BRONWYN BANCROFT
Bronwyn Bancroft is a descendant of the Bundjalung people of New South Wales, and grew up in the small country town of Tenterfield. She now lives in Sydney with her three children. She was awarded the Centenary Medal of Australia in 2003 and recognised as an Australian Living Treasure at the NSW Presentation in 1999.
Bancroft’s paintings explore her family’s history and a sense of place through the prism of modern science and the exponential development of future genetic and mimetic science in particular, to inform us further about who we are; mimetics and genetics, knowledge and identity. The artists inspiration is knowledge; the visual exploration of natural selection, inheritance, myths, folk tales, urban legends and beliefs that are spread through the forces of history and its collision with the natural world.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
2006 MASTER OF ARTS IN PAINTING, Sydney University (current studies)
2003 MASTER OF STUDIO PRACTICE, Sydney University, Fine Arts Department
1976-1980 DIPLOMA VISUAL ARTS, Canberra School of Arts, ACT
1975 HSC, Tenterfield High School, NSW
WORK EXPERIENCE
1985-Present
PROPRIETOR/DESIGNER/ARTIST: Designer Aboriginals, Balmain, Sydney NSW
1985-Present
MEMBER: Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Sydney NSW
2007
GUEST SPEAKER: Protecting Your Intellectual Property, Indigenous Home Based Business Showcase, Australian Government, Building Entrepreneurship in Small Business Program
2005-2007
BOARD MEMBER: Artists Advisory Board, Museum of Contemporary Art
2005-2006
TUTOR/FACILITATOR: Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience, University of Sydney
2006
FACILITATOR: Artlinks Linear Linkages, Concept series of 8 workshops in Western Sydney
MEMBER: Curatorial Committee, Walking the Streets, Newtown Festival
SPEAKER: NAIDOC Week, NSW Premier’s Department
FACILITATOR: SCEGGS Darlinghurst
2005
BOARD MEMBER: Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR: Euraba Paper, Boggabilla NSW
SPEAKER: Blackatalk, series of art programs, MCA
2004
SPEAKER: Ourimbah Campus Children's Literature Festival, University of Newcastle/TAFE/Central Coast Campuses
SPEAKER: 5th Conference of the Australian School Library Association (NSW), ASLA NSW
WORKSHOP SPEAKER: Artlinks Identity Workshops, Granville and Birrong
PRESENTER: Turning the Tide, Kings School Parramatta
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: TAS Development Day: Art and Design, NSW Catholic Archdiocese
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dialogues and Differences, Education Conference, Sydney University
GUEST PRESENTER: Voices on the Coast, Writers Festival Maroochydore, Emmanual College and University
GUEST PRESENTER: Kids Night Out, Sydney Town Hall
FACILITATOR/WORKSHOP PRESENTER: Where to now? Business and painting development, Koori Artists, Ballina Ace, North NSW
SPEAKER: Indigenous Australian Health Seminar, Bachelor of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Sydney
BOARD MEMBER: Viscopy
ILLUSTRATOR/PRESENTER: Kids Night Out, Sydney Writers' Festival
2003-2004
MEMBER: Australian Council Intellectual Property Project Group
LECTURER: My Art, My Business, Grafton Regional Gallery Workshop
2003
CONTRIBUTOR: Indigenous Arts Education, University of Melbourne
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: Waverley College, Bondi
SPEAKER: Divining the Sacred and Profane, Visual Arts Conference, New South Wales Art Gallery
GUEST SPEAKER: The Power of Cultural Evidence - Native Title Business Forum, National Museum of Australia
FACILITATOR/LECTURER: Reflections of Identity - Art Linkages, Department of Education. Series of 8 workshops on identity and cultural mapping
INTERIM CHAIRPERSON: Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
CONVENOR: NSW Aboriginal Artists for the Protection of Art Culture and Heritage
MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Black Fellas Dreaming, Darlinghurst
2001-2003
LECTURER: Koori Centre, Sydney University. Art public lectures
LECTURER: Cofa College of Fine Arts. Art public lectures
BOARD MEMBER: Viscopy National Collection Agency
2002
JUDGE: Inaugural Strathfield Eco Art Prize, Strathfield Municipal Council Prize
ILLUSTRATOR/PRESENTER: Sydney Writers Festival, Sydney Town Hall
TUTOR: You Don't Even Look Australian based on painting, You Don't Even Look Aboriginal, Department of Education. Artlinks identity-based art workshops
FACILITATOR/LECTURER: Artist Workshop and Aboriginal Awareness and the Public Art Development of Painted Poles, Willoughby Primary School
LECTURER: Aboriginal Art and Awareness, Sydney University, Faculty of Nursing
2001
SPEAKER: National Indigenous Women's Issues Conference
ILLUSTRATOR/PRESENTER: Kids' Night Out, Sydney Town Hall
GUEST SPEAKER: The Word Festival, Canberra
GUEST SPEAKER: Sydney Writers Festival
GUEST SPEAKER: Mothers of Federation, Jessie Street National Library
GUEST SPEAKER: Milpra Art Exhibition, Casula Powerhouse
1999-2000
TUTOR: Urunga Public School, NAIDOC Week
PROJECT MANAGER: Mum Shirl Tribute Working Group Exhibition and Catalogue
1998-2000
DIRECTOR: Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
2000
BOARD MEMBER: Viscopy
PRESENTER: Rockhampton/Queensland Artists Workshops
1999
TRAINER: Workshops, Woy Woy Primary School
1998
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR: Broome area
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR: Mural, Walcha Public School
1997
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Language, Learning, Culture Unsettling Certainties, Darwin
1992-1997
(re-appointed) Council of the National Gallery of Australia
1993-1996
CHAIRPERSON: National Indigenous Arts and Advocacy Association (NIAAA) (formerly AAMA)
1996
TUTOR: Aboriginal Artists Workshop, Lakes Entrance (Victoria) Skillshare, Graphic Design Course and Accreditation
