Details of Lena Nyadbi
About
Lena was born on Walmanjilukum (Greenvale Station) and grew up on Old Lissadell Station. Like other young girls, she was put to work on the station at an early age. She worked a wide range of jobs including mustering cattle, milking the cows and general station duties. She moved to the new Lissadell Station when it was relocated due to the development of Lake Argyle, and it was there she met her first husband, Ben Bandi. Lena spent many years watching and learning from some well known Warmun artists who have now passed away, in particular, Paddy Jaminji who taught her the techniques of grinding ochre and charcoal, and of rubbing the charcoal into the canvas with her hands.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Niagara Galleres, Melbourne, Vic
2000 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Vic
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 Landmarks, Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
2006 Warmun Art Centre Presents, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2006 Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters, National Museum of Women
In The Arts, Washington, USA
2005 Gija Across The Border, Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT
2003 Masters Show, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
2003 Group Show, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
2003 Six Gija Women Painting Country, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
2003 True Stories: Art of the East Kimberley, Yiribana Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2002 Warmun Group Show, Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA
2002 Thornquest Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
2001 Sammlung Essl Gallery, Germany.
2001 Beyond Wings, Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA
2001 19th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Darwin, NT
2001 New Paintings From Warmun Art Centre, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2000 Lena Nyadbi & Eubena Nampitjin, Tineriba Gallery , Adelaide, SA
2000 Beyond the Pale, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, SA
2000 Bett Gallery Hobart, TAS
2000 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Darwin, NT
2000 This Earth for Us: Australia Dreaming, Commonwealth Institute, London
1999 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
1999 Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
1999 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
1999 Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, Perth, WA
1999 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Darwin, NT
1999 Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin, NT
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Notre Dame University Collection
Artbank
Western Mining Corporation
National Australia Bank
Kaplan Collection, USA
Harvey Wagner Collection, USA
Kerry Stokes Collection
Candy Bennett Collection
Clemenger Collection
Strachan Collection
Ron Whyte Collection
