artist (painter) | Drawer | Printmaker

Summary

Worked: Papua New Guinea. Screenprints, etchings

NGA IRN

24386

Context

Australia | Papua New Guinea

Biography

Timothy Akis

Timothy Akis was born in 1940 in Tsembaga Village, Simbai Vallery, Madang Province. He started drawing, whilst working as an interpreter during the 1960s, as a means of communicating complex ideas to visiting anthropologists. After visiting Port Moresby he focused more on drawing and experimenting with drawing techniques. Limited edition screenprints of his work were also made. Akis’ non-traditional style was not restricted by the artistic conventions of his people, nor was inhibited by Western education. He died in 1984.

© Roger Butler, 2001.