GUEST SPEAKER: Children's Book Council Conference, Brisbane
CHAIRPERSON: Visual Arts and Crafts, NSW Ministry of the Arts
CHAIRPERSON: Indigenous Advisory Committee, NSW Ministry of the Arts
JUDGE: Telstra Aboriginal Art Award, Northern Territory Art Gallery
MEMBER: Arts Advisory Committee, NSW Ministry of the Arts
MEMBER: International Promotions Committee, Australia Council
MEMBER: Review Committee, Visions of Australia
1995-1996
CHAIRPERSON: Visual Arts and Crafts Committee
CHAIRPERSON: Indigenous Arts Committee
CHAIRPERSON: National Indigenous Arts Advocacy Association
1995
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: National Indigenous Arts Advocacy Association (NIAAA)
MEMBER: International Promotions Assessment Committee (Australia Council)
1993-1995
MEMBER: Visual Arts and Crafts, NSW Ministry of the Arts
1993
PARTICIPANT: Dreamspeakers Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1990-1991
TUTOR: Creative Arts Program with Yurundali Artists, Moree Plains Gallery, NSW
CHAIRPERSON: Boomalli Aboriginal Artist Co-operative, Sydney NSW
COORDINATOR: Dept of Fine Arts, John Power Institute Public Education Program Aboriginal Art in Australian Society, Sydney University, NSW
1990
TUTOR: Creative Arts Program in conjunction with Moree Art Gallery (Moree), Arrilla (Dubbo) and Arilla (Port Macquarie)
1989
LECTURER: Outreach Project, Lake Cargelligo NSW
1988-1989
TREASURER: Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Sydney NSW
1987
LECTURER: Aboriginal Spectrum, Canberra School of Art, ACT
1980-1987
DESIGNER (freelance)
1985
DESIGNER: Balmain Markets, original hand painted garments, Sydney NSW
1982-1983
RESTAURATEUR: The Palisade Restaurant, The Rocks, Sydney NSW
1980
PHOTOGRAPHIC TUTOR: Canberra School of Art, ACT
1978-1980
DESIGN ARTIST: Pink Panther Print, Canberra ACT
1976
LAYOUT/PASTE-UP ARTIST: Press Type, Fyshwick ACT
AWARDS/PRESENTATIONS
2006
Finalist - Local Government Cultural Awards, Tempe Mural, Robyn Webster Reserve
Tamworth Librarians Conference, Tamworth Catholic Archdiocese
Finalist - Inaugural NSW Indigenous Art Prize
Finalist - Nature Hunt & Patterns of Australia for non-fiction book award
Shortlisted - Patterns of Australia, Environmental Award for Children’s Literature, Wilderness Society
2005
Finalist - Local Government Cultural Awards, Tempe Mural, Robyn Webster Reserve
Tamworth Librarians Conference, Tamworth Catholic Archdiocese
Finalist - Inaugural NSW Indigenous Art Prize
Finalist - Nature Hunt & Patterns of Australia for non-fiction book award
2004
Conrad Jupiters Art Award, Gold Coast Arts Centre (Finalist)
New York Public Library, Top 100 Children's Books with Sun Mother
2003
Centenary Medal of Australia
Telstra Art Award, Northern Territory (Finalist)
2001
Notable Australian Children's Books, Leaving
2000
May Gibbs Fellowship, Dromkeen Residency Melbourne
1999-2000
Australia Council Fellowship, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board
1999
Australian Living Treasure, NSW Presentation
1997
NSW Premier's History Awards, shortlisted, The Whalers
Picture Book of the Year, shortlisted, The Whalers
1995
NIAAA Employment Award (Chairperson)
1994
Australian Candidate, UNICEF, Ezra Jack Keats International Award
for Excellence in Children's Book Illustration
1991-1992
Creative Artists Fellowship, Aboriginal Arts Committee, Australia Council
Multicultural Award, The Fat and Juicy Place, Dianna Kidd
1985
Professional Development Grant, Aboriginal Arts Board, Australia Council
1984
Arts Grant, Aboriginal Arts Board
COLLECTIONS
Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Commission, ACT
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Artbank
Australian Museum, NSW
Australian Taxation Office
Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Santa Monica California, USA
Dromkeen Collection of Australian Children's Literature
Flinders University, Adelaide SA
Governor of Tokyo, His Excellency Mr Suzuki
Kelton Foundation, USA
Macquarie University Aboriginal Programs
Macquarie University Collection
Maritime Museum, Sydney NSW
Moree Plains Gallery, NSW
Myer, Ballieu (private collection)
National Gallery of Australia, ACT
National Museum of Australia, ACT
New York Public Library Print Collection
Newark Museum, Newark, America
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Prime Minister of Turkey
Queensland Art Gallery
Queensland University of Technology
Prime Ministers Department and Cabinet
University of Sydney, NSW
University of Technology, Broadway Campus
University of Technology, Leisure and Tourism Dept, Kuring-gai Campus, NSW
Völkerkunde Museum, Frankfurt Germany
Westpac, New York USA
Wollongong University, NSW
Wollongong University, Aboriginal Education Unit, NSW
New England Regional Art Museum
EXHIBITIONS
2006
Six Contemporary Australian Artists, Galerie Zuiger, Santa Fe USA (group)
Picnic in the Outback, Newcastle Regional Library, Lovett Gallery (book illustrations)
Mid-year degree exhibition, SCA
2005
Mystical Conversations (solo), Koori Heritage Trust, Melbourne
Nelson Mandela Collaborative Exhibition, World Economic Summit (invited artist)
Children's Book Illustrations presented by Books Illustrated, Long Gallery, Hobart (group)
The Women's Show, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne (group)
Through My Eyes, children's book illustrations, Retrospective, Newcastle City Library, Lovett Gallery
Group of Eleven Artists, Waverley Library, NAIDOC
2004
Inaugural NSW Indigenous Art Exhibition, Parliament House
Speak Up, You Fellas, Dubbo Regional Gallery (invited artist)
Father Riley's Kids Off The Street, Golden Slipper Racing Carnival (painted
full-size horse to raise funds)
Summer Salon, Vivien Anderson Gallery Melbourne (group)
End of Year Members Exhibition, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative Sydney (group)
Big Ones, Little Ones, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative (group)
