Artist Biography

Cedric Varcoe was born in Adelaide in 1984 with strong family connection to Raukkan and Point Pierce.  His language group and tribe is Narangga Ngarrindjeri.

He started painting at about 8, watching sisters and mother, aunties and uncles. Cedric has always been fascinated by paint, mainly painting lizards and snakes, and stylized male figures.

He has painted on and off for about 15 years, and has been producing a lot more work in the last couple of years.

In 2008 he completed a mural in one of the cells at Port Pirie Police Station, hoping to inspire young people who are getting arrested, to try to help them to have a better outlook on life, to think that they might be able to paint and express themselves creatively. He has received very positive feedback about the mural.

Cedric is interested in trying some different mediums to express his ideas, including sculpture and printmaking.