Patrons

ABOUT THE ABORIGINAL BENEFITS FOUNDATION

The patrons of the Aboriginal Benefits Foundation are:

The Hon. Linda Burney MP

Linda Burney MP is the Member for Barton in the federal parliament and is currently Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians. She has been a patron of the Aboriginal Benefits Foundation since 2015. Ms Burney is the first Aboriginal woman to serve in the House of Representatives. She was also the first Aboriginal person to serve in the New South Wales
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Djon Mundine OAM

Djon Mundine (OAM) has been a patron of the Aboriginal Benefits Foundation since 2016. A member of the Bandjalung people of northern New South Wales, he has been a pivotal figure in the discourse on Contemporary Aboriginal art as an eminent curator, writer, artist and activist. He has held prominent curatorial positions in many national and
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Imants Tillers

Imants Tillers has been a patron of the Aboriginal Benefits Foundation since 2016. He is an artist, writer and curator. Since 1981, he has used his signature canvas boards to explore themes relevant to contemporary culture, from the centre/periphery debates of the 1980s to the effects of migration, displacement and diaspora. Most recently, his paintings have been
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Ah Xian

Ah Xian is a self-taught artist, originally from Beijing who has lived in Sydney since 1990. He has been a patron of the Aboriginal Benefits Foundation since 2015. He first visited Australia in 1989 as an artist-in-residence at the Tasmanian School of Art. He became a permanent resident in 1995 and four years later was awarded an Australia Council grant
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