Corroborate NAIDOC, Tweed River Regional Gallery (group)
Children's Book Illustrators, Writers Festival Sydney (group)
Memory Matrix, Vivien Anderson Gallery Melbourne (solo)
Women's Exhibition, Vivien Anderson Gallery Melbourne (group)
Still Mighty Multi-Media Art, Global Gallery Sydney (group)
Our Place: Indigenous Australia Now, Benaki Museum, Athens Greece, 30 June to 31 August
2003
Lightning Strikes fundraising exhibition, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
Urban Myth members' exhibition, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
Solo Exhibition, Teneleven Gallery, Melbourne
Women's Exhibition, Vivien Anderson Gallery
Telstra Art Award finalist, Darwin
All Us Now, Gallery Amichi, Sydney
Jeans for Genes 10 Year Retrospective Exhibition, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
Ned Kelly Framed, SH Erwin Gallery, Sydney
My DNA solo exhibition, BBA Gallery, Chippendale
Fresco group exhibition, Artelido Gallery, Newcastle
A Silver Lining and a New Beginning, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
Oceans of Stories: The Whalers, book illustrations featured artist, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
2002
Animals in Wonderland (book illustration), University of Technology, Sydney
The Good, the Bad and the Mighty, Tap Gallery Darlinghurst, Sydney
NERAM Fifty/50 Pleasureland, Armidale, NSW
Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Native Title Business Contemporary Indigenous Art, Regional Galleries of Queensland
and touring Australia
A Material Thing, fabric and textile exhibition (group), Boomalli
2001-2002
As Told in Your Dreams: An Intriguing Journey, McClelland Gallery, Vic and touring through Dromkeen
Black to Black, Back to Back with Euphemia Bostock, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Sydney
Inner Voices (Solo) with Guest Daphne Wallace, BBA Gallery, Sydney
2001
Message Sticks, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Opera House Sydney
True, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Opera House, Sydney
Our Heritage, Our Future, Boroondara Literature Festival
Pittwater Public Art, Guringai Festival
2000
Comfort Zone, Sydney International Biennale 2000, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
Women's Show, Tap Gallery, Sydney
Bayagul, Powerhouse Museum, Contemporary Indigenous Gallery
Art of Place, Heritage Art Award, Canberra
Richness in Diversity, South East Asia, Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Selected Works (Solo), Australian Museum, Sydney
Common Ground, University of Technology, Sydney
Dreamtime to the New Millennium, Penrith Regional Gallery and Macquarie University
Djurumin, International Women's Day, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
3D Comfort Zone, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
That's Not Aboriginal Art!, Annual Members Exhibition, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Sydney
Mum Shirl, The Sacred Trust of Memory Exhibition, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
1997-1999
Ngaramang Bayumi Bloodline, Concept Design, Powerhouse Museum
1999
Claiming Title: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art and the Land, New state University of New York, New Paltz, USA
Bolwarra to Open the Eyes, Museum of Sydney
Annual Members Exhibition, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
The Great Australian Amnesia (Solo), Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1998-1999
Birth Rights (Solo), Armidale Cultural Keeping Place
1998
Significant Others: Creative Liaisons in Australian Art, SH Erwin Gallery
RAKA Award, Ian Potter Gallery, Melbourne University
My Life as a Fish (Solo), Coventry Gallery, Sydney
White Man Can't Dance, Annual Members Exhibition, Boomalli Group Show
in conjunction with Bangarra, The Wharf, Sydney
Raiki Wara, Longcloth from Aboriginal Australia, Fabric Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria
Culture Through Stories (Touring), Dromkeen Children's Literature Centre
1997
Traditions in Transition: The Art of Aboriginal Australia, Tremaine Gallery, USA
Annual Australian Children's Picture Storybooks, Customs House Gallery, Victoria
Aboriginal Artists for Amnesty International, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
Commissioned Artist Touring Exhibition, King of the Accordion, NERAM
Not So Short List, Minah Books Illustrated, Melbourne
1996
A Test of the Heart (with Sally Morgan), Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
Australia Through Her Picture Books, Dromkeen Collection
Heaven on a String Touring Exhibition, Robb Street Gallery
Group Exhibition, Not So Short List Minah Books Illustration
Customs and Rituals, Minah, Dromkeen Children's Literature Centre
Non-fiction Books, The Whaler, Dromkeen Children's Literature Centre
Through a Jarjum's Eyes, Grafton Regional Gallery and Touring NSW
Commissioned Artist, Native Titled Now, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, South Australia
Coventry Diary Show, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW Australia
Copyright: Aboriginal Art in the Age of Reproductive Technologies, Touring Exhibition within Australia and NSWAG
1995
Australian Art 1940 - 90 from the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan
Dromkeen Travelling Exhibition, Australia Through Her Picture Books, Australia Tour (Victoria)
Women's Views, Art Science and the Environment, Australian Museum, Sydney
Group Exhibition, Active Agents, First Draft Gallery, Sydney Australia
Print Award, Fremantle, Western Australia
1994-1995
Group Exhibition, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena California USA, The Evolving Dreamtime, Richard Kelton Foundation
1994
Pace University Gallery, Pleasantville, New York USA
Roland Gibson Gallery, State University of New York, Potsdam USA
