Biography

Born
13 January 1973, Waiben (Thursday Island), Queensland, Australia
Tribal Name
Malu Sara (Deep Sea Tern)
Community
Badu (Mulgrave Island)
Languages
Kala Lagaw Ya (Western Torres Strait Island language)
Brokan/Yumiplatok (Torres Strait Kriol)
Totems
Tabu augadal (Snake totem) of the Nona family of Saibai Island
Tupmul augadal (Stingray totem) of Badu (Mulgrave Island)

Education

2008
Master of Arts in Visual Arts, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane
1997
Diploma of Fine Art (Printmaking), Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra
1992
Associate Diploma of Art, Cairns College of TAFE, Cairns

Solo Exhibitions

2012
Waii L’œuvre gravé de Dennis Nona (The Engraved Work of Dennis Nona), Musée d’art aborigène australien, Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Môtiers, Switzerland
2011
Waii (Coming In), Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland
Malu Sala (Deep Sea Tern), Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Entre ciel, terre et mer ou le mythe revisité (Between sky, land and sea: Legends revisited), Ambassade d’Australie, Paris, France
New Works, Art Mob, Hobart; Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney
2009–10
Muluka Pyban (Passing Down), Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane; Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra; Art Mob, Hobart; United Galleries, Sydney; United Galleries, Perth; Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide; Framed Gallery, Darwin
2009
Treasures of the Past, Art Mob, Hobart
2007
Dennis Nona, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia
Zugulal, Art Mob, Hobart
2006
Le jeune homme et la mer, l’oeuvre gravé de Dennis Nona (The Young Man and the Sea: The Engraved Work of Dennis Nona), Ambassade d’Australie, Paris, France
2005–07
Sesserae: New Works by Dennis Nona, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney; Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, England; Framed Gallery, Darwin; Suzanne O’Connell Gallery, Brisbane; Impressions on Paper, Canberra; Big Star Art Gallery, Adelaide; Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2005–07
Sesserae: The Works of Dennis Nona, Dell Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane; Rockhampton Art Gallery, Queensland; Port Macquarie Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales; Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, Queensland; Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland; Cooloola Shire Public Gallery, Gympie, Queensland; Logan City Art Gallery, Queensland; Australian Catholic University, Brisbane; Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Queensland; Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
2005
Sesserae and Other Stories, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns
Sesserae: New Prints by Dennis Nona, Darwin Entertainment Centre Gallery, Darwin
2004
Dennis Nona, SoMA Galleries, Adelaide

