Born: c.1970
Region: Torres Strait Islands
Language Group: Western Torres Strait - Kal-lagaw-ya

EXHIBITIONS—SOLO
2011 NAIDOC 2011 – The Works of Billy Missi, Australian National Maritime Museum
2009 BILLY MISSI: Urapun Kai Buai (one big kin), FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Mina Mikia Imau, Cell Art Space, Cairns, QLD
Along Ancestral Line, Pandanus Gallery, Cairns,QLD
Urapun Kai Buai, Perk Tucker Regional Gallery,Townsville, QLD
Urapun Kai Buai,Gallery 101, Melbourne, Vic
Urapun Kai Buai, Wodonga Regional Gallery, Vic
2008 Urapun Kai Buai, Kick-Arts Gallery, Cairns, QLD
2007 Mikiya Imau, ”A Glimps”, George Patton Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2004 Urapun Muinu Garasar, “Many In One” Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD

EXHIBITIONS—GROUP
2010 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney. Muiyiw Minaral (Spiritual markings) with George Nona & Glen Mackie
2009 Hidden Treasures, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD
Pillow Talk, Port Douglas Community Centre, Cairns QLD
Darwin Art Fair, Dawin, NT
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Tanks, Cairns,QLD
Northern Mix,Woolangabba Art Gallery,Brisbane, QLD
Cracker, Kick-Arts Lower Gallery,Cairns QLD
Lagaw Gidhal, Creative Economy, Bisbane QLD
2008 Blunt Edge, Pink Phoenix Gallery, Cairns, QLD
Northern Stars, Artisan, Bisbane, QLD
BIG, Kick-Arts Lower Gallery, Cairns, QLD
Blak Roots,Kick-Arts Lower Gallery,Cairns,QLD
Few Good Men, Woolangabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Art Brisbane, Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane, QLD
National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, VIC
ATE, Perth Convention Centre, Perth, WA
Paradise, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
Blurred Boundaries, Artisan, Brisbane, QLD
2007 Mai Piko Mai, Bishop Museum, Hawaii, USA
Blurred Boundaries, KickArts, Cairns, QLD
Caring for Country Exhibition, Cardwell, QLD
Ailan Current, Kick- Arts Gallery, Cairns, QLD
Looking Forward looking Blak, Kick-Arts Gallery, Cairns, QLD
PIKO Gathering, East Hawai’I Cultural Centre, Hilo, Hawai’I, USA
Ailan Currents, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD
Lagau Githal, Dreaming Festival, Woodford, QLD
Gab Titui 3rd Annaversary Exhibition, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD
Maritime Stories, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, QLD
2006 7th Chamalieres International Triennial of Stamp and Original Engravings, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Chamalieres.
31st Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Art Centre, Perth, WA
Gatherings II, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD
Gatherings II, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, QLD
2005 Postcard Show, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD
Top Ten, Commonwealth Bank, Brisbane, QLD
Decade of Collecting 1995 – 2005, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, QLD
2004 Gelam Nguzu Kazi – Gelam My Son, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, QLD
Out of Country – The Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Out of Country, Gallery 1601 Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, USA
2003 Showing of #2, Platform Exhibition Space, Flinders St Station, Melbourne, VIC
Art Miami, USA represented by Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Arco, Madrid, Spain, Represented by Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2002-2005 Native Title Business, Travelling
2002 Zugubau Thithuil, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC
Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Gallery, Caulfield, VIC
Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, QLD
Maiem Sewngpa Algeda to the Torres Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, Qld
2001-2004 Gelam Nguzu Kazi - Gelam My Son, Travelling Exhibition:
Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW
Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Damien Minton Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe, Qld
Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Vic
Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, Vic
Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Manly Art Gallery, Manly, NSW
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Qld
Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Tewantin, Qld
Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Cairns, Qld
2001 Trackin Kultja, Australian National, Museum, Canberra, ACT
Thaigy Minaral - Beautiful Patterns, Port Kennedy Hall, Thursday Island, Qld
Gatherings, Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane, Qld
2000 The Art of Place, The Fifth National Heritage Art Award,Touring Exhibition
The Fifth National Indigenous Heritage Art Awards including Old Parliament House, ACT
Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA; State Library of NSW, Sydney
The Araluen Centre for Arts and Entertainment, Alice Springs, NT
John Curtin Gallery, Unviersity of Technology, Perth, WA
Bitching Prints, Indigenous Artist work with master Printmaker Theo Treblay of 'No Fixed Press'

COLLECTIONS
Artbank, Sydney
Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Torres Strait Regional Authority, Thursday Island Badu Island State School, Badu Canberra Office of Torres Strait Affairs Parliament House, Canberra
Cambridge University Museum, UK
Victoria & Albert Museum, UK