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MY TIME, MY CONNECTION MY TIME, MY CONNECTION NICOLE DICKERSONNICOLE DICKERSON YAMAJI/NGARLUMA ARTISTYAMAJI/NGARLUMA ARTIST MIDLAND JUNCTION ART CENTRE | 11JUL- 9 AUG 2026 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YAMAJI ART MIDLAND JUNCTION ART CENTRE | 11JUL- 9 AUG 2026 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YAMAJI ART
BIOGRAPHY Since she was very young, Nicole has been creative, and she credits a lot of this to her Dad. After leaving school, Nicole attained a TAFE Cert II in Aboriginal Visual Arts & Administration and she recently worked as a Coordinator with the Deadly Sista Girlz program in a local secondary school. Nicole has now left education to work as a professional artist and to continue developing her merchandise brand Nikki Dee Designs, supplying the WA Museum, Yamaji Arts and numerous outlets. Nicole has participated in 14 group exhibitions, received 9 public art commissions, was included in 3 large-scale public arts projections and won the 2023 Morawa Aboriginal Art Award. In 2024 Nicole had her first solo exhibition at Yamaji Art in Geraldton, titled ‘My Connection’. Her exhibition ‘My Time, My Connection’ is her solo exhibition debut in Perth were she develops her chosen themes while continuing the journey with her son, making artworks that share stories through the generations, living and walking on Country. Yamaji artist Nicole Dickerson has family connections with Amungu, Naaguja, Wilunyu and Ngarlurna People in Geraldton, WA where she lives with her husband and son. As her son has autism and ADHD, Nicole often paints from home, at the same kitchen table she painted on as a child, a powerful, generational connection to her art, culture and family. She is proud that her son has made her see the world differently and they share a love of the sea and night sky
Yamaji/Ngarluma woman Nicole Dickerson continues her exploration of family, cultural inheritance and memory. Taking the next steps forward in a generational story, Dickerson passes down to her son places and cultural experiences known through her family and art. Through paintings, sculptural installation and video works, Dickerson refers to the country and coastline of WA’s Midwest - Yamaji Country - sharing places which hold personal memories and cultural significance whilst also considering her son’s own relationship to family, the land and water. In her current exhibition, painted scallop shells representative of her family and their connection to the ocean form an installation which moves as people pass by while paintings reveal time shared under the stars, unchanging, but which hold myths, memories and generations of stories. EXHIBITION STATEMENT My Art is my story. When I cannot find the words to express myself, these works will be a reflection of my time, now showing my son a glimpse of my childhood, through places, seasons and memories, to make new memories”.NICOLE DICKERSON, MY TIME, MY JOURNEY (DETAIL),2026, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
