Nikita Ridgeway

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Nikita Ridgeway (born 1986) is a Bundjalung/Biripi tattoo artist and graphic designer from Australia, who was awarded the a BBC 100 Women Award in 2015 in recognition of her entrepreneurial work and advocacy for Aboriginal graphic design.

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Ridgeway was born in 1986 belongs to the Bundjalung and Biripi peoples. [1] Her parents are Steven and Dianne Ridgeway; her grandmother was the historian and writer, Ruby Langford Ginibi. [2] She attended Blacktown Girls' High School, and was the first Koori to be the school captain. [2]

A tattoo artist and graphic designer, [1] she founded Dreamtime Ink Australia which was the first tattoo company specialising in Aboriginal tattoo art in Australia. [3] She also owns Boss Lady Creative Design Agency, which specialises in Aboriginal graphic design. [4] [5] In 2020 Ridgeway created artwork used in National Reconciliation Week. [1] [6]

In 2021 she created the brand for Coles' Supermarkets renewable energy initiative. [7] Also in 2021 she created indigenous artwork used to decorate two fire trucks used by Wreck Bay (Australia) Rural Fire Brigade. [8] The brigade is owned and managed by the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council. [9] Ridgeway has also worked on a variety of state-wide, national and international commissions, including the logo design for Sydney Water's Innovation Festival in 2021 and with the First Nations Foundation on a superannuation toolkit. [9] [10] [11]

Ridgeway also established Australia's first indigenous hip-hop record label with her brother Stephen. [12] Called Redfern Records, the label was named after the Sydney neighbourhood of Redfern they grew up in. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ridgeway, Nikita. "In this together : National Reconciliation Week 2020 : 27 May - 3 June - Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)". aiatsis.library.link. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Ginibi, Ruby Langford (2007). All My Mob. Univ. of Queensland Press. ISBN   9780702235962.
  3. 1 2 "BBC 100 Women 2015: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Nikita Ridgeway, 29, Australia". BBC News. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Artist forges ahead with creative design agency". Cycling. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "2020 National Reconciliation Week". www.indigenous.gov.au. 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Coles shuns coal: supermarket giant vows to source all its electricity from renewables by 2025". the Guardian. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Australian Apparatus Art: See Wreck Bay's Unique Truck Design". Fire Apparatus. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Ocean, earth and fire trucks: Wreck Bay brigade cheers striking cultural makeover". ABC News. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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  11. ↑ Foundation, First Nations. "First Nations Foundation launches Indigenous superannuation learning resource | First Nations Foundation". First Nations Foundation. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  12. ↑ "Australia's First Aboriginal Record Label Opens in Sydney". VOA. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  13. ↑ "Aboriginal rappers on rise in Australia". Reuters. 12 January 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  14. ↑ Nikita Ridgeway NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year Finalist 2016 , retrieved 25 November 2021
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