Dalhousie Gallery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey USA
Solo Exhibition, Coventry Gallery, Sydney NSW
Fifty/50 New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale NSW
Group Show, Epama epam, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Everything Has Memory, Canada
Westpac Gallery Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne Vic, Ways of Seeing
Fremantle Children's Literature Centre, Adelaide SA, Stradbroke Dreamtime
Coventry Gallery, Paddington, Diary Show
National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta, Family Tradition and Diversity
Shirley Fiterman Gallery, City University of New York, New York, Sensual Landscapes
Australian Embassy, New York, The Urban Aboriginal
Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Positive Artists addressing AIDS
Urban Focus, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Focus, 100th Centenary of Suffrage and Womens Vote, Adelaide Central Gallery
1993-1994
Jan Weiss Gallery, New York USA, The Urban Aboriginal, November 1993 to January 1994
1993
Te Taumata Gallery, Auckland New Zealand, Toi Te Ao, Aotearoa World Celebration of Indigenous Art and History
Bare Gallery, Sydney, Recalling Times Four
Framed Gallery, Darwin, Stradbroke Dreamtime by Oodgeroo (Solo) featuring original illustrations
New South Wales Art Gallery, Future Directions, Recent and future acquisitions to
Aboriginal collections, Group Exhibition
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Conrad Jupiter Art Award Acquisition Exhibition
Customs House Gallery, Victoria, Annual Exhibition of illustrations from contemporary children's books
Artspace, Sydney, Moonblood
Boomalli Aboriginal Artist Co-operative, Sydney, Sayin' Something, Aboriginal Art in NSW
Performance Space, Sydney NSW, Wiyana Perisfera (Periphery), a satellite event of the 9th Biennale of Sydney
1992
Craftspace Gallery, Sydney NSW, Journey in Colour (Solo), Boomalli Aboriginal
Artist Co-operative
Palais des papes, Avignon France, Group Exhibition with Sonja Brooke and Dorothy Galaledba
Gallery 101, Melbourne VIC, NAIDOC Week '92 Exhibition of
Contemporary Aboriginal Art, C.A.V.
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne VIC, Through a Window (Solo)
La Recoleta Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires Argentina, Cultural Exchange Exhibition
with Banduk Marika
1991
Boomalli Aboriginal Artist Co-operative, Sydney NSW, End of Year Members Exhibition
Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamberg Germany, Der 5 Markt der Völker,
Australian Aboriginality 1991
International Galerie Raum und Kunst, Hamberg Germany, Australian Aboriginality
Hamberg Messe and Congress Germany Art Hamberg, Australian Aboriginality
National Gallery of Australia, ACT, Flash Pictures by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Artists, Touring Australia in 1993/94
Touring Exhibition, Australia Through Womens Eyes curated by ATSIC
Warrnambool Art Gallery, VIC, Two Australian Artists: Sally Morgan and Bronwyn Bancroft, Prints
Coo-Ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney NSW, Some Aboriginal Women
Australian Museum, Sydney NSW, Aboriginal Artists Speak
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney NSW, Aboriginal Womens Exhibition
The Caulfield Arts Complex, VIC, Seven City Women curated by C.A.V.
Australian Girls Own Gallery, Canberra ACT, Paintings by Sally Morgan and Bronwyn Bancroft
Coo-Ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney NSW, Contemporary Urban Aboriginal Artists featuring Bronwyn Bancroft
Shinsegae Department Store, Seoul Korea, Australian Fashion: The Contemporary Art
1990
Works Gallery, University of NSW, Recollected
National Museum of Australia, Canberra, More than meets the eye
Aboriginal Artist Gallery, Sydney, One Country, Two Views with Jimmy Pike
Australian International Independent School, Sydney, Exhibition of Fabrics
Lindsay Street Gallery, Darwin, Aboriginal Textile Art
Long Gallery, Wollongong University, Contemporary and Traditional Aboriginal Art
Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland and touring to Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Swansea England and Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester England, Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1990 from Australia
Melbourne Meat Market Craft Centre, VIC, The Fabric of Australian Society touring Tokyo and regional galleries of Victoria and South Australia in 1991
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Sydney NSW, Lineage Landscapes (Solo)
Coo-Ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney NSW, Aboriginality
Marimura Art Museum, Tokyo, Australian Fashion: The Contemporary Art
1989
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Sydney NSW, Boomalli Breaking Boundaries
Centrepoint, Sydney NSW, DAA Sydney Women's Exhibition
Coo-Ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney, Paintings (Solo)
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Sydney, Women's Show
Wellington AECG, NSW, NAIDOC Week Exhibition
Wilderness Society, Melbourne VIC, Heidelberg and Heritage
Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney NSW, Exhibition of Boomalli Artists
Craft Centre Gallery, Sydney NSW, Aboriginal Women
Artspace, Sydney NSW, Australian Perspecta, A Koori Perspective touring New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia regional galleries 1991
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, fabrics, Powerhouse Museum
1988
Boomalli Aboriginal Artist Co-operative, Sydney NSW, ANCAAA/Boomalli Exhibition
1987
Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney NSW, Boomalli Exhibition
Performance Space, Sydney NSW, De Facto Apartheid
Studio 71, Canberra ACT, Aqueous Humour
1980
Canberra School of Art, ACT, Graduate Diploma Exhibition
1979
Canberra School of Art, ACT, Diploma Exhibition
COMISSIONS
2006 - Pres.
Public artwork - Hugo Street, Redfern Sydney
2006
Concept design - Healing image for implementation in healing, Prince of Wales Hospital, Diversity Unit, Sydney
Mural concept and design artist - SCEGGS Darlinghurst, Sydney
Art reproduction - Living Colour, City of Sydney
Illustration reproduction - Tidalick school magazine
Banner - City of Sydney, NAIDOC Week
Image reproduction - Art and About in Sydney
Writing - Speaking from the Heart, a collection of indigenous writing, Fremantle Art Centre Press
Catalogue writing - Euraba Dreaming: Our Stories, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
Artwork - Nandoa Australia, in collaboration with Capetown artists, South Africa
2005
Illustrations -The Outback by Annaliese Porter, Magabala Books WA
Illustrations -Patterns of Australia, Little Hare Publishers, Sydney
Logo - Aboriginal Policy & Strategy, NSW Dept of Ageing, Disability & Home Care
Logo - Aboriginal Home Care, NSW Dept of Ageing, Disability & Home Care
Copyright Education Kit -Viscopy
Publication - My Land Escape, National Gallery of Australia
Publication - My Woman, My Country, Office of Protocol & Special Events
Publication - Black Sister Family, Office of Protocol & Special Events
Publication - You Don't Even Look Aboriginal, Office of Protocol & Special Events
Publication - Lineage Landscape, Sir Hermann Black Gallery
Publication - Returning, AIATSIS Aboriginal Studies Press
2004
Public artwork - Robyn Webster Complex, Tempe Reserve, Marrickville Council (invited artist)
Collaborative prints - Nelson Mandela, Touch of Mandela Gallery
Floral design - Living City, City of Sydney
Publication - 2001, Home by Larissa Behrendt, University of Queensland Press
Book illustration - ABC of Animals, Little Hare Publishers
Paintings - Yugilbar Station, Ballieu Myer
Illustrations - Anti-Smoking Strategy, NSW Public Health
Poster and related illustrative visual for campaign - Anti-Tobacco Strategy,
NSW Public Health
Image development - NSW Midwives Assn
Publication -Visual Arts Book featuring artist case study, Anne Bamford, published by Heinemann Publishers
2003-2004
Illustrations -The Whalers, Korean translation, Daeko Ltd
Illustrations - How Fish Were Made; How Birds Got Their Colours, Nelson Tompson Learning
2003
Book -The Whalers, school magazine reproduction, Department of Education
Book illustration - What We Count, Indij Readers, Catholic Education
Big Rain Coming, reproduced for language translation, Maningrida Language Centre NT
Book illustration -To Know, Worship and Love, Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, James Gould House Publications
Sun Mother Wakes Up The World, Harper Collins USA, retold by Dianne Wolkstein
Fundraising - Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation (painting)
Football Painting - Sydney Swans Scholarship
Human Justice Report, Native Title Report, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Painting Reproduction -10th Anniversary Jeans for Genes Day, Cathy Freeman's jeans painted
Front Cover Reproduction - Towards Social Justice, Larissa Behrendt
Concept, Development and Reproduction - Wanda Woman, vaccinations program and awareness
T-shirt Design - Women's Republican Movement
Image Reproduction - Serpent Emerges, Performing Arts Unit, Department of Education & Training
Book Reproduction - Apheda - Spirit Land (Aboriginal health)
2002
Book Reproduction - My Life as a Fish series: Caught by the Surf, NSW Fisheries Discussion Paper
Book Reproduction - Bloodline Opal, NSW Fisheries Discussion Paper
Book Reproduction - One Small Family, Skettos Marketing Communications, NSW Fisheries Discussion Paper
Book Reproduction -You Don't Even Look Aboriginal, Linking the Basic Skills Tests to the Curriculum
Catalogue Reproduction-Caretaker Custodians, Not Landowners, Regional Galleries Association of Queensland, Native Title Business
Map Illustration - Indigenous Education, Australian Museum
Artwork Reproduction - Serpent Emerging, Sydney Swans vs Essendon (May)
Image Reproduction - Let's Start Part 1 (educational material), Council for Christian Education in Schools
Website - Cycle of Life (K6 Section, Aboriginal Perspectives), Board of Education
Book Illustration - Then and Now, Archdiocese of Canberra, Catholic Education Office
Indigenous Youth Project Report, Australia Museum publication
Painting Reproduction - for New Bachelor of Nursing (Indigenous Australian Health), University of Sydney, Faculty of Nursing
Conference Presentation - ATSIC National Policy Conference, Canberra (March)
Brochure/Logo - Indigenous Bachelor of Nursing Degree, Sydney University
Concept Design - Wanda Woman, Indigenous Vaccination Program
Logo - 2nd National Indigenous Youth Dance Forum, National Aboriginal Dance Council Australia
2000-2002
Corporate Cards - Amnesty International
2001
Image Development and Reproduction - Aboriginal Vascular Health, NSW Health
Concept Design - Centenary of Federation Parade, Sydney
Calendar - Queensland Arts Council
Front Cover Reproduction - Margaret Maynard
Aboriginal Voices, Curriculum Unit, NSW Board of Studies
Conference Imagery - National Dance Council Conference, Cairns
Conference Imagery - Stolen Generations/Human Rights & Equal Opportunity
Video/Painting Reproduction - VI Pacific Schools Games Opening Ceremony
2000
Publication - Journal of Design History vol. 13, no. 2, The Design History Society, Margaret Maynard
Children's Book Reproduction - Big Rain, ABC Play School
Painting Reproduction - Business Studies, Anne Fitzsimmons, NSW University
Front Cover Reproduction - New Holland Press
Cover Illustration - Two Hands Together, Di Kidd
Cover Illustration Audio Tapes - Louis Braille Dust Jackets, Roberta Sykes Snake Cradle
Image Reproduction - Journal of Design History, UK magazine
Opening Ceremony -Serpent Emerges, 6th Pacific School Games
Contemporary Indigenous Communication Audio Visual - Bayagul Powerhouse Museum
CD Cover - Culture, Triple J/ABC
Sports Illustrated Souvenir Olympic Program
Children's Series, Macmillan Education Australia
Xmas Card - Macquarie University
1999
United Print Edition - Invitro-fertilisation Conference
IBM America, Promotional Olympic Imagery for 2000 Olympics
1998
Art Catalogue - Cosmology, City of Walcha
Australian Museum Touring Through Asia, 3 paintings, Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Front Cover - Indigenous Australian Voices: A Reader, Rutgers University Press
Feminist Fatale: Jan Bowen (artist participant), HarperCollins Publishers
Work Cover ATSI Employment and Development Strategy
Public Art Program, Intensive Care Unit, Sydney Children's Hospital
1997
Reproduction - Australian Imaginings, Hodder Headline Australia
Cover Reproduction - Southerly, Autumn/Winter, English Dept, University of Sydney
Cover Reproduction - Indigenous Law Bulletin, February
Cover Image - Aboriginal Law Reporter, 4 issues
Cover Image - WorkCover, Aboriginal Programs
Concept Design - Exhibition Ngaramang Bayumi, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Xmas Card - Amnesty International
Publication - Artists and Their Work, Pan McMillian
Front Cover - Snake Cradle, Dr Robert Sykes autobiography, Allen and Unwin
Book Illustrations - Dan's Grandpa written by Sally Morgan
Book Illustrations - Just a Little Brown Dog written by Sally Morgan
Book Illustrations - In Your Dreams written by Sally Morgan
Poster Painting - IVF 1999 Conference
Touring Arts Directory and Poster - Queensland Arts Council
Poster - 11th International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver
Hand-painted Sally Morgan's Jeans - Jeans for Genes Auction, Powerhouse Museum
1996
Mask Auction - Faces of Hope, Amnesty International
Magazine - Southerly December issue, English Dept, Sydney University
Cover - New Australian Society for HIV Medicine (medical journal)
Front Cover - Talkabout, People living with HIV and AIDS, May edition
Jeans Painting - Jeans for Genes, Christine Anu's jeans for gene research
Front Cover - Commission by Jackie French (Harper and Collins)
1995-1996
Jeans Painting - Jeans for Genes, Painted Cathy Freeman's jeans to raise funds for research
1995
Painting Reproduction - Australian Securities Commission
Painting Reproduction - Amnesty International
Painting Reproduction -Canon Australia
Painting Reproduction - Management Certificate Program, Queensland University of Technology
Poster - Aboriginal Employment Strategy, Dept of Employment, Education and Training (DEET)
Bookmark - Primary English Teaching Association
Book Illustration - Minah, Story by Percy Mumbulla. Published by HarperCollins
Book Illustration - The Whalers, Story by Percy Mumbulla. Published by HarperCollins
1994
Book Illustration - Dirrangun Bundjalung story by Lucy Daley. Published by HarperCollins
Painting - Mask, Amnesty International
Banner - Human Rights Commission, 10th Anniversary Sex Discrimination Act
6m Painting/Fabric Sculpture - Our Place Gallery, The Australian Museum (Permanent Collection), Sydney NSW
Logo and Poster - Idea Congress, 2nd World Congress of Drama/Theatre and Education, Brisbane
Logo for recruitment - Aboriginal Employment Strategy, Water Board, Sydney NSW
Letterhead Design - Community Aid Abroad, Adelaide SA
T-shirt Design - Amnesty International, Sydney NSW
Painting Reproduction - Journey in Colour, American Psychologist, March Edition
Painting - Calendar 1995,Community Aid Abroad, Adelaide SA
Reproduction Cover Painting - Antipodes, American Association of Australian Literary Studies Journal
Video Cover and Booklet - Rebuilding Our Future, Northern Rivers Development
1993
Character and Costume Designs - Shark Island Stories, Sydney Festival and Carnivale
Banner - NSW Teachers Federation in partnership with Indigenous Peoples
Cover Painting - Black in Focus, a guide to Aboriginality in literature for young people by Margaret Dunkle, publ. DW Thorpe
Illustrations -You Have the Power, by Archie Roach, publ. HarperCollins
Painting reproduced on Greeting Cards - Murundoo WA
T-shirt Designs - X-Postures, Marrickville NSW
Painting reproduced on Greeting Cards and 1994 Student Information Guide - University of Technology, Sydney
Painting- Community Aid Abroad, 1994 Calendar
Cover - Marrickville Council Annual Report
Painting - Respect, Good Weekend, Aboriginal Reconciliation, 21 August
Illustration - Mabo Financial Review
Cover Illustration and Text Motif - Working with Aboriginal Families Redfern Legal Centre Publishing
Series of 4 Paintings - Aim Towards One Workforce, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Employment and Training Strategy, DEET
Poster Painting/Costume Design/Ground Design - Australian Football League Grand Final
Booklet/Folder Cover Design - Strengthening the Partnership Dept of Social Security
Poster Border Design - Employment Strategy, Attorney General's Dept
Painting - Australian Taxation Office
Ground Painting - Newtown School of Performing Arts
Book Illustration - Stradbroke Dreamtime by Oodgeroo Nunukul, published by HarperCollins Publishers, Australia
1992
Mural Design (painted by children)- Amnesty International, Devonshire Tunnel, Sydney
Book Illustration - Walking the Boundaries by Jackie French, published by Angus and Robertson, Bay Books
Illustration - Street Sense Road Safety Calendar, 1992, RTA
Painting - Brochure First Government House Museum
Illustrations - Pregnancy and Drugs Booklet, CEIDA
Logo Design - Dance and the Child Conference 1994, UNESCO and Macquarie University
Cover Painting - Fauna of Australia, Mollusca, Australian Government Publishing Service
Illustration - Spirit Magazine, Poll Publishing Ltd, June Issue
Illustration - Rolling Stone Magazine, June Issue
Poster - Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, for NAIDOC week
Logo Design - Aboriginal Employment Strategy, The Water Board
T-shirt Design - Amnesty International
Paintings for Posters - 1st National Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Conference 1992
1991
Design for Computer Screen - ABSTUDY Information by Film Australia and DEET
Logo - The Rainbow Serpent, Sydney International Airport
Illustrations - U Me and HIV Booklet, Aboriginal Medical Service, Redfern NSW
Illustration - Street Sense Road Safety Calendar 1991, Road and Traffic Authority
Logo - 1st National Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Conference
Book Illustration - The Fat and Juicy Place by Dianne Kidd, published by Angus and Robertson Collins Group
Illustration - Simply Living Magazine, Christmas Issue
Logo - Dept of Sport and Recreation NSW
Cover Design - Teacher Planner 1992, Roads and Traffic Authority
Painting Reproduced - Australian Aerospace Industry Capability Brochure, cover
Illustration - Simply Living Magazine, May Issue
Greeting Card Illustration - Amnesty International
1990
Cover Illustration - The Health of Aboriginal Australia, published by HBJ Group
Cover Illustration - Eastern Herald, 6 September Issue
Illustrations - Independent Monthly, August and September Issues
Logo - National Aboriginal Conference, Aboriginal Spirituality Past, Present and Future
Painting Reproduced - Annual Report, University of Sydney Union
1989
Logo Design - Southern Pacific Hotel
Cover Design - NSW Craft Council Magazine, April/May Issue
Cover Design - Aboriginal Law Bulletin, October Issue
Cover Design - Annual Report, NSW Land Council
Painting Reproduced - Capability Brochure, Pot Still Press
Co-Designer - Black Cockatoos, Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney NSW
Designs for Scarves - Oroton International
Fabric Lengths - Australian National Gallery
1988
Hand-painted Ensemble - Australian Museum
Cover Design - On the Street, December Issue
1987
Hand-painted Garments - National Museum of Australia
1986
Poster - Australian Jazz Society
1983
Uniforms - Aboriginal Medical Service, Townsville QLD
1979
Poster - Human Rights Commission
FASHION PARADES
1991
ATSIC Parade, Canberra ACT
1990
The Best of Australia Ball, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW
1989
The Rocks, Sydney NSW
Centrepoint, Sydney NSW,Sydney Women's Exhibition
Anyingini Congress, Tennent Creek NT, NAIDOC Week
Charles Sturt University, Bathurst NSW, NAIDOC Week
Taree High School, NSW, NAIDOC Week
1988
Kyogle, NAIDOC Parade
Armidale Minimbah Preschool, NSW, NAIDOC Week
Roundhouse, University of NSW, Miss Aboriginal Pageant
1987
Printemps Dept Store, Paris France
Cleveland Street High School, Sydney NSW
Birchgrove Primary School, Sydney NSW
Worawa Aboriginal College, Melbourne VIC
Queen Victoria Building, Sydney NSW
Canberra ACT, NAIDOC Parade
Institute of Technology, Sydney NSW
1986
Worawa Aboriginal College, Melbourne VIC
Palais, Melbourne VIC, Any Town Fashion Extravaganza
The Coffee Bean, Rozelle, Sydney NSW
Rozelle Festival, Sydney NSW
1985
Roundhouse, University of NSW, Aboriginal Medical Service Parade
1982
Canberra Bowling Club
OTHER DOCUMENTATION
2005
Channel 7 - painting of horse donated to Father Chris Riley
BBC radio interview with Phil Mercer & Juleye Boomalli on Aboriginal women and art
2004
Message Sticks: Strokes of Colour, Series 5, Episode 12, ABC Television
Article, Sunday Telegraph, 16 May
2003
Documentary interview with Jeffrey Samuels, Sydney College of the Fine Arts
Lifeforce, Episode 7 on art and life issues, Lifestyle Channel XYZ Entertainment (producers)
Book - Steppin' Up and Speakin' Out, Older Women's Network. Selected stories from women
Survival: A History of Aboriginal Life in NSW, NSW Dept of Aboriginal Affairs
2001
Education Kit - As Told In Our Dreams, Dromkeen Australia Children's Literature
Video - Federation Day: Journey of a Nation, ABC
Publication - Highlights from Australia's Aboriginal Art Collections in Public Museums and Galleries, Craftsman House
Community Television Channel 31 Perth, featuring Dan's Grandpa, Just a Little Brown Dog and In Your Dreams
Reconciliation in Olympism, Indigenous Culture in the Sydney Olympiad, Michelle Hanna, Walla Walla Press
2000
Handbook Reproduction - Art Gallery of New South Wales
English Language and Literary Assessment - Dept of Education, NSW (artwork reproduced)
Article written by Bronwyn Bancroft in collaboration with Ken Watson on Boomalli, Artlink
1999
Television Documentary-Mum's the Word, SBS
1998
Article-Art and Australia, December Issue, Emily Kame Kngwarreye
1997
Aboriginal Art by Alex Barlow and Mary Hill, Macmillan Education Australia (participating artist)
Indigenous Australia: A Reader, Dept of Women's Studies, University of Adelaide, Rutgers, University Press (participating artist)
Newsletter-Art Beat, Dept of Communications and the Arts
Article-Reading Time Magazine
Interview - Awaye Program - Copyright and Plagiarism Issues with Lorena Allen
Interview - ABC Television- Sunday Afternoon Dialogue with Suzy Baldwin
Interview/Review - Channel 7 specialist children's show, The Book Place
1996
Interview - Arts Today, ABC Radio
Interview by Nikky Barraclough - Good Weekend, Sydney Morning Herald
Third National Conference Panellist - Voices of Australia, Children's Book Council of Australia
Interview - Review Program - ABC Television
Eyes on Australia: Talking Art and Culture by Donald Williams, Aboriginal Studies Visual Arts Kit-Board of Studies NSW
CD ROM - Know How: Guide to innovation in Australia, Powerhouse Museum
1995
Publication - Art in Diversity 2E, by Hoffert, Wingate et al, Longman Australia
Publication - Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Australia (Contemporary Aboriginal Art)
Publication - Dromkeen Book of Australian Children's Book, Illustrators, Scholastic
Publication - From Suffragettes to She Devils, Phaidon Press, author Liz McQuiston
Copyright Catalogue - Aboriginal Art in the Age of Reproductive Technologies, printed by Macquarie University Press
Koori Artists, CD/Museum in a Box Australian Museum, Sydney NSW
1994
Contributor - Aesthetic Encounter, School of Visual and Performing Arts Education, University of Melbourne VIC
Book Launch -Yiribana, NSWAG, Sydney NSW
ABC ZNR Radio Interview - Yvette Steiner Regional Arts Program
Article - Learning to Understand, Artlink, November edition
Interview - Nell Schofield - Review, ABC Arts Program
Interview - Carpet Case, SBS Television, Sydney NSW
Barrier Breakers, ed. RG Craven, J Muller, available through University of New South Wales,Rhonda Craven
1993
The Dromkeen Collection of Australia Children's Literature Education programs
Ideas to Innovations for high school design and technology syllabus-CD Rom, Powerhouse Museum of Sydney
Copyright Report Vol. Australian Copyright Council Paper from Copyright Law and
Practice Symposium, October
Catalogue -The Urban Aboriginal, Jan Weiss Gallery, November 1993 to January 1994
Catalogue - Moonblood, Airspace Gallery, ARC
Article - Sydney Morning Herald, A Koori Journey for Kids by John Stapleton, 17 March
Catalogue - Wiyana/Perisfera (Periphery), Performance Space Sydney, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, 6 - 31 January
Critique - Sydney Morning Herald, The Inner Mind Laid Bare by Felicity Fenner, Wiyana/ Perisfera, 23 January
Cover Photograph - Koori Mail, 14 July
Teaching Resource - Understanding Design, Board of Studies NSW
Article - Koori Mail, Artist of the Cloth, 5 May
Critique - Cover Magazine USA Summer 93 Vol.7 No.9,Talismanic Confrontations by Adam McGovern re The Urban Aboriginal exhibition New York
Aboriginal Art by Wally Caruana, Thomas and Hudson Publishers
Visual Arts Handbook, NSW Dept of Education
University of Western Sydney, Nepean Women's Art Resource slide library
Breath of Balsam, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Paper `Surrealism as an accident; culture as a necessity; sexuality as a must', 31 July
Interview - ABC Radio National, Awaye, 22 November
Footprints, Council for National Reconciliation, 2 Short Films Channel 9
Interview - Blackout, ABC TV
Interview - Real Life, Channel 7
1992
Crafts Movement in Australia A History, University of NSW Press (contributor)
Aboriginal Art in Australian Society, video series produced by University of Sydney Television Service
A Cultural Policy for Australia, Paper, Arts Action Australia, Forum, 28 July 1992
White Australia Not So Clever, re `A Cultural Policy for Australia' Forum, Broadside Weekly, No. 8, 5 August
Rip-off Artists by Nikki Barrowclough, The Good Weekend, 8 August
Boomalli Launches Journey in Colour, The Koori Mail, 16 December
Connexions, First National Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Conference, March/April, Vol. 12, No. 2
Critique - Sydney Morning Herald, Show Bares Artists, Metaphysical Quest by Bronwyn Watson re Journey in Colour Exhibition, 6 December
Stylised Eloquent Australian Artists, Buenos Aires Herald, 28 June
The Copyright Issue, Macquarie University SOC 388 course publication, Dr Viv Johnson and third year Sociology students
1991
Critique -Women Grab the Initiative, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 November 1991
Article - Koori Kopyright by Susan Cochrane Simons, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 December
Critique - Personal Symbols Inspired by Nature by Amanda Ulhmann, The Canberra Times, 1 August
Interview - Blackout, ABC TV, 31 January
Critique - Koorie Artists Show Heritage in Colours and Around the Galleries with Max Preece, The Standard, 9 September
Catalogue - Two Australian Artists: Bronwyn Bancroft and Sally Morgan, Warrnambool Art Gallery, 9 September to 13 October
Interview - Blackout, ABC TV, 31 January
1990
Catalogue - A Koori Perspective Tour, Artspace Visual Art Centre
Article - University of Sydney vol. 22 No.26, $62,000 grant to make five part Aboriginal Art video, 14 August
Article - Sydney Morning Herald, Aboriginal Art Course Breaks New Territory
Catalogue - Lineage Landscapes, Boomalli Aboriginal Artist Co-operative, 2 July to 28 July
Catalogue - The Fabric of Australia Society presented by Melbourne Olympic Candidature
Critique - Sydney Morning Herald, Urban Aboriginal Art Breaks Out by Bronwyn Watson re Lineage Landscapes Exhibition, 6 July
The Makers Series, ABC TV (featured artist)
Artlink Magazine, Autumn Issue (featured artist)
Interview with Roz Bowden, Radio ABC National, 20 October
Interview with Andrew Ollie, Radio 2BL, 30 October
Interview with Jennifer Bowen, BBC Radio, The Meridian Program on Aboriginal Artists
Marketing Aboriginal Art in the 1990's, edited by John Altman and Luke Taylor, Aboriginal Studies Press, Contributor
1989
Critique - Eastern Herald Non-traditional Colours Highlight Bancroft's Work by Carole Hampshire, 26 October
Catalogue - Aboriginal Womens Show, Boomalli Aboriginal Artist Co-operative, 21 September to 25 October
Catalogue - Australian Perspecta 1989, Bloxham & Chambers Printers
Catalogue - Australian Fashion: the Contemporary Art, Powerhouse Museum Sydney
Aboriginal Initiative, Film Australia, Interview
Fresco, SBS TV - Australia: the Art of Contemporary Dress, Interview
Fashion Article - Womens Day, 6 June
Interview -Till 10, Channel Ten
Article - Sydney Magazine
First in Line, SBS TV, Contemporary Queensland Artists exhibition opening, Hogarth Galleries
Interview - Radio 2SER, Boomalli Women's Show
Aboriginality: Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings and Prints, Jennifer Isaacs, Queensland University Press (featured artist)
Interview with Jenny Beale, Radio 2EA, 1st Solo Exhibition of Paintings
Article - On Design, Piper Press No. 1
1988
Interview with Brenda Croft, Practicalities, ABC Radio
1987
Boomalli, film by Michael Riley (participating artist)
1986
Koori Kit, Video, Disadvantaged Schools Program (participating artist)