DAVID BOSUN - Moa Arts | 'Kazi Laig' | Gift card

Dugongs are usally able to produce by the age of nine or ten years though sometimes not until as late as 15 years. A female Dugong can only have one calf every 3-7 years and the pregnancy lasts 12-14 months. To keep the new born calf safe from sharks the female will move to shallow waters. When she is ready to give birth the estimated size of a new born is slightly more than a metre in length and usually between 20-35 kilograms in weight. Mothers will nurse their young up to 18 months and the calf may stay with it's mum for up to two years, where the calf still sucks milk from the mother's teats and there is one teat under each flipper. Dugong do not mate for life and male Dugongs do not help to rear young. 

Date of Birth: 1973
Languages: Kala Lagaw Ya, Kriol

Torres Strait Island artist David Bosun grew up in a very sensitive cultural environment and from the age of four he practised traditional dancing and singing. He first became interested in art in grade six after participating in an art class at school. David went to Thursday Island Secondary school and later moved to All Saints and St Gabriels Anglican college in Charters Towers, Queensland. During High School he was always in trouble for drawing in class instead of doing his work.

David has attended James Cook University and Cairns TAFE. He travelled extensively internationally with the touring exhibition Gelam my Son. He was also part of a delegation to Cambridge University and is believed to be part of the first people from the Torres Strait to examine the Haddon Collection of Torre Strait artefacts. David has also attended a cultural exchange in Suva, Fiji.

David believes that both the future generations in the Torres Strait as well as the rest of the world need to be educated about the rich cultural heritage and distinctiveness of Torres Strait culture. He is striving to record and illustrate his ancestral beliefs & traditions through the visual and performing arts.

DAVID BOSUN | 'Kazi Laig' | Gift card