BAREFOOT WALKING IN THE SANDS OF TIME, A GENTLE BREEZE AGAINST MY FACE, THE OCEAN HAS ALWAYS GUIDED ME. THE CONNECTION TO THE SALTWATER CALMS MY SPIRIT, KEEPS ME CLOSE TO MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD, KEEPS ME CLOSE TO THE MEMORY OF WHO I WAS AND WHO I AM BECOMING - ITS MY JOURNEY, MY TIME.1. MY TIME, MY JOURNEYACRYLIC ON CANVAS 91.4 X 91.4 CM $2,500ARTWORKSARTWORKSARTWORKSACROSS THE SANDBANK BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE SEA, THERE IS A TRACK WE FOLLOW TO A SECRET SPOT. THROUGH THE SAND DUNES, WE WALK OVER THE BANK AND THE REEF IS THERE. WE WOULD SWIM FOR HOURS, WHILE MY DAD AND BROTHERS WOULD DIVE FOR CRAYS AND FISH. THE SUN WOULD SLOWLY SET AFTER A DAY OF WALKING THE REEF. 2. WALKING THE REEF AT GREENOUGHACRYLIC ON CANVAS 122 X 60.5 CM $1,600AS THE RAIN FALLS, THE RIVERS FLOW, AND THE CLEANSING BEGINS. THE WATER FLOWS TO ALL THE WATERHOLES AND THE OCEANS. THESE ARE THE CONNECTIONS OF THE WATERS, ITS' HEALING, THE CALM WATERS THAT WILL ALWAYS HEAL US. 3. CALM WATERSACRYLIC ON CANVAS 91.4 X 60 CM $1,410
ELLENDALE POOL IS A PLACE WE WOULD VISIT. AFTER THE BIG RAIN THE WATERHOLE OVERFLOWS, YET IT'S PEACEFUL AND CALMING. I TAKE MY SON THERE. I TEACH HIM TO CHUCK IN THE SAND, THAT THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE. HE PLAYS IN THE WATER - HE IS CALM. THIS IS A CONNECTION THAT WILL BE WITH US ALWAYS.5. ELLENDALE POOLACRYLIC ON CANVAS 40 X 40 CM $660YAMAJI COUNTRY - I SEE THE COLOURS OF THE OCEAN, THE COLOURS OF THE LAND, THE COLOURS OF THE RIVERS AND THE COLOURS OF THE TREES. I SEE THE COLOURS AS THE SUN SETS FROM THE DAY TO THE NIGHT. YAMAJI COUNTRY SO BEAUTIFUL, I WILL FOREVER SEE YOUR BEAUTY.6. COLOURS OF SUNSET ON YAMAJI COUNTRYACRYLIC ON CANVAS 40X50CM $660AS A CHILD I WOULD OFTEN VISIT PLACES THAT EVOKE A SENSE OF CALM AND THAT GIVE ME A PLACE OF BELONGING. NOW WHEN I VISIT THESE PLACES I'M REMINDED OF MY DAD AND OF OUR MEMORIES TOGETHER.7. CHANGING TIDESVIDEO. DURATION 3 MINSTHE SEVEN SISTERS IS A STORY OF THE NIGHT SKY, THE CONNECTED STARS OF SISTERS, THAT HOLD A STORY OF A TIME LONG BEFORE MY TIME.4. SEVEN SISTERSACRYLIC ON CANVAS 50 X 50 CM $660
FOR HE IS A PART OF ME AND WILL FOREVER BE CONNECTED TO ME. I TEACH HIM WHAT I REMEMBER FROM WHEN I WAS LITTLE. TIMES HAVE CHANGED THROUGH THE GENERATIONS. THE PLACES ARE STILL HERE, THE WATER STILL CALMS MY SOUL AND NOW THEY CALM MY SON. THE SANDS STILL LEAVE FOOTPRINTS BUT NOW THEY ARE OURS - MY SON, OUR CONNECTION.8. MY SON, OUR CONNECTION (I & II)ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 50 X 100 CM (DIPTYCH) $1,410AS THE SKIES FILL WITH CLOUDS, I'M REMINDED OF THE SHAPES WE WOULD SEE IN THE CLOUDS AS KIDS - MEMORIES OF MY DAD. A TEAR TRICKLES DOWN MY FACE, LIKE WHEN THE RAIN FALLS ACROSS YAMAJI COUNTRY. THERE IS A SENSE OF HEALING AS SEEDS BENEATH THE ENRICHED EARTH BEGIN TO GROW. IT'S LIKE THE MEMORIES WE HAVE LEARNT FROM ARE THE SEEDS OF LIFE.ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 75 CM ROUND $9509. SEEDS OF LIFE
THE FRONT BEACH IS WHERE WE WOULD BE, WITH THE PURE WHITE SANDS. I REMEMBER RUNNING ACROSS THE HOT SAND BAREFOOT TO THE WATER, SO HEALING AND CALMING. A LOT OF FAMILY TIME WAS SPENT THERE IN THE SUMMER, WITH CHIPS, POLONY, TWIN ICY POLES AND IN THE OCEAN UNTIL THE SUNSET. NOW ITS MY SON'S SPECIAL PLACE TOO.11. FRONT BEACH AT SUNSETACRYLIC ON CANVAS 122 X 40.5 CM $1,410THE GREENOUGH RIVER WAS ALWAYS A PLACE WE WOULD VISIT WITH MY DAD, AND THERE IS A CLOSE CONNECTION TO THE RIVER. WE WOULD SWIM, AND FISH THERE. I TAKE MY SON TO THE RIVER, THE SAME RIVER I WALKED WITH MY DAD, MUM AND MY BROTHERS. IT'S A PLACE WHERE THE RIVER MEETS THE SEA.12. THE RIVER MEETS THE SEAACRYLIC ON CANVAS 122 X 40.5 CM $1,410FAMILY CONNECTION IS A SPECIAL BOND - OUR BLOOD IS THE SAME, OUR SPIRITS ARE BOUND AND THERE IS A FLOWING LOVE THAT SURROUNDS US, LIKE BRANCHES OF THE TREES THAT GROW FROM OUR COUNTRY, THAT OUR ANCESTORS WALKED, FROM THE PAST, PRESENT AND THE FUTURE FAMILY, THAT WILL ALWAYS BRING US TOGETHER.10. FAMILY CONNECTIONACRYLIC ON CANVAS 122 X 40.5 CM $1,410
