 Lyndy Delian was born in Melbourne and traces her heritage through her artist father, his mother and her mother before her, to Blacks Town outside of Dunolly in Western Victoria.
She is an accomplished visual artist, has seven children, and is a writer and poet, and is an experienced curator. Her art works and textiles are held in the collections of the National Museum of Australia, the National Gallery of Australia, the Canberra Institute of Technology, and in numerous private and other public collections.
Lyndy was involved with the Art and Story telling Group at Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service, ACT. Lyndy has been profiled in the book ‘Black Lives, Rainbow Visions: Indigenous Sitings in the Creative Arts’ (1999), and has been published in ‘Writing Us Mob’, and ‘talking ink from ochre’ and has illustrations in 4 books.
She has exhibited widely and has taught part-time in the Indigenous Art and Fashion Course at the Canberra Institute of Technology, and for various community groups. Lyndy is a founding member of the ACT Indigenous Textile Artists Group and its current coordinator.
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