SAMMY HAWKER

Sammy Hawker is an Australian based visual artist working predominantly on Ngunawal/Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country [Canberra Region, ACT]. In her practice Sammy explores the potential of reciprocal engagements between human and more-than-human worlds. Her multi-disciplinary practice consistently embraces text, sculpture, photography, sound and moving image. These works form part of a vast and ongoing archive documenting sites and moments of exchange. Her work raises questions abut the sentience and memory inscribed within materials.

Since 2019 Sammy has had four critically acclaimed solo-shows in the ACT, with her 2021 exhibition 'Acts of Co-Creation' a recipient of a Canberra Critics Circle Award for photography. Works from these shows have been acquired by the Canberra Museum & Gallery, the ACT Legislative Assembly, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, the Canberra Hospital and sold widely to private national and international collections. Her work has been exhibited at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra Museum & Gallery and as part of the 2022 Canberra Art Biennial. 

Sammy was the winner of the 2022 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize and 2023 Canberra Contemporary Photographic Prize. In 2024 she is one of 12 finalists in the National Photography Prize (MAMA). She is currently working towards solo-shows at Goulburn Regional Gallery, Orange Regional Gallery and Tweed Regional Gallery. 

For enquires & commissions:

email: samantha.v.hawker@gmail.com
phone: +61 422 436 087