'Dugam' by Dennis Nona
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Collections
Commissions
“It's
not every artist who has exhibition openings in Paris and Sydney within
days of each other. But that is the story of our next guest who's
recognised as one of our most prominent indigenous artists. Dennis Nona
was born on Badu Island in the western reaches of the Torres Strait in
1973 and he's spent 15 years perfecting his extraordinarily intricate work
in linoprints.”
Excerpt taken from “Bush Telegraph”, ABC Rural, 18th April, 2006.
"The
medium with which he established his reputation is associated with bold
and simple designs, but Nona's lino cuts are quite different from that.
Like the intricate carvings on Melanesian artefacts, his prints are very
elaborate. They depict traditional cosmologies and ancestral histories,
using many figures and symbols to build up a vigorously animated field of
action. Because of the complex detail, the overall tonal effect is
surprisingly subtle." (Taken from www.artcollector.net.au
"Dennis Nona" by Timothy Morrell)
Solo
Exhibitions
2006
Sesserae; New Works by Dennis Nona, Cooee Aboriginal Art, Sydney
Sesserae; New Works by Dennis Nona, Australian Embassy, Paris
Sesserae; New Works by Dennis Nona, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
2005
Sesserae; The Art of Dennis Nona, Dell Gallery at Queensland College
of Art, Brisbane
Sesserae and Other Stories, Kickarts, Cairns
Sesserae; New Prints by Dennis Nona, Darwin Entertainment Centre Gallery,
Darwin
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Group
Exhibitions
2006
bangu yibara: works from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary
Art, Sydney
2005
22nd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art
Award
Shell Fremantle Print Award 1975-2005
Busan International Print Art Festival, Busan, Korea
ARC Art, Design & Craft Biennial, Brisbane
2004
Christchurch Art Gallery/Te Puna, Waiwhetu, Christchurch/Aotearoa, NZ
Fragments, Little Stanley Street Gallery, Brisbane
21st Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art
Award
Angel Orensanz International Art Award, New York, USA (Winner)
Robin O’Chin Memorial Art Award, Brisbane
Shell Fremantle Art Award, Fremantle
Artscape Group Exhibition, Brisbane
2003
Beneath the Monsoon - Visions North of Capricorn, Artspace Mackay,
Mackay; Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery,
Townsville
Dream Traces, Brighton University, Brighton, UK
Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumea, New Caledonia
Bovicai Collaborative Exhibition, Qld
Coochimadlo Island Market Exhibition, Qld
Indigenous Outback Exhibition, NAIDOC Day, Brisbane
Michael Fox Gallery, Brisbane
Pandanus Art Collabrative Exhibition, Currumbin Beach
19th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art
Award, Darwin
Shell Fremantle Art Award, Fremantle
Christchurch Art Gallery/Te Puna, Waiwhetu, Christchurch/Aotearoa, NZ
2002
Paipa - ‘Windward’, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
2001 - 2004
Gelam Nguzu Kazi - Gelam My Son, Travelling Exhibition.
Australian Museum, Sydney
Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria B.C. Canada
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane,
Damien Minton Gallery, Newcastle
Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe
Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide
Bendigo Art
Gallery, Bendigo ; Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura
Wagga Wagga Regional Art
Gallery, Wagga Wagga
Manly Art Gallery, Manly
Toowoomba Regional Art
Gallery, Toowoomba
Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Tewantin
Cairns Regional
Art Gallery, Cairns
Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island
2001
Islands in the Sun, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
18th National Aboriginal & 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
1995
Same but Different, Aboriginal and Islander Students at the
Australian National University, School of Arts Gallery, Canberra
Mixed Exhibition, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
1994
Gold Coast Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD
International Print Exhibition, Machida, Tokyo, Japan
Aboriginal Exhibition, South Australian Art Gallery, Adelaide
Malu Ural, National Maritime Museum, Sydney
Aboriginal Art Award, Heritage Commission, Canberra
1993
Aboriginal Printmakers, Northern Territory University Art Gallery, Darwin
Mixed Exhibition, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney
Contemporary Prints from Aboriginal Australia, Augen Gallery,
Portland, Oregon, USA
Cairns TAFE Students, Studio One, Canberra
Australian Aboriginal Printmakers, Davidson Galleries, Seattle,
Washington, USA
1992/1993
New Tracks Old Land: An Exhibition of Contemporary Prints from
Aboriginal Australia, touring USA and Australia
1992
One People One Soul, Palm Court Gallery, Cairns, QLD
Colours of Black, Queensland Aboriginal Creations, Brisbane
Group Exhibition, Gallery of Australian Landscape, Brisbane
Cross Currents, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney
The Ninth Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of
the Northern Territory, Darwin
1991
The Eighth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art
Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Group Show, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
Cairns Art Society Exhibition, Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Cairns, QLD
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Awards
Winner of the Works on Paper Award in the 25th Telstra National Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards of 2008
2007 Telstra Aboriginal Art Award
Cairns State High School Art Award, Cairns
Cairns State High School Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies
Award, Cairns Electorate Arts Achievement Award, Canberra
Machida International Print Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
4th Angel Orensanz International Art Award, New York, USA
Griffith University Lions Club Equity Bursery for Excellence in the
Batchelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art, Brisbane
Parliament of Australia & Leichhardt Electorate Arts Achievement
Award, Canberra
Collections
Artbank, Sydney
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Australian National University Printmaking Collection, Canberra
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat
Brighton University, Brighton, UK
Cairns Regional Gallery
Cambridge University Museum, UK
Charles Darwin University Art Collection, Darwin
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide
Gateway Horn Island Museum, Horn Island
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise
Griffith University Art Collection, Nathan
Machida Graphic Arts Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of American Indian Arts, New Mexico, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney
Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa Heads
OTC Collection, Sydney
Parliament House, Canberra
Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queensland Museum, Brisbane
Queensland University of Technology Art Collection, Brisbane
University of Wollongong Art Collection, Wollongong
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Commissions
Australian Indigenous Medicare Card logo
Badu Island Council mural
Thursday Island State High School mural
Cairns North State Primary School mural
Wakaid Coral Sea logo design
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Housing poster design
Badu Island State Primary School sports shirt logo design
Kubin, Moa Island Net Ball Team logo design