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Warraba Weatherall is a Kamilaroi visual artist, researcher, curator, and cultural scholar affiliated with Griffith University. He holds the position of Lecturer at the Queensland College of Art and Design and serves as Head of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art. As a PhD candidate at Griffith University and a Queensland College of Art alumnus, Weatherall's research focuses on archival repositories and structures. His practice employs the aesthetics of the archive to examine the production and transmission of cultural knowledge, critiquing colonial legacies in institutional archives and museum practices. Weatherall seeks to regenerate Kamilaroi knowledge systems, addressing the distortion of data and the warehousing of cultural materials that challenge social justice. Working across mediums including painting, sculpture, and installation, his art confronts the legacies of colonialism and shifts cultural norms within the Australian visual arts sector through practice, education, and curation.

Born in 1987 in Toowoomba, Australia, Weatherall has built a distinguished career marked by significant exhibitions and contributions. Notable works include Shadow and Substance (2025), To Know and Possess (2021-2024, bronze cast), Single File (2018, metal, aluminium, plastic, paper), and the campus mural Kaggur-madul. His installations have been featured in major events such as the 25th Biennale of Sydney titled Rememory (2026), Hawaiʻi Triennial Aloha Nō 2025, National Gallery of Victoria's Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions: My Country (with Tony Albert), National Gallery of Australia's 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After the Rain (Mother-Tongue), Griffith University Art Museum's The Data Imaginary: Fears and Fantasies, and Metro Arts' The Revolution Will Not Be Aestheticised. He participated as artist-in-residence at TRACE (2019). Weatherall has contributed essays, including to Mick Richards Above and Below, and Trace (2025, ISBN 9780642335135, with Tony Albert). He is a member of the Creative Arts Research Institute since 2023 and has engaged in public lectures via the NGA Art Talks podcast. His honors include the Griffith University Academic Excellence Award (2018) and the Distinguished Australian First Nations Creative Leadership Award (2024), recognizing his leadership and impact in the field.