Details of Bob Burruwal
About
Medium
Fibre sculpture, ceremonial regalia, bronze & aluminium sculpture, ochre & PVC on stringy bark, didjeridu, hollow log coffin, carved and painted wooden sculpture
Subject/Theme
Three dimensional icons from the spiritual and ceremonial realms, including spirit beings and ceremonial regalia. Animal sculptures in various materials.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 White, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA
2010 Gungamuk - Bob Burruwal & Lena Yaarinkura, Sheahan Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2009 Ochre - A Study in Materiality, Short St Gallery, Broomw, WA
2008 Maningrida Survey Show, Short St Gallery, Broome. WA
2008 Interwoven, Indigenart, Perth, WA
2008 Playa Art At Mary Place, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2006 Peter Bailie Art Award, Flinders University City Gallery, Adelaide, SA
2005 22nd NATSIAA, MAGNT, Darwin, NT
2004 Bob Burruwal & Lena Yarinkura, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2004 Maningrida Recent Works, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2004 Fibre and sculptures, Indigenart, Fremantle, WA
2004 Divas of the Desert: Maningrida, Minymaku, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
2003 An exhibition of Rembarrnga Artists, Short St Gallery, Boome, WA
2003 Next Generation, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2003 The visit, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2003 Artists in residence exhibition, Coonalie Cultural Centre, NT
2003 Organic Forms in Fibre, Aboriginal and Pacific Arts, Sydney, NSW
2003 Dreamtime, contemporary Aboriginal Art, Cankarjev Dom Ljubljana, Slovenia
2003 Maningrida Threads, Museum of Comtemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
2002 Spirit of Arnhem Land, redback GAllery , QLD
2002 Barks In The Spotlight, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2002 Wild Nature in Comtemporary Australian Art And Craft, Jam Factory, Adelaide, SA
2002 Frisson, 14th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial, Sydney
2001 Out of the Mould, an exhibition of first works in bronze and aluminium from Maningrida,
Gallery Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic
2001 18th national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art
Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
2001 Arnhem Land Carvings and Bark Paintings, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
2001 Vital Fluids, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra
2000 Maningrida, Framed Gallery, Darwin
1999 My Country: Australische Aboriginal Kunst, Brandweer Kazerne, Utrecht, Netherlands
1999 Organic Forms, Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney
1998 Spirits of the Dreaming, Jarraman Arts Aboriginal Corporation, National Aboriginal
Cultural Centre, Sydney
1998 Pandanus and Paperback, Gabrielle Prizzi, Melbourne
1998 Armlinks, Touring Australia
1997 14th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Museum
and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
1997 Circles About the Body, University of Tasmania, Travelling Exhibition
1997 Metamorphosis, Gallery Pizzi at Venice Biennale Palazzo Papadopoli, Venice, Italy
1996 The Language of Place, Framed Gallery, Darwin
1996 Journey of the Birds, Raintree Fine Art Gallery, Darwin
1996 Maningrida Exhibition, indigenart, Subiaco, WA
1996 Spirits of the Dreaming, Raintree Fine Art Gallery, Darwin
1996 Dreaming: Aboriginal Art from Australia, Galerie Kouwenhoven, Delft, Netherlands
1995 Maningrida: The Language of Weaving, A.E.T.A. Touring Exhibition throughout Australia
and New Zealand
1990 Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1990 From Australia, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland;
toured to Swansea and Manchester, UK
1989 The Sixth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the
Northern Territory, Darwin
1989 Survey of Aboriginal Art: Bark paintings, THe Bloomfield Galleries, Paddington, NSW
1982 Aboriginal Art at the Top, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
AWARDS/GRANT/COMMISSIONS
2002 Site Specific Award, Sculpture in the Park, Darwin, NT
COLLECTIONS
Aimee Proost Private Collection, QLD
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Helen Read Collection, Darwin
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Maritime Museum, Sydney
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Walonia Aboriginal Art, Netherlands
SELECTED
Bibliography
Carew, M.. & West, M.K.C., The Language of Weaving, Australian Exhbibition Touring
Agency, Maningrida Arts and Culture, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern
Territory, 1995
Cooke, P. & Altman, J.C., Aboriginal Art at the Top: a regional exhibition, Maningrida:
Maningrida Arts and Crafts, 1982
Hogarth Galleries, Arnhem Land Carvings and Bark Paintings, Paddington, NSW: Hogarth
Galleries, 2001
Kohen, A.., Garde, M., Ryan,J., Jurzak, I. & Peltier, P., In the Heart of Arnem Land - Myth and the
making of contemporary Aboriginal Art, Mantes-la Jolie, France: Musee del
Hoter-Dieu, 2001
Mellor, D. & Norman, R., Circles About the Body, Launceston, Tas: University of Tasmania
Pizzi, G. & Papadopoli, P., Metamorphosis: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal photography
and sculpture, Melbourne: Gabrielle Prizzi, 1997
Ride, E., Armlinks: and illustrated exploration of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal use of arm
adornments, Darwin: Darwin Visual Arts Association, 1998
West, M. 14th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin: Museum & Art
Gallery of the Northern Territory, 1997
Artworks of Bob Burruwal
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