Alick Tipoti Wadth, Zigin Ar Kusikus (2006) Linoprint 112 x 200 cm Edition 50

Chronology

1975	Born on Waiben (Thursday) Island, Western Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia Alick’s parents are from Badu (Mulgrave) Island and he grew up there.
Region	Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait)
Language	Kala Lagaw Ya of the Maluilgal (Mid-western Torres Strait Islands)
Totems	Thupmul (File ray)—Badu (Mulgrave) Island Koedal (Crocodile)—Mabuiag Island

Solo Exhibitions

2007	Malungu (From the Sea), Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2006	Ngoelmun Minarau Kuthin, Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, Torres Strait, Queensland
2000	Lagaw Adthil—Island Legends, Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007	24th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT Arc: Art, Design & Craft Biennial, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane Ailan Currents: Contemporary Printmaking from the Torres Strait, Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland Elysées de l’Art, Arts d'Australie, Stéphane Jacob, Champs-Elysées, Paris, France The Unusual Suspects III, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2006	Into the Mystic: Black and White Prints, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane Imprint of the Torres Strait: A rare collection of limited edition prints and fabrics, Firestation Gallery, Armadale, Victoria
2005	Dhari a Krar: Headresses and masks from the Torres Strait, National Museum of Australia, Canberra Black Ink: Indigenous Prints from the Queensland Art Gallery Collection, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2004	9th Pacific Arts Festival, Belau National Museum, Koror, Republic of Palau Out of Country, Gallery 1601, The Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, USA; Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2003	Grosse Kunstausstellung 2003, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany 20th TELSTRA National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2002	Showing Off #1, Kick Arts, Cairns
2001–04	Gelam Nguzu Kazi—Gelam My Son, travelling exhibition: Australian Museum, Sydney NSW; Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada; Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, USA; Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, England; Brisbane City Gallery, Queensland; Newcastle, New South Wales; Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, ACT; Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale; Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, New South Wales; Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe, Queensland; Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, South Australia; Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria; Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, Victoria; Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales; Manly Art Gallery, Manly, New South Wales; Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland; Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Tewantin, Queensland; Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Cairns, Queensland
2001–05	Islands in the Sun: Prints by indigenous artists of Australia and the Australasian region, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Te Puna o Waiwhetu Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand; Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi, Wellington, Aotearoa, New Zealand; Papua New Guinea Museum and Art Gallery in Port Moresby, New Guinea; Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland
2001	26th Annual Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle, WA
2000	Fortitude: New Art from Queensland, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Inheriting Culture, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
1998	Wake Naima: Creating Together, Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumea, New Caledonia The National Indigenous Art of Place Award, Old Parliament House, Canberra Graduates Exhibition, Canberra School of Art, Canberra Ilan Pasin (This is Our Way): Torres Strait Art, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville; Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide; City Art Gallery, Brisbane; City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Campbelltown; Archives of Australia, Canberra 4th National Indigenous Heritage Commission Awards, Old Parliament House, Canberra
1996	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Festival, Melville Hall, Australian National University, Canberra
1995	The National Indigenous Art of Place Award, Old Parliament House, Canberra  Jabal Centre for ASTI students, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, Queensland
1994	Cairns Pacific International Hotel, Cairns, Queensland Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
1993	Gold Coast City Art Gallery Art Awards, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Bundall, Queensland Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Queensland Umbrella Studio, Townsville, Queensland Pimlico TAFE, Townsville, Queensland
1992	Thursday Island TAFE Campus, Thursday Island, Torres Strait, Queeensland

Awards/Grants/Commissions/Appointments

2007	24th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Work on Paper Award
2004	9th Pacific Arts Festival, Belau National Museum, Koror, Republic of Palau (artist in residence) The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA (artist in residence)
2003	20th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Work on Paper Award The Croc Festival, Thursday Island, Torres Strait, Queeensland (arist in residence) at: Thursday Island State High School, Thursday Island, Torres Strait, Queeensland; Thursday Island State Primary School, Thursday Island, Torres Strait, Queeensland; Thursday Island Convent School, Thursday Island, Torres Strait, Queeensland; Horn Island State High School, Horn Island, Torres Strait, Queeensland; Darnley Island State High School, Darnley Island, Torres Strait, Queeensland; Murray Island State High School, Murray Island, Torres Strait, Queeensland
2001	26th Annual Shell Fremantle Print Award, (non-acquisitive award), Fremantle Arts Centre, WA The Croc Festival, Thursday Island, Torres Strait, Queeensland (artist in residence)
2000	Cambridge University of Archeology and Anthropology, Cambridge, England (artist in residence)
1999	Torres Strait Senior Cultural Award Committee Member on the Australia Arts Council Youth Panel
1998	Lin Onus Youth Prize, Australian Heritage Commission's Fourth National Indigenous Heritage Art Awards Canberra School of Art Emerging Artist Support Scheme, Chief Minister’s Department Loan Acquisition Award NAIDOC Week, Magabala Books, Broome, WA (artist in residence) Wake Naima: Creating Together, Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumea, New Caledonia (artist in residence)
1997	Australian Capital Territory Scholar of the Year Mackay High School, Mackay, Queensland (artist in residence)
1996	Australian National University Student Exchange to Seika University, Kyoto, Japan
1995	Designs on Swatch Watches
1993	Townsville Pimlico TAFE—Art Student of the Year Townsville Pimlico TAFE (artist in residence)

Bibliography

Butler, Roger. Islands in the Sun: prints by indigenous artists of Australia and the Australasian region, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2001 Cozic, Miriam. ‘Bronze crocodile carries away leading art prize’, The Weekend Australian, 11–12 August 2007 Demozay, Marion (ed.). Gatherings: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from Queensland Australia, Keeaira Press, Southport, 2001 Demozay, Marion (ed.). Gatherings II: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art From Queensland Australia, Keeaira Press, Southport, Queensland, 2006 Fortitude: New Art from Queensland, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 2000 [ex. cat.] Hogben, Sean. Dreamtime artists bask in spotlight, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 August 2003 Indigenous Law Bulletin, August–September 2002, Volume 5, Issue 19 Maillot Win-Nemou, Sandra. ‘Blood brothers’, Art Asia Pacific, No. 14, 1997, pp. 32–33 Muecke, Marina. ‘Artists of North Queensland: Alick Tipoti’, Cairns Post, 27 June 1995, p. 39 Mosby, T, and Robinson, B. Ilan Pasin: Torres Strait Art [ex. cat.], Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, 1998 Story Place: Indigenous art of Cape York and the rainforest [ex. cat.], Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 2003 The Fourth National Indigenous Heritage Art Awards 1998 [ex. cat.], Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra, 1998 Wilson, Gavin. Beneath the Monsoon: Visions North of Capricorn, Artspace Mackay, Queensland, 2002 [ex. cat.] Wright, Simon. ‘Carving Out a Bit of History: Dennis Nona and Alick Tipoti’, Artlines, 1-2007, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

Collections

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra National Museum of Australia, Canberra Belau National Museum, Koror, Republic of Palau Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumea, New Caledonia New Zealand Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane ATSIC, Canberra Cambridge University Museum, Cambridge, England Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Bundall, Queensland Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra Griffith University, Brisbane Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Melbourne City Art Council, Melbourne Torres Strait Regional Authority, Thursday Island, Torres Strait, Queensland