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Fiona
Omeenyo
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Biography
| Born:
18 August 1981
Language Group: Umpila Lives: Lockhart River, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2008 | Mepla Sandbeach People, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane |
| 2007 | New
Life, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Fiona Omeenyo, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney Mepla One (We are one), Emerge Art Space, Perth |
| 2006 | Big Step, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane |
| 2005 | Mepla Go Long Way, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane |
| 2004 | Journey
On, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Fiona Omeenyo, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2003 | Wunnem Me For, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane |
| 2002 | Future
Perfect, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Kukiya, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney |
| 2001 | Ngaachi
pathaco, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
From here to there, Short Street Gallery, Broome, Western Australia My Story: Miiku, Parrot Sisters and Kuchuutu, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane |
Group Exhibitions
| 2008 | From
Cape to Cape, The Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth
The Women's Show, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2007 | Our
Way: Contemporary Art from Queensland’s Lockhart River,
University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane; National University of Singapore,
Singapore; Charles Wang Center, Stony Brook University, New York, USA;
The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Looking Forward, Looking Black, Kick Arts, Cairns Lockhart River Art Gang, Institute of American Indian Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA The Art Gang Returns, Booker-Lowe Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA Arte Indigena dall’Australia: Gruppo Artistico del Fiume Lockhart, Galleria Civica d’arte Moderna, Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto, Italy |
| 2006 | Uncharted
Territory, October Gallery, London, England
Histoires de Terre et Mer: Peintures Aborigènes de Lockhart River, Australie, Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie du Morbihan, Lorient, France Lockhart River Art Gang, Ewha Art Centre, Seoul, South Korea Art for Science, Murdoch Research Institute, Melbourne Gatherings, Kick Arts, Cairns Land of Diversity, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney Big Country (touring exhibition), Gondwana Gallery, Sydney |
| 2005 | Kungkay:
The Art of Lockhart River, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
Dugongs of Hinchinbrook II, Centre of Contemporary Arts/KickArts, Cairns, Queensland Colourfields, Gondwana Gallery, Alice Springs, NT Aboriginal Art Show, Booker-Lowe Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA Group Show, Framed Gallery, Darwin Land of Diversity, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney |
| 2004 | Colour
Power: Aboriginal art post 1984, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Out of Country, Gallery 1601, Washington DC, USA; The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Hitting On and Kicking Off, Centre of Contemporary Arts/KickArts, Cairns, Queensland QUT Art Museum Indigenous Art Collection: Works from the Oodgeroo Collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Hot, Hotter, Hottest, Booker Lowe Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA Australian Aboriginal Fine Art Gallery of New York at the AAF Contemporary Art Fair, Pier 9, New York, USA Ngi'ilu paluku ngi'iku (Our way), Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT Big Country, Gondwana Gallery, Alice Springs, NT |
| 2003 | Story
Place: Indigenous Art of Cape York and the Rainforest, Queensland Art
Gallery, Brisbane
Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings from Lockhart River, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, USA Kulam Kannga (Beginning): New works by the Lockhart River Art Gang, The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Beneath the Monsoon: Visions North of Capricorn, Artspace Mackay, Cairns Regional Gallery, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery (Townsville) Water: Prints from Lockhart River and the Tiwi Islands, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane Lockhart River Gang, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs Artworks from FNQ + Torres Strait Islands, Artworkers Alliance, Brisbane Ngaachi Ngampula (Our Country), Hogarth Galleries, Sydney MOON: one icon, many stories, Short Street Gallery, Broome, Western Australia; Arthouse Gallery, Sydney |
| 2002 | The
Queensland/Berlin Indigenous Art Exhibition, Ludwig Erhard Haus, Berlin,
Germany
Message Stick: Journey’s End, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane In Language (A Cathedrals Week Exhibition), Ann Street Church of Christ, Brisbane Collectable Aboriginal Art Event, Raintree Aboriginal Art Gallery, Darwin International Women’s Day Event, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne New Ground, Main Street Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2001 | Federation
Exhibition: Local colour, local lives, Cairns Regional Gallery
Gatherings, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane Postcard Exhibition, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns |
| 2000 | The
Art of Place--Fifth National Indigenous Heritage Art Awards, Old Parliament
House, Canberra
In my eyes--Lockhart River Art Gang and Friends, Cairns Regional Gallery |
| 1999-2001 | Message Stick, touring exhibition by the Lockhart River Art Gang, funded by Visions Australia |
| 1999 | Postcard
Exhibition, Cairns Regional Gallery
International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney |
| 1998 | Message Stick, Queensland Aboriginal Creations, Brisbane |
Grants/Prizes/Awards
| 2001 | 1st Prize, Painting, Laura Festival, Queensland |
| 1999 | 1st Prize, Works on Paper, Laura Festival, Queensland |
Bibliography
| Anon.
