She has enjoyed immediate success as a visual artist that has seen her involved in many group and solo exhibitions across Australia. In 2005 she completed a Certificate IV in Visual Arts at the Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE and a Diploma of Visual Arts at the same TAFE in 2007. In 2005 she directed the stage show Koiki which was a performance based on the life of her father. She performed in Jimmy Chi’s Bran Nue Dae in its 1991 Sydney season and worked as a choreographer and dancer in Tracey Moffat’s 1986 short film Watch Out and as an actor in Moffat’s Nice Coloured Girls in 1985. After completing her early education at the first school for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Townsville, opened by her father in the 1970s, Gail studied dance at the Aboriginal and Islander Dance Theatre in Sydney from 1984 to 1987. She was born in Queensland in 1965 to revered land rights activist Eddie Mabo and Bonita Mabo. Gail Mabo is a multi-disciplinary artist, currently residing in Townsville, whose practices include dance, acting and visual art.
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