Gary Lee is a photographer, an anthropologist, a playwright, a curator and a queer Larrakia man. Born in Garramilla/Darwin in 1952, Lee has been at the forefront of activism, academia and artistry since the 1980s. He has won many accolades, including a Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art Award for his work on paper Nagi, 2022.

Another other signals the largest institutional showing of Lee’s work to date; with 42 works entering the NGV Collection. Through postmodern devices such as appropriation and intertextuality, Lee prioritises Larrakia truth-telling in direct conversation with colonial imagery of his ancestors. In this way, Lee’s practice is visual and discursive, engaging with the archive to both challenge colonial myths and bring new perspectives to life.