Dennis Nona completed Year 12 at Cairns State High School and then an Associate Diploma of Arts at Cairns TAFE. He graduated from the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Visual Arts. He has illustrated children's fiction but is well known for his linocuts, etchings and sculptures. He established printmaking workshops on Moa and Badu Islands. His work can be viewed in art institutions in Australia and overseas.
In 2011 he won the the Telstra Works on Paper award for his work Zuga Zug.
