Bianca Gardiner Dodd was born in 1978 and spent her early years in the western suburbs of Sydney before moving to Tweed Heads with her family at age 10. Her mother Gloria Gardiner, a prominent Aboriginal artist of the Northern Rivers, was born in the Aboriginal community of Goodooga, Northwest of NSW. The traditional land of the Kamilaroi/Gamilaroi peoples. Bianca has family ties to the Bundjalung lands of the Tweed and Byron coasts through her husband who is a Bundjalung man, and children. Many of the symbols within her art represent her interpretation of coastal life, harmony and unity. Bianca’s art is another platform to articulate her creative journey, from young dancer, to adult teacher, choreographer and a Contemporary Aboriginal artist. "I have enjoyed living in the Coastal village of Pottsville Beach on the North Coast of NSW with my family for many years. My art reflects the coastal environment and surrounding elements that I live in, the estuaries, the beach and the life that lives within it."