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Dion Beasley Dion Beasley i(6017508 works by)
Born: Established: 1991 Alice Springs, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Alyawarr
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BiographyHistory

Dion Beasley is an artist with muscular dystrophy and profound deafness. He lives in Tennant Creek.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2019 inaugural recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships Arts and Disability Awards Emerging Artist
2014 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships Dion will create, present, produce and exhibit a new body of visual artworks based on mapping.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Cheeky Dogs : To Lake Nash and Back Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2019 15785276 2019 single work autobiography children's

'Meet deaf artist, Dion Beasley, and the people he calls family. Dodging road trains by day and giant blue monsters at night, Dion weaves his way through life on an electric scooter, collecting rocks and dogs to make art. In his dreams, he sees animals from overseas and his mother's country, Lake Nash, but every morning, without fail, he puts on his favourite socks and gets ready to feed the dogs. Is it time yet?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards Children's Fiction
2020 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Indigenous Children
2020 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Eight to 10 Years
2020 longlisted APA Book Design Awards Best Designed Children's Non-Fiction Illustrated Book designed by Ruth Gruener.
y separately published work icon Go Home, Cheeky Animals! Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2016 9320530 2016 single work picture book children's

'In this lively follow-up to Too Many Cheeky Dogs, the camp is invaded by all kinds of cheeky feral animals who are finally chased away by the resident cheeky dogs.

'At Canteen Creek where we live, there are cheeky dogs everywhere. But when the cheeky goats, donkeys, buffaloes and camels make mischief in the camp, the dogs just lie there - until those pesky animals really go too far. Then the cheeky camp dogs roar into action!' (Publication summary)

2016 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Indigenous Children
2018 winner Territory Read Book of the Year Chief Minister's NT Book Awards Young Adult / Children
2017 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards Book of the Year: Early Childhood
2017 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Early Childhood
y separately published work icon Bigismob Jigiwan Dog Too Many Cheeky Dogs Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2013 6017487 2013 single work picture book children's

'Mandeitaim aibin wok la main anti kemp en yu sabi wanim aibin luk?

'On Monday I went to my auntie's house and guess what I saw? ONE yellow cheeky dog sleeping on the floor.'

So begins this lively, cheeky story set in a remote Indigenous community, moving through colours, numbers and days of the week to the dog-packed final page.' (Publisher's blurb)

2016 shortlisted REAL Awards Picture Story Books
2014 shortlisted Territory Read Book of the Year Chief Minister's NT Book Awards Young Adult / Children
2014 shortlisted KOALA Awards Picture Book
2020 recipient KOALA Awards Hall of Fame
2020 shortlisted REAL Awards Picture Story Books
2019 shortlisted REAL Awards Picture Story Books
2018 shortlisted REAL Awards Picture Story Books
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