ARETHA BROWN AND KISS MY ART
Aretha Brown is a Gumbaynggirr artist, screenwriter, and cultural advocate, whose multidisciplinary practice reclaims Aboriginal historiography through a visually striking, politically driven, and culturally future-facing lens. Moving fluidly across mural painting, drawing, screenwriting, performance, and graphic design, Brown, along with her collective, explores the pressures placed on First Nations storytellers while insisting on joy, humour, and experimentation as forms of resistance.
ABOUT ARETHA’S BOOK
Brown and **KISS MY ART have created over 65 murals and public artworks worldwide, teaching Blak History across Australia, Great Britain, India, East Timor, Indonesia, the United States, Canada, and Japan. Their work has transformed walls, classrooms, and communities, each mural an act of truth-telling, visibility, and celebration.
This upcoming book is a visual and educational resource, designed as an immersive tour through Brown’s ongoing Teach Blak History project as it travels across continents. It will trace how these artworks carry stories of resistance, survival, and Blak joy into cities and people around the world, building bridges between communities and generations.
Part artwork, part curriculum-aligned learning tool, the publication will serve as both a safe-keeping and a detailed documentation of more than eight years of creative work: murals, paintings, photographs, behind-the-scenes process, community collaborations, and the stories that shaped them. It is a record of an artistic movement, and a resource for those committed to learning, unlearning, and celebrating Blak history.
