Gordon is an Indigenous Australian artist who belongs to the Waanyi people. He has exhibited widely in Australia, and his work has come to prominence in the last decade as an outspoken critique of racism. In 2006, he became an active member of the Brisbane-based Aboriginal arts group, ProppaNOW. Hookey’s multi-award winning work is held in the collections of most major Australian galleries as well as public collections internationally. Gordon has recently completed a Master of Visual Arts at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. He is currently working on a major project called MURRILAND!, a visual history of Queensland from a Murri perspective. He lives and works in Brisbane.