BIOGRAPHY

Luke Currie Richardson, a proud descendant of the Kuku Yalanji, Djabugay, Mununjali, Butchulla, and Samsep Meriam peoples, has dedicated over 14 years to sharing powerful Indigenous stories through dance, film, photography, spoken word, and fashion. Touring with Bangarra Dance Theatre and Marrugeku, he’s worked with artists like Ghenoa Gela, Jacob Boehme, Joel Bray, and Wesley Enoch. In 2023, Luke debuted his choreography GEDOVAIT in the Stephanie Lake Escalator program.

His photography, featured in Vogue and Marie Claire, won the People’s Choice Award in the 2024 National Photographic Portrait Prize. In 2022, he made his theatre acting debut in Kalanga Atu at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and in 2024, he performed in Emu in the Sun—a groundbreaking Ilbijerri Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company collaboration, as part of the Blak in the Room program.

In 2025, Luke travelled to Paris for Haute Couture Week with designer Grace Lillian Lee, contributing to her Guardians collection, a powerful First Nations fashion statement on global runways.

As a poet, his work has been showcased at Sydney Festival’s The Vigil and published by Red Room Poetry. Through his multidisciplinary practice, Luke amplifies Indigenous culture, challenging perceptions of identity and belonging in contemporary Australia.