Cherie Mooner  is a Djiru Traditional Owner of the Mission Beach area.  She lives at Mission Beach on her Traditional Land. Cherie is an emerging artist who has created a number of unique paintings depicting her traditional country and the animals that live within it. She first exhibited at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair in 2020, where she successfully sold out majority pieces in her collection. Since her first exhibition, Cherie has gained much attention from  private and institutional collectors.

During March this year,Umbrella Studios in Townsville facilitated Cherie’s first ever solo exhibition, Gunduy Waymba-nyu(Cassowary Gone walk-about).