About the Artist
Alexavier Taiga is a Jaadwa man, born and raised on Taungurong land before moving to Wathaurong Country in 2021.

Taiga has been an artist all his life, but did not start displaying his artwork until 2022.

Taiga is a gay, transgender man. His queer identity is a large part of his life and is integral to his artwork.

About the Artwork
Fire.
As a young child living in Mansfield on Taungurong Country, the Black Saturday bush fires of 2009, greatly impacted Taiga’s early life.

While he considers himself lucky to not have been directly impacted by the rampant blazes that surrounded his home town, many of his family, friends and school mates lost their homes and their lives.

These events have stayed with him into his adult life, and Taiga is a strong supporter of educating people on fire safety, especially in learning the ways our Indigenous ancestors prevented bushfires and took care of the land we live on.

Flood.
In 2022 Taiga witnessed first hand the devastation of the floods that impacted Country Victoria when a family member [name and relation not to be published] passed away in the flood waters of October.

Taiga also knew many other families and farms who lost property and animals in these floods.

Two very different weather events, with the same devastating results.