Tony Sorby / Journey Tracks To Sacred Sites

A Kamilaroi artist who turned a complex journey of identity and reconnection into visual storytelling. His artworks combine ancestral narratives, journey lines and sacred sites with contemporary techniques. After a devastating fire destroyed his art business in 1996, Tony rebuilt from the ground up, refining both his approach and his purpose. Born in 1953 on the Burra Bee Dee Mission near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Tony Sorby is a proud descendant of the Kamilaroi people.

His path to art started when a Czechoslovakian acquaintance introduced him to marquetry. His Country stretches across vast areas of north-western NSW and into southern Queensland. Like many Aboriginal children of his generation, Tony was taken from his lineage as a baby and raised in institutions and foster homes across NSW.