Joint Exhibitions

2012
Lag Ma'al A Dapar (Land, Sea and Sky): an exhibition of linocuts and etchings by Torres Strait artists Dennis Nona and Alick Tipoti, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
2010
Dennis Nona and Alick Tipoti: Limited Edition Linocuts, Etchings and Sculptures, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide
2009
Gaigai Ika Woeybadh Yatharewmka (Legends Through Patterns from the Past): Dennis Nona and Alick Tipoti, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013
Australia: Land and landscape, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Venom: Fear, Fascination and Discovery, The University of Melbourne Medical History Museum, Melbourne
2012
Revealed... Somerville House Art Collection Exhibition, The Chambers, South Brisbane
Animal/Human, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Bipotaim: Stories from the Torres Strait, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
2011
Saying No: Reconciling Spirituality and Resistance in Indigenous Australian Art, The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), New York, NY, USA
Pacific Prints, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
Painting Country: Recent acquisitions of Indigenous art, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Land, Sea and Sky: Contemporary Art of the Torres Strait Islands, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
28th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
People of the First Sunrise: Indigenous Art from Eastern Australia, Port Macquarie-Hastings Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales; Glasshouse Regional Gallery, New South Wales
2010
Grand Nord Grand Sud, artistes inuit et aborigènes, Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France
New 2010: Selected Recent Acquisitions, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Malu Minar (Sea Pattern): Art of the Torres Strait, ADCK Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumea, New Caledonia; Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland; The Suter Art Gallery | Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson, New Zealand; Southland Museum and Art Gallery
27th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Freshwater Saltwater—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prints, South Australian Maritime Museum, Port Adelaide
Twelve Degrees of Latitude: Regional Gallery and University Art Collections in Queensland, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, Queensland; Artspace Mackay, Queensland; Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland; Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Queensland; University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery, Queensland; Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Queensland; Warwick Art Gallery, Queensland
5 by 5, The Menier Gallery, London, England
Trilogie australienne: Dennis Nona, Abie Loy Kemarre, G. W. Bot, Arts d'Australie, Paris, France
Pacific Patterns and Dreamings, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada
Henley Festival, Henley-on-Thames, England
2009–12
Menagerie: Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture, Object Gallery and Australian Museum, Sydney; Melbourne Museum, Victoria; Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania; Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide; Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory; Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Queensland; Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane; Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales; Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, New South Wales
2009–10
Art Out of Water: The Fish of Art, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul, New South Wales; Lismore Regional Gallery, New South Wales
2009
On the Edge: Visions of a tropical coastline, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur State Academy of Fine Arts, Jaipur, India; Artspace Mackay, Queensland
New 2009: Selected Recent Acquisitions, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Regards croisés: Australie–France: Œuvres sur papier et sculptures, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France
sharing ... wespol ..., Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
2009 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The University of Queensland National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Bite: Recent additions to the Flinders University Art Museum Collection, Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide
2008
The Tropics: Views from the Middle of the Globe, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Lille Art Fair, Salon d'Art Contemporain, Grand Palais, Lille, France
Shared Sky, The Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia, Federation Square, Melbourne
New: Selected recent acquisitions 2007–2008, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Zulai 1, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Gallery, Sydney
Estampes contemporaines: regard prospectiff II, Galerie Christian Collin, Paris, France; Galerie Nathalie Béreau, Chinon, France
2007–09
Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Art Triennial, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Katzen Arts Center, American University Museum, Washington, D.C., USA
2007
 The Story of Australian Printmaking 1801–2005, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
24th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Ailan Currents: contemporary printmaking from the Torres Strait, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns
The 22nd London Original Print Fair, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
2006
The 5th Asia–Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5), Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Into the Mystic: Black and white prints, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Bangu Yibara: Works from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Colonial to Contemporary: Queensland College of Art 125 Years, Dell Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane
