Walawaani 2025

Published on 02 January 2025

Shoalhaven Regional Gallery is pleased to announce that Cheryl Davison is our feature artist for 2025 sharing largescale reproductions of four beautiful paintings, Sooty (Oyster Catcher), My Favourite Place, Bats of the Bay and Bringing the Rain.

Cheryl Davison is a Walbunja, Ngarigo woman who was born on the shores of Wallaga Lake, the far South Coast of New South Wales, but grew up in Nowra and Bombaderry. Cheryl’s grandmother was a Ngarigo woman from the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales. As a young child, Cheryl’s grandmother was stolen away from country and never had the chance to return home in her lifetime. Cheryl grew up on country, surrounded by her Elders and the community, listening to stories of the Yuin people.

Cheryl has studied and taught visual arts, graphic arts and printmaking and has exhibited across Australia and overseas. She is the founder of Four Winds Aboriginal Djinama Yilaga Choir, composing songs in Dhurga language telling important Yuin stories.

Over 2025 Cheryl will also be working with Shoalhaven Regional Gallery on HOME a partnership with Art Gallery of NSW and the Department of Education to share First Nations art and culture with Tomerong,  Falls Creek, Greenwell Point, Kangaroo Valley, Nowra and Sancturary Point primary schools.