Dylan Sarra

Dylan Sarra is a Taribelang/Gooreng Gooreng artist from Bundaberg.  

With a focus on exploring identity and place, Sarra uses a range of disciplines such as print, digital works and sculpture to gently persuade an audience into humanising the Indigenous experience.

Sarra's artistic journey is deeply entwined with the transformative power of Indigenous art and how it contributes to written language.

'Stories and places are connected in ways still yet to be discovered. I choose to listen to the knowledge etched in the stone of long ago'.

He is involved in the research and development of cultural knowledge and practice, that can be shared with the wider community from where these stories take place.

Since 2021, Dylan has been researching the story of the Bundaberg Burnett River Rocks, specifically the petroglyphs, and the ongoing repercussions of the Queensland Government’s actions in the 1970s when these were removed from Country.

It is Dylan Sarra’s aim that all people can not only be intrigued by indigenous culture, but they can also start to appreciate the role we all play in acknowledging First Nations people.

In July 2025 Dylan Sarra was awarded the People's Choice Award for his work exhibited at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF)

CAIRNS INDIGENOUS ART FAIR (CIAF) JULY 2025
'EMBERS OF HERITAGE' SOLO EXHIBITION (NOV 2024)
'THROUGH MY EYES' GROUP EXHIBITION (DEC 2023)