1964 Born Mitchell Queensland
Tribe Gunggari

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Joanne Currie Nalingu: Maranoa Lines fireworks gallery Brisbane
2003-04 Give ‘em Currie Caloundra Regional Art Gallery Sunshine Coast
2000 The River fireworks gallery Brisbane
1998 Waterways fireworks gallery Brisbane
1998 Maranoa Country fireworks gallery Brisbane
1997 Joanne Currie Griffiith University The Magazine Space Brisbane
1993 Back to the Yumba Mitchell Civic Centre
1993 Stories from the Mitchell Yumba Mitchell Civic Centre & fireworks gallery Brisbane

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 Homage to the Square fireworks gallery Brisbane
2006 Three Large Rooms fireworks gallery Brisbane
2006 Two Way: Artists & Mentors fireworks gallery Brisbane
2005 The Light and the Dark III fireworks gallery Brisbane
2005 Smoke: Campfire Group and other commissioned works Fire-Works gallery Brisbane & Despard Gallery Hobart
2005 SHOOSH! The History of the Campfire Group Institute of Modern Art Brisbane
2005 Telstra: The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards Museums and Galleries of the Northern Territory Darwin
2004 Telstra: The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards Museums and Galleries of the Northern Territory Darwin
2004 Out of Country QIAMEA Travelling Exhibition Washington DC Virginia USA
2003 Telstra: The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards Touring Exhibition Museums and Galleries of the Northern Territory Darwin
2003 Queensland Indigenous Artists Grosse Kunstausstellung Museum Kunst Palast Germany
2002 Six Coats of Black Fire-Works gallery Brisbane
2002 CHOGM Campfire Group Exhibition Hyatt Hotel Coolum
2002 Lines II fireworks gallery Brisbane
2002 Urban Blackness Noosa Regional Gallery
2002 Paddy Carroll Tjungerrayi and Campfire group:Tribute Collection fireworks gallery Brisbane
2001 Queensland Features fireworks gallery Brisbane
2001 Telstra: The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards Museums and Galleries of the Northern Territory Darwin
2001 Art of Place Australian Heritage Commission: National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition Old Parliament House Canberra
2001 Lines fireworks gallery Brisbane
2000 Landmarks DAR Festival Brisbane Powerhouse
1999 Telstra: The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards Museums and Galleries of the Northern Territory Darwin 1999 The Road to Cherbourg (with Campfire Group) Global Arts Link Ipswich
1999 Powerful Medicine: DAR Festival Brisbane/Papunya Cultural Exchange
1999 Big Smoke Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Sydney
1998 Telstra: The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards Museums and Galleries of the Northern Territory Darwin
1998 Art of Place Australian Heritage Commission: National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition Old Parliament House Canberra
1997 Skin and Division: Michael Eather and Friends Brisbane City Gallery
1997 Engine: The Best of Campfire fireworks gallery Brisbane
1997 Brisbane vs Essendon fireworks gallery Brisbane
1997 Works on Paper fireworks gallery Brisbane
1996 All Stock Must Go! (with Campfire Group) Asia Pacific Triennial Queensland Art Gallery
1996 Saltwater Freshwater Borewater (with Campfire Group) Regional Galleries Association of Queensland
Touring Exhibition
1995 Seven Deadly Australians fireworks gallery Brisbane
1995 That’s Women All Over fireworks gallery Brisbane
1995 Earth Wind Water BBC Landscape Exhibition Brsibane Boys College 1995
1994 Blakness: Blak City Culture Australian Centre of Contemporary Art Melbourne
1994 Political Posters Brisbane City Gallery
1994 Place and Interface Touring Exhibition
1994 Knowing the Sensorium Institute of Modern Art Brisbane
1993 Political Bedrooms fireworks gallery Brisbane
1993 Aboriginal Perceptions Brisbane City Gallery
1993 Political Works fireworks gallery Brisbane
1993 Woorabinda Artists Conference Campfire Consultancy Woorabinda
1993 Campfire Group exhibitions Spring Hill Baths Brisbane
1993 A Different View Touring Exhibition
1992 Island (with Campfire Group) 9th Biennale of Sydney Bond Store Art Gallery of New South Wales
AWARDS/GRANTS
1996 Maroochydore Art Prize Winner
1992 Professional Development Grant Arts Queensland
1992 Maroochydore Art Prize Winner
2008 The Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales (Winner)

