Details of Jan Billycan
About
Jan grew up in Ilyarra country. There are jila (living water) in this country including Karrparti, Kawarr, Jurntiwa, and Wirrguj. Other places include Dodo, Kartal, Kiriwirri and Yukarri. When Jan was young she walked all around these places with her parents. Jan says 'in living water there is a quiet snake. Sometimes he rises up, but we sing him down sometimes he can travel and bring rain. Ilyarra is my country Ilyarra, where I grew up. Lots of tali (sand dunes) and jila in this country. This big dog country.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Jan Billycan Solo, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, Vic
2008 Kirriwirri Jan Billycan, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA
2007 Jan Billycan, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2007 Kirriwirri, Short St Gallery @ Mary Place, Paddington, NSW
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 27th NATSIAA Awards, Darwin, NT
2010 Yiwarra Kuju, Canning Stock Route exhibition, National Museum of Australia, Canberra ACT
2010 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building. - Short St Gallery & William Mora Galleries present the Yulparija artists
2010 White, Short St Gallery, Broome WA
2009 Short on Size, Short St Gallery, Broome ,WA
2009 Shalom Gamarada Aboringinal Art Exhibtion, University of NSW, Sydney
2009 From Desert to Saltwater Country, Redot Gallery, Singapore
2008 Olympic IOC Expo Centre, Canning Stock Route Project, Beijing, China
2008 From the Desert to Saltwater, Booker-Lowe Gallery, Houston, Texas
2008 Bidyadanga Artists 2008, AP Bond Art Dealer, Adelaide, SA
2007 Yulparija Artists, New Works on Board, Short St Gallery, Broome WA
2007 Triennal: Cultural Warriors, National Gallery of Australia, ACT
2007 Winpa, Raft Art Space, Darwin, NT
2007 24th NATSIAA Awards, Darwin, NT
2007 Desert Heart, Nevill Keating Gallery, London, England
2007 From the Bungalow I: Yulparija Artists, Johnston Gallery, Perth, WA
2006 Northern Journey, The Priory at Bingie, Bingie, NSW
2006 Jan Billycan & Weaver Jack, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2006 23rd Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards
2005 The return of our land, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Aprings, NT
2005 Mummy + daughter, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2005 22nd Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards
2005 Bidyadanga 2005, Short St . Gallery, Broome, WA
2004 Desert Ocean, Short st. Gallery @ Kidogo Gallery, Fremantle
2004 Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs
2004 Bidyadanga Artists, William Mora Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Bidyadanga Art, Art House Gallery, Sydney
2004 Bidyadanga Artists, Raft Art Space, Darwin
2004 Desert to Saltwater,Short st. Gallery @ Mary Place Gallery, Paddington
2003 Manjyiljara, Short st. Gallery, Broome, WA
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory
Laverty Collection
Dr Ian Bernhardt Collection
William Mora Collection
Sam Barry Collection
Harvey Wagner Collection, USA
Dr Ian Constable Collection
Myer Collection
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
Canning Stock Route Project Collection
BIBLIOGRAPGHY
Australian Indigenous Art Triennial: Culture Warriors
"Canning Stock Rout Project in Bejing Olymic Expo- Summary Report", listing 10 articles written in Chinese newspapers and editorial, 2008
The Age Newspaper, Dreamtime Designers, Bruce Elder, March 15 2008
"Cultural Warriors, National Indigenous Art Triennial Catalogue", National Gallery of Australia
The Canberra Times, "Weapons of a culture", October 20, 2007
The Age, "Longtime coming", October 20, 2007
'Tribal Landscapes', Clive Aslet, Financial Times, July 7/8 2007
Koori Mail, "Snap Shot of Cultures", October 2007
The Australian, "Look Whose Been Framed Now", 17 March, 2006
The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 2006
Painting Country-A West to East Journey World Expo Aichi, Catalogue. July 2005
The Australian Financial Review Magazine "Art Direction" June 2004
The Age Newspaper "Yulparija show their colours:" April 19 2004
The Australian Newspaper, "West Coast's Late Bloomers" April 2004
