Manambarra Artists
Born around 1910, Loongkoonan is the oldest living Nyikina speaker and one of Australia’s oldest practising artists. A revered matriarch in her community her life experiences inform Loongkoonan’s shimmering and delicate paintings of Nyikina country.
Covered in overlapping dots, they sparkle with a gentle melding of colour and form that perfectly balances delicacy with emotive urgency. In Loongkoonan’s paintings ‘bush tucker’ acts as a metonym for a lifetime’s accumulated knowledge and serves as a referent for a time when the hierarchies of Indigenous knowledge and learning were respected. Balancing nostalgia with an obvious joie de vivre, er works are defiant statements of the continuation of Indigenous culture.
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
2005:River Stories: New Works by Omborrin and Loongkoonan, Indigenart, The Mossenson Galleries, Carlton, Victoria 2005:Lucy and Loongkoonan, Indigenart, The Mossenson Galleries, Subiaco, Western Australia 2006:Ngarranganni Manambarra: Loongkoonan and Lucy Ward, Indigenart, The Mossenson Galleries, Carlton, Victoria 2006:Birrajakoo: Loongkoonan and Lucy Ward, Indigenart, The Mossenson Galleries at The Depot II, Waterloo, New South WalesGroup Exhibitions
2005:Melbourne Affordable Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria 2005:Reviewing Telstra, Indigenart, The Mossenson Galleries, Subiaco, Western Australia 2006:Art Melbourne, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria 2006:Art Sydney, Horden Pavilion and Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney, New South Wales 2006:Artitude, Perth Convention Centre, Perth, Western Australia 2006:Aboriginal Art from the Macquarie University Collection, Macquarie University Art Gallery, North Ryde, New South Wales 2006:Kimberley Women: New Works from Gilgi, Loongkoonan, Lucy Ward and Peggy Wassi, Indigenart, The Mossenson Galleries, Subiaco, Western Australia 2006:Kimberley Women: New Works from Gilgi, Loongkoonan, Lucy Ward and Peggy Wassi, Indigenart, The Mossenson Galleries, Subiaco, Western Australia 2007:Derby on Derby: New works by Loongkoonan, Lucy Ward, Peggy Wassi and Gilgi, The Mossenson Galleries, Collingwood, Victoria 2007:Art Melbourne, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Victoria 2007:Entangled Encounters, Banyule City Art Space, Ivanhoe, Victoria 2007:Spirited Encounters: New Indigenous Painting and Sculpture, Mossenson Galleries, Collingwood, Victoria 2007:Shalom Gamarada Art Exhibition, Eric Caspary Learning Centre at Shalom College, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales 2007:Boundary Riders: Women Artists from the Kimberley, Mossenson Galleries, Subiaco, Western Australia 2008:2007 Blake Prize Touring Exhibition, Delmar Gallery, Ashfield, New South Wales 2008:2007 Blake Prize Touring Exhibition, Deakin University Art Collection and Galleries, Burwood, Victoria 2008:2007 Blake Prize Touring Exhibition, Horsham Regional Gallery, Horsham, Victoria 2008:2007 Blake Prize Touring Exhibition, Gippsland Regional Gallery, Sale, Victoria 2008:La Culture en Couleur, Contemporary Aboriginal Art Paris, Paris, France 2008:Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award, Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank, QueenslandCollections
Artbank Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia Macquarie University Collection, New South Wales Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Collection, CanberraAwards/Grants/Commissions
2005:Finalist, Walkom Manning Prize, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, New South Wales 2005:Finalist, Canberra Art Prize, Italo Australian Club, Forrest, Australian Capital Territory 2006:Finalist, The 34th Alice Prize, Araluen Cultural Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 2006:Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra, Queensland 2006;Finalist, Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia 2006:Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria 2006:Finalist, Fletcher Jones Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Victoria 2006 :Finalist, Bankwest Contemporary Art Prize, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, Western Australia 2006:Winner, First Prize, The Redland Art Awards, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland 2006:Finalist, Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Queensland 2007:Finalist, The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2007:Finalist, 24th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory 2007;Winner, Indigenous Award, Drawing Together Art Award, National Archives of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2007:Finalist, The Hutchins Art Prize, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania 2007:Winner, 2D Painting and Mixed Media Prize, Willoughby Art Prize, Willoughby Civic Centre, Chatswood, New South Wales 2007 :Finalist, The Blake Prize, The Gallery, National Art School, Darlinghurst New South Wales 2007:Finalist, Joondalup Invitation Art Award, Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Centre, Joondalup, Western Australia 2007:Finalist, Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Queensland 2007:Finalist, City of Whyalla Art Prize, Middleback Theatre, Whyalla, South Australia 2007:Highly Commended, Cossack Art Award, Roebourne, WA 2008:Finalist, The Alice Prize, Araluen Cultural Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 2008:Finalist, Albany Art Prize, Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany, Western Australia 2008:Finalist, Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory 2008:Finalist, Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award, Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank, Queensland|
Bushtucker in Nyikina Country Acrylic on Linen 61 x 61 cm [ Email Enquiry ] |
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Bushtucker in Nyikina Country Acrylic on Paper 76x 56 cm [ Email Enquiry ] |
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Bushtucker in Nyikina Country Acrylic on Paper 76 x 56 cm [ Email Enquiry ] |
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Bushtucker in Nyikina Country Acrylic on Linen 84 x 84 cm [ Email Enquiry ] |
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Bushtucker in Nyikina Country Acrylic on Linen 61 x 61 cm [ Email Enquiry ] |
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Bushtucker in Nyikina Country Acrylic on Paper 76 x 56 cm [ Email Enquiry ] |
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