biography of Ginger Riley MUNDUWALAWALA (c.1937-2002)

Personal data


Birth : 1937
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Australia

Representatives

Alcaston Gallery – Suite 4, Spring Street Entrance 2 Collins Street – Melbourne VIC, Australia

Professional data


Work and Life

1986:Ginger Riley began painting at a mature age of 49, depicting culturally important areas of his country in the Gulf of Carpentaria region.

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting :
Print-Multiple : Serigraph

Subject

Traditional culture
myth/belief

Movements and styles

Arboriginal Art

Works

Ngak Ngak
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Serigraph
Size : 43 x 59 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

1999

Always at Home
Alcaston Gallery – Melbourne VIC, Australia
1999

1998

The Same but different
Alcaston Gallery – Melbourne VIC, Australia
1998

1997

Ginger Riley – 10 Year Retrospective
National Gallery of Victoria – Melbourne VIC, Australia
1997

1995

Ginger Riley Munduwalawala – you can see for long way
Alcaston Gallery – Melbourne VIC, Australia
1995

1991

Ginger Riley Munduwalawala – My mother’s country limmen bight gulf of Carpentaria
Hogarth Galleries – Sydney NSW, Australia
1991

Ginger Riley Munduwalawala
Alcaston Gallery – Melbourne VIC, Australia
1991

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2000

ACAF 7 – Australian Contemporary Art Fair / Melbourne Art Fair
Royal Exhibition Building – Melbourne VIC, Australia
10/04/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Alcaston Gallery – Suite 4, Spring Street Entrance 2 Collins Street – Melbourne VIC, Australia

1998

ACAF 6 – Australian Contemporary Art Fair / Melbourne Art Fair
Melbourne VIC, Australia
10/01/1998 – 10/04/1998
Represented by : Alcaston Gallery – Suite 4, Spring Street Entrance 2 Collins Street – Melbourne VIC, Australia


Contests

1996

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory – Darwin NT, Australia
1996


Group exhibitions

2000

Biennale of Sydney , n° 12
Sydney NSW, Australia
05/26/2000 – 07/30/2000

Beyond the Pale – Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art
Art Gallery of South Australia North Terrace – Adelaide SA, Australia
03/03/2000 – 03/19/2000

1999

Spirit Country : Australia Aboriginal Art from the Gantner Myer Collection
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
1999

1997

Ngundungunya : Art for Everyone
National Gallery of Victoria – Melbourne VIC, Australia
1997

1994

Aratjara : Art of the First Australians
Hayward Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1994

Arte, Sociedad, Reflexión – 5a Bienal de la Habana
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam – Havana, Cuba
05/06/1994 – 06/30/1994

1990

Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Holmes a Court Collection
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts – Cambridge MA, United States
1990

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Exhibition catalogues

2000

Biennale of Sydney 2000
Sydney NSW, Australia
2000
ISBN : 0959661999

Legals