2005
22nd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Shell Fremantle Print Award 1975–2005, Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia
Busan International Print Art Festival, Busan City Hall, Korea
The Recent Past: Contemporary Acquisitions, 1995–2004, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
ARC Art, Design and Craft Biennial, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
2004
21st Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Fragments, Little Stanley Street Gallery, Brisbane
4th Angel Orensanz Foundation International Art Award, New York, NY, USA; Marcello Mansion, Venice, Italy
Robin O'Chin Memorial Art Award, Murri Mura Centre, South Brisbane
29th Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia
2003
Beneath the Monsoon—Visions North of Capricorn, Artspace Mackay, Queensland; Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Queensland
Dream Traces, University of Brighton, England
Bovicai Collaborative Exhibition, Holiday Inn Motel, Brisbane
Market Exhibition, Coochiemudlo Island, Queensland
20th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin (travelling exhibition)
28th Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia
2002–05
Native Title Business: Contemporary Indigenous Art, Queensland Museum, Brisbane; Mildura Arts Centre, Victoria; Riddoch Gallery, Mt Gambier, South Australia; Murray Bridge Regional Art Gallery, South Australia; Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery, South Australia; Walter Nicholls Memorial Gallery, Port Lincoln, South Australia; Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide; Ararat Gallery, Victoria; University of Tasmania, Hobart; Carnegie Gallery at Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart; Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland; Cooloola Shire Public Gallery, Gympie, Queensland; Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, Queensland; National Museum of Australia, Canberra
2002
Paipa—‘Windward’, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
19th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin (travelling exhibition)
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, Aotearoa/New Zealand; Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi, Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand; Papua New Guinea Museum and Art Gallery, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland; Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Nouméa, New Caledonia
2001–04
Gelam Nguzu Kazi—Gelam My Son, Australian Museum, Sydney; Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada; Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA; The Museum of Printing History, Houston, Texas, USA; Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, England; Brisbane City Gallery, Queensland; Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra; Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales; Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, New South Wales; Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Queensland; Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide; Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria; Mildura Arts Centre, Victoria; Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales; Manly Art Gallery, New South Wales; Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland; Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Tewantin, Queensland; Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
2001
18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Trakin Kultja, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
Thaigy Minaral—Beautiful Patterns, Port Kennedy Hall, Thursday Island, Queensland
2000
17th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin (travelling exhibition)
1999–2000
Ilan Pasin, Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville; Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Victoria; Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney; National Archives of Australia, Canberra
1998
The Art of Place: The Fourth National Indigenous Heritage Art Award, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales; Griffith Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales; Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane; South Australian Museum, Adelaide; Mildura Arts Centre, Victoria; Lismore Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales 
1996
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Festival, Melville Hall, Australian National University, Canberra
Studio One, Kingston, Canberra 
1995
Same but Different: Aboriginal and Islander Students at the Australian National University, ANU School of Arts Gallery, Canberra
1994
Gold Coast Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland
International Print Exhibition, Machida City Museum of Graphic Art, Tokyo, Japan
Malu Ural, National Maritime Museum, Sydney
National Aboriginal Art Award, Heritage Commission, Canberra 
1993
New Tracks Old Land: An Exhibition of Contemporary Prints from Aboriginal Australia, Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin; Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Augen Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA; Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington, USA; also St. Louis, Santa Fe, New York, Florida and Washington DC, USA
Aboriginal Printmakers, Northern Territory University Art Gallery, Darwin
Cairns Tafe Students, Studio One, Canberra
1992
One People One Soul, Palm Court Gallery, Cairns, Queensland
Colours of Black, Queensland Aboriginal Creations, Brisbane
Cross Currents, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney
9th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin (travelling exhibition)
1991
8th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin (travelling exhibition)
Group Show, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
Cairns Art Society Exhibition, Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Queensland

