About us

Travis is a Gamilaroi and Darug multidisciplinary artist and arts leader.

A key focus of Awesome Black has been the development and promotion of First Nations music through partnerships and projects with SXSW, Amazon Music, Vivid, South Eveleigh the NSW Government’s 24-Hour Economy. Travis continues to amplify First Nations voices, fostering recognition and success on both national and global stages.

His artistic practice, rooted in storytelling, has manifested in solo exhibitions across the UK and Australia, blending various forms such paintings, drawings, projections and experiential sculptures. Musically, Travis is known as Source Decay, crafting intricate soundscapes and ambient compositions using field recordings and electronic samples to create immersive audio experiences.

Travis is also a judge of the 2025 NSW Music Prize, an alumni of NAISDA Dance College where he received the inaugural Chairman’s Award, a former Create NSW Aboriginal Arts Fellow and recipient of the British Council’s ACCELERATE program.

Luke is an arts, not-for-profit and charity leader working across Awesome Black and the Awesome Black Foundation. He is also the Deputy Director & Community Liaison for the Indigenous youth charity Life for Koori Kids (which he stumbled upon as a teen and never left) and the Chairperson for the Music in Exile charity which supports the careers of refugee and migrant musicians.

Luke has worked with some of Australia’s best-known and most respected creative and purpose-based organisations, including Sydney Opera House, the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Writers’ Festival, Tranby Aboriginal Cooperative, Sydney Festival, Red Room Poetry, Overland, Carriageworks and Creative Australia to name just a few. His work is focused primarily on developing programs, campaigns, partnerships and collaborations that are culturally and socially impactful.

Artistically, Luke has performed, presented and created music works throughout Australia and Europe for the likes of Dark Mofo, the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Festival, the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre and the University of Technology, Sydney. He’s a music curator, presenter on Sydney’s fbi.radio and a 2025 Artist-in-Residence at Bundanon Trust.

Tristan Field is a Sri Lankan and First Nations person from Sydney, New South Wales.  He is a descendant of the Walbunga people from the South Coast of New South Wales and Bidjigal/Dharrawal people from La Perouse.
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In addition to being a professional musician, Tristan has worked on major productions for the likes of Sydney Opera House as the Technical/Cultural Advisor & Director of DanceRites. His most proud work is his current role with Awesome Black as the Senior Creative Producer.
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Tristan continues to develop his skills and give back to various communities through creativity. He has completed three compositions with the Australian Ballet’s Education and Outreach team (2020, 2022 and 2024) co-created with First Nations dancer Ella Havelka, Ella Foundation, Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre. Tristan was also the Cultural Producer for the 'Memory' episode of Limitless with Chris Hemsworth (2023–2025), which is streaming on Disney+.

Tegan is a seasoned leader in the not-for-profit and small business sectors. Raised in a small business family that has operated a successful, community-focused operation for more than 40 years, Tegan feels at home when working with a team focused on excellence, with integrity and purpose.

Tegan has worked with – and held leadership positions at – some of Australia's powerhouse arts organisations such as Sydney Opera House, Gondwana Choirs, the Australian Haydn Ensemble, Musica Viva, Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Hayllar Music Tours and the Enmore and Factory Theatres. She is known for her ability to create structure and stability within creative projects, enabling artists and creative teams to thrive while she handles the detail behind the scenes.

Also a singer who completed a music degree, Tegan brings this understanding of artists and performance to supporting arts organisations with solid operations that deliver for both artists and audiences.