Caleb Nichols-Mansell
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Caleb Nichols-Mansell
@calebnicholsmansell.com.au
Freelance Tasmanian Aboriginal visual artist, designer and consultant. Currently open for commissions and work both locally and nationally. Full portfolio on my website.
https://linktr.ee/caleb_visualartist
Gather by fire and gorge yourself on a rich program of music and performance from Lutruwita and beyond. The entire Winter Feast program has dropped along with The Gathering, our opening night site-wide blakout curated by yours truly! Visit our website for the full program!

#darkmofo #winterfeast
May 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
A cool little collaboration with @tasleaders.bsky.social. My limpet print on natural cotton fibre tea towels as giftware for their participants and stakeholders! I got mine in the mail tonight and looking forward to seeing others with theirs as they roll out!

#collaboration #art #textiles
March 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Finally free from Meta, after a month off the platform my data and accounts are officially deleted today, unable to be recovered. Despite their barrage of emails, I haven’t logged back in and I’m stoked I’ve broken the stronghold!
March 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙖 continues shining bright across Pataway/Burnie as part of Ten Days. If you haven’t seen the work, you have until Sunday night after which it will be deinstalled and stored away for the full reveal of all three works in 2027.

#mobsky #tendays #publicart
March 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Reminded of how precious childhood friendships are today as the four of us reunited for Kascha’s baby shower in Lulworth. The bestest of friends for the longest of times. Super grateful for their friendship, love and care and super excited for our mum and dad to be! ✨
March 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I woke up on the front page of our local paper this morning! The imposter syndrome has me certain it was a slow news day but either way I’m grateful for the coverage and the sharing of the messages behind my work. Also, 44 years on and Midnight Oil continue to inspire! ✊🏽

#mobsky #publicart #neon
March 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Nichols-Mansell said adapting the Midnight Oil lyrics were a contemporary way to intertwine the cultural and industrial histories of the region. He said comparisons could be drawn between the polluted waterways the band sang about and the current environmental situation in the North-West.
Lighting up Pataway: Caleb bridges the Coast's cultural and industrial past
Midnight Oil's lyrics ring true for the artist, 40 years later.
www.theadvocate.com.au
March 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The artwork serves as both a reminder and a call to action, urging the community, corporations, and policymakers to reflect on their connection to the land and sea, and to consider the legacy they wish to leave for future generations.

#publicart #mobsky #tendays #neon
March 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Celebrated the opening of my latest commission ‘this is my land, this is my sea’ as part of the Ten Days on the Island festival program last night. This work stands as a luminous testament to the enduring bond between the Palawa and our ancestral lands and waters.

#publicart #mobsky #art #neon
March 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Still dreaming about this collab with Lazy Girl Lingerie, a First Nations slow fashion label. This limited edition print was designed by me and the garment constructed by Cassandra, owner of LGL. This collab featured on the David Jones runaway at Aus Fashion Week 2023.

#mobsky #fashion #design
February 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Brand and visual identity project for MINA NINA, a Tasmanian Aboriginal managed business that offers high level cultural proficiency training, consultation, and a range of other services for corporate, governmental and community organisations Tasmania.

#brand #visualidentity #design #procreate
February 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Looking forward to our second iteration of Kani Tunapri at Panama next month. Our inaugural offering was shared by Uncle Jim Everett. This year Auntie Theresa Sainty joins us. Kani Tunapri loosely translates to sharing knowledge and is an opportunity to connect and engage with mob.

#mobsky #palawa
February 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What if Ten Days on the Island decided to do things differently? What if they invited people to join them at the edge of the world… and then asked them to leap? That was their ask of me and I’m excited to be presenting work this year! ✨

www.tendays.org.au

#art #publicart #graphicart #mobsky
February 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Adding rugby balls to the growing list of things I had never thought I’d create art for… This was a super cool project to collaborate on with W Rugby. Sales support the donation of sporting equipment to First Nation communities across the country.

#art #digitalart #commission #rugby #mobsky
February 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Installation view of This Bitter Earth by Alex Podger and Caleb Nichols-Mansell commissioned by Dark Mofo in front of Spectra by Ryoji Ikeda at Dark Park, 2022. 🔥

#mobsky #art #publicart #festival #installationart
February 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The Devonport Sound and Light Show, From Sky to Sea launched late last year. I created the artwork that is laser etched into the pillars retelling our creation story through fine line work. The artwork is an initiative of Devonport City Council and their Living City upgrade.

#mobsky #publicart
February 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
In 2022 I was approached by Junction to #design #artwork that would become the #brand #identity for the #festival. The artwork I designed was representative of Princes Square as a hub for the festival but also a gathering place for my #mob who have gathered in that park for the longest time. #mobsky
February 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Working with local community, Elders, staff and students at St Patrick’s College we created this Acknowledgement of Country plaque for their school entrance. The words and artwork were contributed by the students after working with our Elders. A special project.

#mobsky #blakart #publicart
February 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In 2023 I was commissioned by YIRRAMBOI Festival in Naarm to create a large neon work as part of their Barring Yanabul program. The work I created is an excerpt from a larger text work and reads ‘My Body is Country, My Blood is Salt Water’.

#mobsky #festivalart #blakart
February 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
A commission I completed for the @acrrm.bsky.social called Healthy Country, Healthy People. I was inspired by how our connection to Country and how this has the ability to heal us both physical, spiritually and mentally. Created using @procreate.com.

#mobsky #artwork #commissions
February 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I’ve been looking for a place for First Nations mob in Australia to connect and it seems #mobsky is where it is at. Click the below link and then pin! ✊🏽

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February 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Artwork for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Reflect’ Reconciliation Action Plan. I do not do a lot of these for personal reasons, but the TSO are doing incredible things for the island and our community so it felt worthwhile.

#RAP #Reconciliation #GraphicDesign #Design #Art
January 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
A series of seven bespoke carpets designed for the University of Tasmania’s Inveresk Library. This building sits on the banks of the Kanamaluka or Tamar River and so these carpets are inspired by this waterway and our ongoing connection.

#publicart #art #commissions #textiles
January 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thinking back to the collaboration with Lazy Girl Lingerie as part of Indigenous Fashion Projects Pathway Program which seen my designs and Cassandra’s garments grace the David Jones runway at Australian Fashion Week 2023.
January 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM