Azeza Possum Ramzan

DOB: 19-11-1995
Language Group: Anmatyerre
Community Group: Alice Springs, NT

Azeza Possum was born in Kempsey, NSW in November 1995.

Azeza Possum Ramzan is the second youngest daughter of senior artist Michelle Possum Nungurrayi and Heath Tjangala.

Michelle is the youngest child of Clifford Possum AO (c. 1937 – 2002), Australia’s most celebrated Aboriginal artist.

Clifford’s art hangs in all of the major collections and museums worldwide, he presented his art to the Queen, and features in numerous important publications on the Masters of Australian Art.

Azeza (and her 2 sisters) are the third generation of artists in her family. Michelle, along with her older sister Gabriella, were taught to paint by Clifford and they both carry forward the traditional stories, style and much of the iconography of Clifford Possum.

She lives in Reservoir Melbourne with one daughter Zaraiya Ramzan who was born in 2016.

Like her mother, Azeza also carries on the traditional stories, style and much of the iconography of her grandfather Clifford Possum, with the addition of women's ceremonial stories and other women's dreamings.

Azeza Possum Ramzan now paints in Melbourne where her family, including her mother Michelle and aunt Gabriella Possum, now live.

Along with her 2 sisters – Khatija and Chelsea- this exciting young artist is making a huge impression on the art world.

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2020 Family Business - The Art of the Possum Family, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2019 International Women's Day, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2016 From the Sand to the Sails | a Possum Family Show