Shane Dodd

Shane Dodd is a contemporary Pitjantjatjara artist living and practicing in Mimili 
Community on the APY Lands. Encouraged by his late grandmother and grandfather, 
Shane started creating art in 2022. Shane comes from a family renowned for their 
craftsmanship in traditional practices such as spear-making, grass weaving and 
woodcarving. Whilst he never took up those practices himself, he grew up 
accompanying his family on bush trips to collect supplies, and later continued to work 
in land management. Shane worked as a teaching assistant at Mimili Anangu school 
for several years, supporting bush trips for the young generation and advocating for 
the use of Pitjantjatjara language in the classroom. 
In 2024 Shane discovered a new way of creating art which connects his family’s 
tradition of collecting and gathering supplies on country with his mark-making and 
techniques as an artist. Today, Shane is best known for his sand-blasted sculptural 
works on fuel caps and found car parts as well as creating innovative prints as part of 
the Mimili Wati Group.  
Shane premiered his work at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Desertmob and Sydney 
Contemporary in 2024, and has quickly become one of the most renown young 
artists practicing at Mimili today. 

Selected group exhibitions 
2026 Mimili Maku, 8 Hele Gallery, Mpwartne  
2026 Desertmob, Araluen Arts Centre, Mpwartne 
2025 Kililpi Tjuta – Star Story, 8 Hele Gallery, Mpwartne 
2025 Rising Stars, Outstation Gallery, Darwin 
2024  Tjintu Kutju Kililpi Tjuta, Maitland Regional Gallery, Maitland 
2024 Wankaringanyi – Waking Up, APY Gallery, Sydney 
2024 Desertmob, Araluen Arts Centre, Mpwartne 
2024 Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney 
2024 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin 

Selected Awards 
2026 Finalist, Vincent Lingiari Art Award, Alice Springs 
2025 Finalist, 47th Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Fremantle