Story Place: Indigenous art of Cape York and the Rainforest, The Courier-Mail,
26 July 2003
Bennie, Angela. The old people today are not sure about this abstraction thing, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18–19 August 2007 Brown, Phil. New frontier: Fiona Omeenyo’s enchanting works take viewers into her wonderful world, Brisbane News, 10 October 2001 Brown, Phil. Big Impressions: Indigenous images go on show in a collection of prints from northern artists, Brisbane News, 16–22 April 2003 Brown, Phil. Life Blood: Lockhart River artist Fiona Omeenyo meditates on kinship and community in her latest sought-after works, Brisbane News, 18–24 June 2003 Burbidge, Madeleine. The Art Gang, Arts Yarn Up, Winter 2000, Australia Council for the Arts Butler, Sally. Our Way: Contemporary Art from Lockhart River, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 2007 Butler, Sally. ‘Lockhart River’s Wildly Indigenous Art’, Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts, Number 63, Winter 2007, Brisbane Coast to Coast, ABC Television, 7 July 2001 Crawford, Ashley. Fiona Omeenyo: New Life, Niagara Publishing, Melbourne, 2006 Demozay, Marion (editor). Gatherings: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from Queensland Australia, Keeaira Press, Southport, 2001 Finnane, Kieran. Review, Alice Springs News, May 21, 2003 Flynn, Chloe. Monsoon Weather, State of the Arts, April 2003 Forbes, Cameron. Tribal home is where her art is, The Weekend Australia, 13–14 April 2002 Helmrich, Michele. Unlocking Lockhart: Young artists are reinventing their culture—and commanding attention in the art world—with their fresh and contemporary painting, Outback, Issue 31, Oct/Nov 2003 James, Bruce. Arts Today (interview), ABC Radio National, 17 July 2001 Laura Festival, Coast to Coast, ABC Television, 5 August 2001 Lockhart River Art Gang, The Message Stick: Art from North Queensland's Lockhart River Aboriginal Community, 1999 [ex. cat.] McCulloch, Alan; McCulloch, Susan; and McCulloch Childs, Emily. The New McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Aus Art Editions/The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2006 McCulloch, Susan. Contemporary Aboriginal Art: A guide to the rebirth of an ancient culture, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2001 McCulloch-Uehlin, Susan. Water Marks, The Weekend Australian, Review, 21–22 July 2001 McCulloch-Uehlin, Susan. Smart Art: Fiona Omeenyo, Australian Art Collector, Issue 18, October–December 2001 McCulloch, Susan. Dream weavers: Artists reap the benefits, The Weekend Australian, 19–20 July 2003 McLean, Sandra. Show and tell, The Courier-Mail, 3 October 2001 McLean, Sandra. Messages that stick, The Courier-Mail, 21 June 2002 McLean, Sandra. Visual Arts, The Courier-Mail, 8 June 2005 McLean, Sandra. Community spirts: Her beloved surroundings and family inspire a young Lockhart River artst, The Courier-Mail, 22 June 2005 Magnusson, Tony. Art form the heart: The Lockhart River Art Gang are the category busters of contemporary Aboriginal art, HQ, July–August 2003 Maier, Heidi. Travelling North, The Courier Mail, 15 February 2003 Maier, Heidi. Family ties in frame, The Courier Mail, 9 June 2003 Martin-Chew, Louise. Tales of the far north: Rare Aboriginal works make a spirited exhibition, The Weekend Australian, 26–27 July 2003 Morrell, Tim. The Lockhart River Gang, Artlink, Volume 22 No 3, 2002 Neales, Sue. Burning Bright, The Australian Financial Review Magazine, July 2002 Prior, Cathy. River artists run with inspiration, The Australian, 19 December 2001 Pulley, Roz. Cape art makes capital gains, The Cairns Post, 9 November 2002 Strickland, Katarina. Cape of good hope, The Weekend Australian, 20–21 July 2002 Wilson, Gavin. Beneath the Monsoon: Visions North of Capricorn, Artspace Mackay, Queensland [ex. cat.] |
Collections
| National
Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne ATSIC Collection, Canberra Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland Northern Territory University, Darwin Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Department of Native Title Services, Brisbane Mater Mothers’ Hospital, Brisbane Wollongong University, NSW Thomas Vroom Collection, Netherlands Suncorp, Brisbane |