THIS IS MY GRANDMOTHER AND HER DAUGHTERS, MY MOTHER AND HER SISTERS - THEIR LIGHT SHINES THROUGH THE GENERATIONS. I AM ME BECAUSE OF THEM.I GET MY STRENGTH FROM THEM. THEY ARE AND WILL FOREVER BE A PART OF ME. FROM THE RED EARTH BENEATH THEIR FEET TO THE WHITE OCEAN SAND BENEATH MINE, I AM CONNECTED TO THE SAME RED EARTH, EVEN THOUGH I AM A SALTWATER WOMAN. WITH THE SUN'S HEALING POWERS, THEY HEAL WITH GROWTH, AN EVER-GLOWING LIGHT. I SEE WITHIN THEM TO ME. FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, COMES HER STRENGTH, COMES HER PRIDE, COMES HER SORROW, COMES HER FIGHT. SHE LEADS THE WAY, FOR OUR FUTURE, FOR OUR DREAMS, BECAUSE HER SPIRIT GUIDES US AND ALL THAT WE BECOME IS FROM MY GRANDMOTHER, MY CONNECTION.ACRYLIC ON CANVAS I& II (DIPTYCH) X 90CM/75CM ROUND $200013. MY MOTHERS SIDEAS THE TIDES GO OUT, THE CALM WATERS FLOW ANKLE-DEEP ON THE REEF. I FEEL DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THE OCEAN, WALKING THE REEF BAREFOOT. THE POOLS OF WATER ARE WHERE MY DAD DIVED FOR CRAYS, WHILE WE WOULD FILL OUR SHIRTS FULL OF PERIWINKLES. A PLACE OF PEACE, NOW I SHOW MY SON AND TELL HIM STORIES OF LOOKING FOR PERIWINKLES AT FLAT ROCKS.14. LOOKING FOR PERIWINKLES AT FLAT ROCKSACRYLIC ON CANVAS 76 X 76 CM $1,100THE TIDES ARE OUT, THE REEF IS BARE, THERE IS CALMNESS IN THE AIR, WALKING THE REEF WITHOUT A CARE. JUST THE SKY AND THE SEA, MY BROTHERS LOOKING, DIVING, WITH A GIDJI AND GOGGLES, LOOKING FOR CRAYS, LIKE DAD USED TO…15. TIDES, REEF AND THE SEAACRYLIC ON CANVAS 76 X 76 CM $1,100
WE ARE ALWAYS CHASING THE SUNSETS, LOOKING TO THE STARS, LOOKING FOR A SIGN OF 'YOU'. ABOVE THE GREENOUGH RIVER THAT CONNECTS TO SEA, OR AT FLAT ROCKS, DIVING BENEATH THE SEA, I WILL CONTINUE LOOKING TO THE SUNSETS AND STARS.16. LIGHT OF TOMORROWACRYLIC ON CANVAS 120 X 76.5CM $2,500AS THE SUN SETS ACROSS THE LAND, THE NIGHT SKY IS FULL OF STARS. IT'S LIKE AN ANCIENT MAP, THROUGH THE GENERATIONS OF TIME. FROM THE PAST, TO THE PRESENT AND FOR THE FUTURE, THE STORIES ARE PRESENT FROM BEFORE OUR TIME. I SHARE WHAT I KNOW WITH MY SON. EVERY NIGHT WE LOOK ABOVE TOGETHER UNDER THE NIGHT SKY.17. TOGETHER UNDER THE NIGHTSKYACRYLIC ON CANVAS 76 X 76 CM $1,100THE STRENGTH OF OUR MOTHER, THE IMPORTANCE OF HER, THE POWER, THE SADNESS, THE LIGHT THAT SHE BRINGS THROUGH THE DARKNESS - WITHOUT HER HOW COULD WE BECOME WHO WE ARE TODAY? SHE ALLOWED US TO MAKE MISTAKES, TO DREAM AND TO BELIEVE. I AM ME BECAUSE OF HER - MY MOTHER NOW HIS GRANDMOTHER.18. MY MOTHER, MY TEACHERACRYLIC ON CANVAS 76.5 X 60.5CM $880
MY MOTHER, MY FATHER, MY BROTHERS, MY FAMILY BEFORE. MY HUSBAND, MY SON, MY FAMILY NOW. THESE SHELLS ARE HARD - THE STRENGTH I CARRY WITH ME, STILL FRAGILE AT THE SAME TIME. THE COLOURS THEY BRING TO MY LIFE, ALL THE SAME, BUT ALL DIFFERENT. THESE ARE ME AND MY FAMILY SIDE BY SIDE.ACRYLIC ON SCOLLOP SHELLS 8X(H47XW10XD4CM) $4,00019. MY FAMILY SIDE BY SIDENICOLE DICKERSON,LIGHT OF TOMORROW (DETAIL),2026, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
“MY ART IS MY STORY. WHEN I CANNOT FIND THE WORDS TO EXPRESS MYSELF, THESE WORKS WILL BE A REFLECTION OF MY TIME, NOW SHOWING MY SON A GLIMPSE OF MY CHILDHOOD, THROUGH PLACES , SEASONS AND MEMORIES , TO MAKE NEW MEMORIES .” -NICOLE DICKERSON “I LEARNT SO MUCH FROM MY PARENTS AND I AM NOW TEACHING MY SON OUR CONNECTION TO COUNTRY. NOW I HAVE BECOME A SHARER OF MEMORIES , WITH MY OWN SON,” “ WE VISIT THE SAME PLACES I WALKED AT HIS AGE – HE IS JUMPING OFF THE SAME ROCKS I JUMPED FROM AS A KID, AND HE IS WALKING ON THE SAME REEF I WALKED, CREATING HIS OWN MEMORIES OF CULTURE AND SHARED COUNTRY.”