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Moiety: Yirridjdja
Subsection: Ngarridj
MEDIUM
Painting:
Ochres and PVC fixative on stringy bark
Wooden objects:
Carved and painted wooden sculpture
SUBJECT/THEME
Yawkyawk spirits in sculpture and bark painting; Mimih spirits
COLLECTIONS
Aimee Proost private collection, Qld
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Artbank, Sydney, NSW
Coopers & Lybrand Collection, Utrecht, Netherlands
David Betz private collection, New York, USA
Helen Read Collection, Darwin, NT
Kluge Collection, Morven Estate, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Laverty Collection, Sydney, NSW
Macquarie Bank Art Collection
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Walonia Aboriginal Art, Netherlands
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Owen Yalandja, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2004 OwenYalandja solo show, Annandale galleries, Sydney, NSW
2002 Owen Yalandja. Redback Art Gallery, Qld
2000 Owen Yalandja. Water spirit sculptures from Barrihdjowkeng Aboriginal & Pacific Arts, Sydney, NSW
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Spirit in variation Part 2, Annandale Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2007 Spirit in variation, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2007 Culture Warriors, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
2007 Rarrk-london-, Bargehouse Gallery, London, UK
2006 Australian Aboriginal Art 2006/2007, John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
2006 Lorrkons and spirit figures, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2006 23rd National Aboriginal & Torres Straight Art Awards, MAGNT, Darwin, NT
2006 Togart Contemporary Art Exhibition, Darwin, NT
2006 Dream Tracks, Aboriginal art of Arnhem Land, La Fontaine Centre of Contemporay Art, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.
2006 Sculptures from Maningrida, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2005 Rarrk, flowing on from Crossing Country, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2005 Spirit beings and Lorrkon, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
2005 Aboriginal vision in Contemporary Australian Art, Wright exhibition space, Seattle, USA
2004 Crossing country: the alchemy of western Arnhem Land art, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW
2003 Next generation, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2003 The visit, Annandale galleries, Sydney, NSW
2003 People, Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2003 Dreamtime, contemporary Aboriginal art, Cankarjev Dom Ljubljana, Slovenia
2003 Mythological beings from Maningrida, Hogarth Galleris, Sydney, NSW
2002 NATSIA, 19th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory,
Darwin.
2002 East + West, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2001-02 18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory,
Darwin
2001 Outside in: Research Engagements with Arnhem Land Art Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
2001 In the Heart of Arnhem Land. Myth and the making of contemporary Aboriginal art Musee del l'Hotel-Dieu, Mantes-la-Jolie, France
2001 Vital fluids Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2000 Biennale Of Sydney 2000 various venues at various locations
1999 Spirit Country: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Ganter Myer Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco,
California, USA
1999 My Country: Australische Aboriginal Kunst Brandweer Kazerne, Utrecht, Netherlands
1998 Spirits of the Dreaming Jarraman Arts Aboriginal Corporation, National Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Sydney, NSW
1996 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
1996 Spirits of the Dreaming Raintree Fine Art Gallery, Darwin, NT
1996-97 Dreaming: Aboriginal Art from Australia Galerie Kouwenhoven, Delft, Netherlands
1994-95 Pitture e Sculture dell' Australia Aborigena touring Italy: Spazio Krizia, Milan; Palazzo Butera, Palermo; Museo di Architecture e
Scultura Ligure di Sant' Agostini, Genova.
1993 Group Maningrida Exhibition Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
1993 The Tenth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
SELECTED
Bibliography
Isaacs, J., Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. 1999. Spirit country: contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art. South Yarra, Vic. San Francisco: Hardie Grant; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
McDonald, E., R Oakley and Art Gallery of New Soth Wales. 2000a. Biennale of Sydney 2000:12th Biennale of Sydney, 26th May-30 July 2000. Sydney: Biennale of Sydney Ltd.
Morphy, H.,J.C Altman, F. Morphy, N. Lendon, and Drill Hall Gallery. 2001. Outside in: research engagements with Arnhem Land art. Canberra, ACT: Drill Hall Gallery.
Morphy, H.M. Smith Boles, and Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. 1999. Art from the land: dialogues with the Kluge-Ruhe Collection of Aboriginal art. Charlottesville, VA, Findon, S Aust: University of Virginia.
Pizzi, G, and Palazzo Papadopoli (Venice Italy) 1997. Metamorphosis: contemporary Australian Aboriginal photography and sculpture. Melbourne: Gabrielle Pizzi?
Taylor, L, and J. Hoff. 1985. The Mimi Spirit as sculpture. Art and Australia 23:73-77
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