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Painting: Ochres and PVC fixative on stringy bark
Wooden Objects: Carved and painted wooden sculpture
COLLECTIONS
AIATSIS Collection, ACT
Aimee Proust Private Collection, QLD
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Ballart Fine Art Gallery, VIC
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Canberra, ACT
David Betz private collection, New York, USA
Laverty Collection, Sydney, NSW
Museum of Contemporary Art, Maningrida collection, Sydney, NSW
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Walonia Aboriginal Art, Netherlands
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Spirit In Variation Part 2, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2007 Spirit In Variation, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2007 Rarrk - london-, Bargehouse Gallery, London, UK
2007 Selected New Works from Maningrida, Maningrida Arts & Culture, Darwin, ACT
2007 24th NATSIAA, MAGNT, Darwin, NT
2007 James Iyuna and Melba Gunjarrwanga, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2007 Lorrkon, spirit beings and fibre works, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
2006 Lorrkons and Spirit Figures, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2006 Mumeka to Milmilngkan, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2007 From the Bungalow II: Kimberley & the Top End, Johnston Gallery, Perth, WA
2006 "Maningrida" Short st. Gallery, Broome, WA
2006 23rd Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, MAGNT, Darwin, NN
2006 A survey show from Maningrida, Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT
2006 Dream Tracks, Aboriginal Art of Arhnem Land, La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art,
Manama, Kingdm of Bahrain
2006 Sculptures From Maningrida, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2005 Rarrk, Flowing on from Crossing Country, Annadale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2005 22nd NATSIAA, MAGNT, Darwin, NT
2005 Rarrk, Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT
2005 After Crossing Country, a survey bark exhibtion, Indigenart, Perth, WA
2005 Aboriginal Vision in Contemporary Art, Wright Exhibtion Space, Seattle, USA
2005 Lorrkons and Spirit Figures from Maningrida, Aboriginal & Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW
2005 Crossing Country: the Alchemy of Western Arnhem Land Art, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW
2005 Bark paintings and carvings from Maningrida, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2004 James Iyuna & Melba Gunjarrwanga, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2004 Kokok - older brothers from the Kurulk clan, Aboriginal & pacific Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2004 Likan'mirri -connections: the AIATSIS collection of art, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2004 Bark paintings and carvings from Maningrida, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2004 22nd NATSIAA, MAGNT, Darwin, NT
2003 Out of the wet - new art by Kuninjku artists, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
2003 Dreamtime, Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Cankarjev Dom Ljubljana, Slovenia
2003 Maningrida Threads, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
2003 Mythological Beings from Maningrida, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2002 Barks in the Spotlight, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2002 NATSIA, 19th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strit Islander Art Award, Museum &
Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2001-02 NATSIA, 18th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strit Islander Art Award, Museum &
Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2001 Arnhem Land Carvings and Bark Paintings, Hograth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2001 Outside In: Research Engagements with Arnhem Land Art, Drill Hall Gallery, ANU,
Canberra, ACT
2000 Biennale of Sydney 2000, Various Locations, Sydney, NSW
2000 Maningrida, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
1999 Fighting for Culture, Indigenart, Perth, WA
1999 Spirit Country: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Ganter Myer Collection, Fine Arts
Museum of San Fransico, San Fransisco, California, USA
1999 My Courntry: Australische Aboriginal Kunst, Brandweer Kazerne, Utrecht, Netherlands
1997 Metamorphosis, Gallery Pizzi at Venice Biennale, Pallazzo Papadopoli, Venice, Italy
1996 Copyrites, Aboriginal Art in the Age of Reproductive Technologies
1996 Spirits of the Dreaming, Raintree Fine Art Gallery, Darwin, NT
1996/97 Dreaming: Aboriginal Art from Australia, Galerie Kouwenhoven, Delft, Netherlands
1995 12th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait islander Art award, Museum and Art Galllery,
Darwin, NT
1995/97 Crossing Borders:Contemporary Australian Textile Art, Kemper Museum of Contemporary
Art & Design, Kansas City Missouri, Touring USA
1995 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria
1995 Snakes and Serpents, 24 Hour Art, Darwin, NT
1995 Stories my Parents Sang, National Maritime Museum
1994 Manangrida Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
1991 The 8th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern
Territory, Darwin, NT
1990 Painted Ship, Painted Oceans, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1990 Spirit in Land Bark Paintings from Arnhem Land, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1989 Kunwinjku, Deutscher, Gertrude St, Melbourne, Victoria
1988 The 5th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, MAGNT, Darwin, NT
1988 Gunwinggu Artists, Beaufort Convention Centre, Darwin, NT
AWARDS/GRANTS/COMMISSIONS
2007 Highly Commended 24th National Torres Strait & aboriginall Art award, Darwin, NT
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Bibliography
Heerman, I., U. Menter, & Linden-Museum Stuttgart. 1994. Gemaltes Land: Kunst der Aborigines aus Arnhemland, Australien. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag.
Hogarth Gallery. 2001. Arnhem Land Carvings and Bark Painting, Paddington, NSW. Hogarth Gallery
Isaacs, J. 1984. Australia's Living Hertiage: arts of the dreaming. Sydney:Lansdowne.
Isaacs, J., Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Hardie Grant ; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
McDonal, E., R. Oakley, and Art Gallery of NSW. 2000. Biennale of Sydney 2000: 12th Biennale of Sydney, 26 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
National Gallery of Victoria & J. Ryan. 1990. Spirit in Land: Bark Paintings from Arnhem Land in the National Gallery of Victoria. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria
O'Ferrall, M. A. 2000 Tributes: George Milpurrurru. Artlink 20:26-27
O'Ferrall, M.A., and Art Gallery of Western Australia. 1990. Keepers of the Secrets: Aboriginal Art from Arnhem Land in the Collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia.
Pizzi, G., and Palazzo Papadopoli (Venice Italy). 1997. Metamorphosis: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Photography and Sculpture. Melbourne: Gabrielle Pizzi.
Rowley, S., and C. Leitch. 1995. Crossing Borders: Contemporary Australian Textile Art. Wollongong NSW: University of Wollongong.
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