AWARDS
2008 Winner - Wynne Prize for Landscape Art Art Gallery New South Wales Sydney
COMMISSIONS
2007 Maranoa: Wind on Water Brisbane Airport Commission
2006 Pathways Design for Textiles Artisan (previously Craft Queensland) Brisbane
2005-06 Shield Billboard Commission QUT Creative Industries Precinct Kelvin Grove Brisbane
2004 SMOKE (with Michael Eather) Cooloola Sunshine TAFE Public Art Commission
2002 Participating Artist (with Campfire Group) - Dogwood Crossing @ Miles Mural Project
2001 Coolangatta TAFE Public Art Commission
2001 Participating Artist (with Campfire Group) Flotilla Installation Museum of Melbourne
2001 Participating Artist (with Campfire Group) Journey Tracks 4x4xMore Motorama Showroom Brisbane
1999/00 Participating Artist (with Campfire Group) Connecting Worlds Home Bush Bay Hotel Mural Project Sydney
1999 Story Bridge Abutment Brisbane City Council
1998 Women’s Public Hospital Rest Area Mater Hospital Brisbane
1992-5 Numerous school and public building mural projects throughout Queensland

PUBLISHED MATERIAL
2008 Smee,A., Disoriented in the great outdoors The Australian March 28 (The Arts)
2007 Eather.E., The Substance of Joanne Currie Antiques and Art in Queensland July-November p50 (Article)
2007 Joanne Currie Nalingu: Maranoa Lines fireworks gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
2006 Three Large Rooms fireworks gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
2006 Gatherings II: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art From Queensland Australia
Keeaira Press Southport (Publication)
2005 Eather. M, (ed) SHOOSH! The History of the Campfire Group Institute of Modern Art Brisbane (Publication)
2005 Dark and the Light III fireworks gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
2004 Give ‘em Currie – reinventing traditional stories and designs Namalata Thusi Department of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Policy 1st Quarter no. 23
2004 Out of Country QIAMEA Traveling Exhibition USA (Catalogue)
2003 Art Gallery Gives Caloundra Currie Caloundra City Living Edition 7 December p12 (Review)
2003 Telstra: The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards Touring Exhibition (Catalogue)
2002 Urban Blackness Noosa Regional Gallery (Catalogue)
2002 Paddy Carroll Tjungerrayi and Campfire group: Tribute Collection fireworks gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
2002 Lines II fireworks gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
2001 Gatherings I: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art From Queensland Australia
Keeaira Press Southport (Publication)
2001 Aldred, D., Campfire Creations The Courier Mail Issue 18/7 p36 (Article)
2000 Artistic Flow Brisbane News September 26 (Review)
2000 The River fireworks gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
2000 Joanne Currie: The River MAP October Issue14 (Review)
1999 Central Queensland Art Purchase Rockhampton Art Gallery (Catalogue)
1998 Ross, J., Cultures Unite Brisbane News August p25 (Review
1998 Broker, D., Skin and Division: Michael Eather and Friends Eyeline Summer pp24-26 (Review)
1998 Berman, T., Sitting around the Campfire Art Papers Vol 22 Issue 6 November/December pp26-29 (Paper)
1998 Sorensen, R., Avenue for Artists The Courier Mail February 28 p16 (Article)
1997 Waterways fireworks gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
1997 Martin-Chew, L., Exhibitions The Australian August 8 (Review)
1997 Turnbull, K., Conversation Gets Under Your Skin Business Review Weekly September 8 (Review)
1997 Stanford, L., Two Worlds, Michael Eather and Friends The Review September (Review)
1997 Neale, M., Skin and Division: Michael Eather and Friends Brisbane City Gallery (Catalogue)
1997 Saltwater Freshwater Borewater fireworks gallery (Catalogue)
1997 Campfire Group Survey fireworks gallery (Catalogue)
1996 All Stock Must Go! (with Campfire Group) Asia Pacific Triennial Queensland Art Gallery (Catalogue)
1995 That’s Women All Over fireworks gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
1995 Seven Deadly Australians fireworks gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
1994 Blackness: Blak City Culture Australian Centre for Contemporary Art Melbourne (Catalogue)
1993 A Different View Touring Exhibition (Catalogue)

COLLECTIONS
Queensland Art Gallery
Queensland Museum
Museum of Brisbane
Mater Hospital Brisbane Rockhampton City Gallery
Department of Premier & Cabinet Queensland Brisbane
Artbank Sydney
Private Collections throughout Australia, Europe, USA & UK