biography of John MAWURNDJUL (1952)

Personal data


Birth : 1952 - , Australia
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Australia

Address

, Australia

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Pigment
Sculpture-Volume : Sculpture, wood

Subject

Traditional culture
myth/belief
nature

Works

Namarrkon
Date of creation : 1994
Medium : Painting
Materials : pigment
Process : painting
Supports : wood
Size : 69 x 49 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

1999

Annandale Galleries – Sydney NSW, Australia
1999

1998

John Mawurndjul : recent works from Milmilngan
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi – Melbourne VIC, Australia
1998

1995

Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi – Melbourne VIC, Australia
1995

1994

Savode Gallery – Brisbane QLD, Australia
1994

1993

Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi – Melbourne VIC, Australia
1993

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Contests

1999

16th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory – Darwin NT, Australia
1999


Group exhibitions

2000

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

1999

Fighting for Culture
Indigenart – Subiaco WA, Australia
1999

1998

Maningrida Group Show
Alliance Française – Canberra ACT, Australia
1998

1997

Dreamings : Aboriginal Art from Australia
Asia Society Galleries – New York NY, United States
1997

Mawurndjul and Bulunbulun
Annandale Galleries – Sydney NSW, Australia
1997

1996

Eye of the Storm
National Gallery of Modern Art – New Delhi, India
1996

1994

An of the Rainbow Snake
National Gallery of Victoria – Melbourne VIC, Australia
1994

1992

Crossroads – Towards a New Reality : Aboriginal Art from Australia
National Museum of Modern Art – Kyoto, Japan
1992

1990

L’été australien à Montpellier
Musée Fabre – Montpellier, France
1990

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

1993

Aboriginal Art
Publisher: Thames and Hudson – 500 5th avenue – New York NY, United States
1993


Exhibition catalogues

2000

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

1999

John Mawurndjul
Publisher: Annandale Galleries – 110 Trafalgar Street – Annandale NSW, Australia
1999

Legals