Dean Greeno Artist

Welcome to the portfolio website of a pakana artist and sculptor Dean Greeno

My arts practice centres primarily on sculpture, it draws heavily upon my pakana cultural connections to Country and the traditional practices that spiritually connect me to my artwork. These connections began early when my great grandfather took me into the bush and swamps of the East coast of Flinders Island to show me traditional hunting and crafting techniques. This background is combined with the stoicism derived from the journey of my ancestors and people who have continued to practice the oldest living culture from precolonial to current times despite the many horrific challenges they faced on that pathway not excluding war, assimilation and cultural theft. An important aspect of the future pathway within my work is the effects of climate change on traditional Tasmanian Aboriginal resources and recognizing how these effects are being felt not only by the pakana and palawa people themselves but Sky, Land and Sea Country. I have help support the creation of a handful of films and documentaries, further to this I have enjoyed guiding and exploring informed talks, fire pit yarns and sharing knowledge walks through the cataract gorge in Launceston or on the beaches of Flinders Island, each presentation focused in part on highlighting the immediacy of healing and caring for Sea Country.

Dean Greeno, Badgers head 2022, ephemeral arts on sea country