Selected Awards

2011
Work on Paper Award, 28th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
2010 
$4,000 Work on Paper Award, 27th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
2008
$4,000 Work on Paper Award, 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
2007
$40,000 Main Award, 24th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
Visual Artist of the Year, Deadly Awards, GJC Vibe, Sydney
2004
4th Angel Orensanz Foundation International Art Award, New York, NY, USA
1994
Machida International Print Art Award, Machida City Museum of Graphic Art, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Bibliography

24th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award [ex. cat.], Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 2004
Amos, Robert. ‘Prints keep Torres Strait spirit lore alive’, Times Colonist—Victoria & Vancouver News, 18 August 2012
Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/Prints+keep+Torres+Strait+spirit+lore+alive/7111205/story.html#ixzz2427MgjJb
Angel Orensanz International Art Award [ex. cat.], New York, NY, USA, 2004
Anon. 600 attend Dennis Nona's Paris exhibition opening, Torres News, 9 February 2011
Anon. ‘50 of Australia’s Most Collectable Artists’, Australian Art Collector, Issue 47, January–March 2009
Bin-Juda, Leilani. ‘Dennis Nona’, Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Art Triennial [ex. cat.], National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2007
Brophy, Mary Anne. ‘Into a land of myth and legend’, Country Life, 15 June 2011
Bruno, David and McNiven, Ian J. ‘Le Ciel, les Esprits et les Ancêtres (The Sea, the Spirits and the Ancestors)’ in Stefani, Claude and Jacob, Stéphane (editors). Dennis Nona: Estampes et sculptures Iles du Détroit de Torres, Australie, The Australian Art Print Network, Sudney, 2011
Bullen, Clotilde (editor). Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards [ex. cat.], Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 2009
Butler, Roger. Islands in the Sun: Prints by Indigenous Artists of Australia and the Australasian Region [ex. cat.], National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2001
Caruana, Wally; de Largy Healy, Jessica; Glowczewski, Barbara; Grundmann, Pierre; Jacob, Stéphane and Morvan, Arnaud. Aborigènes: Collections Australiennes contemporaines du Musée des Confluences, Département du Rhône/FAGE Éditions, Lyon, 2008
Côté, Michel, et al. Grand Nord Grand Sud, artistes inuit et aborigènes, Co-édition Musée des Confluences, Lyon/Chemins du patrimoine en Finistère, Daoulas/Éditions Palantines, France, 2010
Cosic, Miriam. ‘Bronze crocodile carries away leading art prize’, The Weekend Australian, 11–12 August 2007
Craig, Gordon and Rainbird, Stephen. Past and Present: Celebrating 60 Years of the QUT Art Collection, 1945–2005, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, 2005
Crawford, Ashley. ‘Dennis Nona: NATSIAA Winner 2007’, Australian Art Collector, Issue 42, October–December 2007
Demozay, Marion (editor). Gatherings: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from Queensland Australia, Keeaira Press, Southport, 2001
Grishin, Sasha. ‘Subtle and spiritual’, The Canberra Times, 2 March 2007
International Print Exhibition [ex.cat.], Machida City Museum of Graphic Art, Tokyo, Japan, 1994
Knowles, Daniel. ‘Revealed: Guestlist of 80 Queenslanders invited to luncheon with Queen’, The Courier-Mail, 29 October 2011
Macaulay, Bettina. Twelve Degrees of Latitude: Regional Gallery and University Art Collections in Queensland, Museum and Gallery Services Queensland, Brisbane, 2009
McGuigan, Chris. (editor), New Tracks Old Land: Contemporary Prints from Aboriginal Australia [ex.cat.], Aboriginal Arts Management Association, Sydney, 1992
Morrell, Timothy (editor). Colonial to Contemporary: Queensland College of Art 125 Years, Dell Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, 2006
Mosby, Tom (editor). Ilan Pasin: Torres Strait Art (this is our way) [ex.cat.], Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, 1999
Nelson, Robert. ‘Fatal fascination poised to strike at art’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 July 2013
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/fatal-fascination-poised-to-strike-at-art-20130723-2qhb0.html#ixzz2mYUh5XsE
Newstead, Adrian. 'The Genesis and Development of Torres Strait Printmaking In The Western Islands', in Alfonso, Cecilia and Kershaw, Michael (editors). Gelum Nguzu Kazi—Dugong My Son [ex. cat.], The Australian Art Print Network, Sydney, 2001
Nona, Dennis. Dennis Nona: Muluka Pyban (Passing Down) [ex. cat.], Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, 2008
Nona, Dennis. Dennis Nona: Malu Sara (Deep Sea Tern) [ex. cat.], Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, 2011
O’Connell, Rae. Ailan Currents: contemporary printmaking from the Torres Strait [ex. cat.], KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, 2007
Perkins, Hetty. ‘Beyond the Year of Indigenous Peoples’, Art and Australia, Vol. 31 No. 1, pp. 98–101, 1993
Power, Liza. ‘The spirit wakes anew’, The Age, 9 October 2010
