CEDRIC VARCOE
Language: Ramindjeri- Ngarrindjeri and Narangga
Cedric Varcoe is a Ramindjeri-Ngarrindjeri and Narangga artist who lives on Country. His work talks about Nurungeri, an important story for the Ngarrindjeri people. Nurungeri is a giant ancestor whose great adventure shaped the creation of the lands and waters.
Cedric shares stories through his works of art. He wants people to connect to their miwi, the spirit that makes us and shapes us as a person and connects us to our totems and life that belongs to Country.
Cedric Varcoe collecting rushes on Country to use in weaving. Image: Mel Henderson, Ku Arts, 2023.
Cedric Varcoe was born in Adelaide in 1984 with strong family connection to Raukkan and Point Pierce. His language groups and tribes are Ngarrindjeri and Narangga.
Cedric Varcoe is a contemporary artist, painting the creation stories of his Ngarrindjeri lands and waters, from the lower River Murray and the Lower Lakes to the Coorong, the South Coast to Kangaroo Island.
He started painting at the age of eight, watching his sisters and mother, aunties and uncles. Fascinated by paint, he mainly painted lizards and snakes and developed highly stylized corroboree men.
Cedric Varcoe’s work is held in private and public collections across Australia and overseas.