Roberts, Erik (director). Dennis Nona in Conversation with Vic McGrath, DVD film, 35 mins., Cameraderie Films, Brisbane, 2005
Roberts, Jo. ‘Art pioneer lands glittering prize’, The Age, 11 August 2007
Sharp, Nonie. ‘New waves from old: Torres Strait Islander printmakers’ in Seear, Lynne and Ewington, Julie. Brought to Light II: Contemporary Australian Art 1996–2006, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 2007
Songlines: Emerging Queensland Indigenous Artists [ex. cat.], Keeaira Press, Southport, Queensland, 2003
Sorensen, Rosemary. ‘Islanders' spirit of awakening: A series of exhibitions brings Torres Strait art to the mainland’, The Australian, 30 June 2011
Stefani, Claude. ‘Un témoignage précoce peu connu sur le Détroit de Torres: le passage de Dumont d’Urville en mai-juin 1840 (A little known early witness to the Torres Strait: the passage of Dumont d’Urville in May-June 1840)’ in Stefani, Claude and Jacob, Stéphane (editors). Dennis Nona: Estampes et sculptures Iles du Détroit de Torres, Australie, The Australian Art Print Network, Sudney, 2011
The Fourth National Indigenous Heritage Art Awards 1998 [ex. cat.], Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra, 1998
May 31, 2012 at 4:44 PM 
Upchurch, Michael. ‘SAM's 'Modern Ancestral': contemporary visions with age-old resonance’, The Seattle Times, 2 September 2012
Wilson, Gavin. Beneath the Monsoon: Visions North of Capricorn [ex. cat.], Artspace Mackay, Queensland, 2002
Winter, Joan (editor). Native Title Business: Contemporary Indigenous Art [ex. cat.], Keeaira Press, Southport, 2002
Wolff, Sharne. ‘Artnotes, Queensland: Malu Sara (Deep sea tern), Art Monthly, #238, April 2011
Wright, Simon (editor). Sesserae: The Works of Dennis Nona [ex. cat.], Dell Gallery at Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, 2005
Wright, Simon. ‘Carving Out a Bit of History: Dennis Nona and Alick Tipoti’, Artlines, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1-2007
Wright, Simon. 'Carving out a name for themselves: Dennis Nona and Alick Tipoti’, in Kershaw, Di (editor). Gaigai Ika Woeybadh Yatharewmka (Legends Through Patterns from the Past) [ex. cat], The Australian Art Print Network, Sydney, 2009
Wright, Simon. 'Dennis Nona: Terro(i)riste De L’art Contemprain (Dennis Nona: A Contemporary Art Terroir-ist)’, in Kershaw, Di (editor). Dennis Nona: Entre ciel, terre et mer ou le mythe revisité—Îles du détroit de Torres, Australie—Œuvres récentes: estampes & sculptures (Dennis Nona: Between sky, land and sea: Legends revisited—Torres Strait Islands, Australia—Recent works: prints & sculptures) [ex. cat], The Australian Art Print Network, Sydney, 2011
Publications
Solomon, Selena. Dabu the Baby Dugong: Kazi Dhangal, illustrated by Dennis Nona, Magabala Books, Broome, 1992
Solomon, Selena. Dabu Grows Up: The tale of a dugong, illustrated by Dennis Nona, Magabala Books, Broome, 2002

Selected Collections

Asia

Machida City Museum of Graphic Art, Tokyo, Japan

Australia

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Museum of Australia, Canberra
National Maritime Museum, Sydney
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queensland Museum, Brisbane
Artbank, Sydney
Australian National University, Canberra
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
Badu Island Council, Queensland
Bond University, Robina, Queensland
Cairns North State Primary School, Queensland
Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland
Charles Darwin University, Darwin
Flinders University, Adelaide
Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island, Queensland
Gateway Horn Island Museum, Torres Strait, Queensland
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland
Griffith University, Brisbane
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul, New South Wales
Monash University, Melbourne
Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, New South Wales
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, Queensland
OTC Collection, Sydney
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Queensland
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Somerville House, Brisbane
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide
Thursday Island State High School, Queensland
The University of Queensland, Brisbane
Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, New South Wales
Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
University of Brighton, England
University of Wollongong, New South Wales
ANZ Bank, Brisbane
Brisbane Airport Corporation, Queensland

Europe

Musée d’art aborigène australien, Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Môtiers, Switzerland
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Rochefort, France
Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France
Middle-East
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Pacific
Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Nouméa, New Caledonia

UK

The British Museum, London, England
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, England
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

USA

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA