joanne currie nalingu
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Winner Wynne Prize 2008 Art Gallery NSW
Finalist Wynne Prize 2009 Art Gallery NSW 


© 2008

  1964 Born Mitchell Queensland
Tribe Gunggari
  Currently lives and works at Caloundra, Sunshine Coast
  SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Waterline FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
Dark River Line Museum of Brisbane
2007 Joanne Currie Nalingu: Maranoa Lines FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2003-4 Give ‘em Currie Caloundra Regional Art Gallery
2000 The River FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
1998 Waterways FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
Maranoa Country FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
1997 Joanne Currie Griffiith University The Magazine Space Brisbane
1993 Back to the Yumba Mitchell Civic Centre
Stories from the Mitchell Yumba Mitchell Civic Centre & Fire-Works Gallery Brisbane
  GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 The Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
2008 The Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales
Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize Brisbane
Blue: a group exhibition FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
Anzac Artists 2008 FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
Homage to the Square FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2006 Three Large Rooms FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
Two Way: Artists & Mentors FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2005 The Light and the Dark III FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
Smoke: Campfire Group and other commissioned works FireWorks Gallery Brisbane & Despard Gallery Hobart
SHOOSH! The History of the Campfire Group Institute of Modern Art Brisbane
Telstra: The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards
2004 Telstra: The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards
Out of Country QIAMEA Travelling Exhibition Washington DC Virginia USA
2003 Telstra: The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards Touring Exhibition
Queensland Indigenous Artists Grosse Kunstausstellung Museum Kunst Palast Germany
2002 Six Coats of Black FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
CHOGM Campfire Group Exhibition Hyatt Hotel Coolum
Lines II FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
Urban Blackness Noosa Regional Gallery
Paddy Carroll Tjungerrayi and Campfire group: Tribute Collection FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2001 Queensland Features FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
Telstra: The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards
Art of Place Australian Heritage Commission: National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander 2001Art Award Exhibition
Old Parliament House Canberra
Lines FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2000 Landmarks DAR Festival Brisbane Powerhouse
1999 Telstra: The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards
The Road to Cherbourg (with Campfire Group) Global Arts Link Ipswich
Powerful Medicine: DAR Festival Brisbane/Papunya Cultural Exchange
Big Smoke Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Sydney
1998 Telstra: The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards
Art of Place Australian Heritage Commission: National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander 1998 Art Award Exhibition
Old Parliament House Canberra
1997 Skin and Division: Michael Eather and Friends Brisbane City Gallery
Engine: The Best of Campfire Fire-Works Gallery Brisbane
Brisbane vs Essendon FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
Works on Paper FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
1996 All Stock Must Go! (with Campfire Group) Asia Pacific Triennial Queensland Art Gallery
Saltwater Freshwater Borewater (with Campfire Group) Regional Galleries Association of Queensland Touring Exhibition
1995 Seven Deadly Australians FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
That’s Women All Over Fire-Works Gallery Brisbane
1994 Blakness: Blak City Culture Australian Centre of Contemporary Art Melbourne
Political Posters Brisbane City Gallery
Place and Interface Touring Exhibition
Knowing the Sensorium Institute of Modern Art Brisbane
1993 Political Bedrooms FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
Aboriginal Perceptions Brisbane City Gallery
Political Works Fire-Works Gallery Brisbane
Woorabinda Artists Conference Campfire Consultancy Woorabinda
Campfire Group exhibitions Spring Hill Baths Brisbane
A Different View Touring Exhibition
Island (with Campfire Group) 9th Biennale of Sydney Bond Store Art Gallery of NSW
  AWARDS/GRANTS
2008 The Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales WINNER
1996 Maroochydore Art Prize WINNER
1992 Professional Development Grant Arts Queensland
Maroochydore Art Prize WINNER
  COMMISSIONS
2007 Maranoa: Wind on Water Brisbane Airport Commission
2006 Pathways Design for Textiles Artisan (prev. 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
Participating Artist (with Campfire Group) Flotilla Installation Museum of Melbourne
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
  2007 Michael Eather The Substance of Joanne Currie Antiques and Art in Queensland July-November p50 (Article)
Joanne Currie Nalingu: Maranoa Lines FireWorks Gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
2006 Three Large Rooms FireWorks Gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
Gatherings II: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art From Queensland Australia
Keeaira Press Southport (Publication)
2005 Michael Eather ed SHOOSH! The History of the Campfire Group Institute of Modern Art Brisbane (Publication)
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
Out of Country QIAMEA Traveling Exhibition USA (Catalogue)
2003 Art Gallery Gives Caloundra Currie Caloundra City Living Edition 7 December p12 (Review)
Telstra: The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards Touring Exhibition (Catalogue)
2002 Urban Blackness Noosa Regional Gallery (Catalogue)
Paddy Carroll Tjungerrayi and Campfire group: Tribute Collection FireWorks Gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
Lines II FireWorks Gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
2001 Gatherings I: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art From Queensland Australia
Keeaira Press Southport (Publication)
Debra Aldred Campfire Creations The Courier Mail Issue 18/7 p36 (Article)
2000 Artistic Flow Brisbane News September 26 (Review)
The River FireWorks Gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
Joanne Currie: The River MAP October Issue14 (Review)
1999 Central Queensland Art Purchase Rockhampton Art Gallery (Catalogue)
1998 Julia Ross Cultures Unite Brisbane News August p25 (Review
David Broker Skin and Division: Michael Eather and Friends Eyeline Summer pp24-26 (Review)
Tressa Berman Sitting around the Campfire Art Papers Vol 22 Issue 6 November/December pp26-29 (Paper)
Rosemary Sorensen Avenue for Artists The Courier Mail February 28 p16 (Article)
1997 Waterways FireWorks Gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
Louise Martin-Chew Exhibitions The Australian August 8 (Review)
Ken Turnbull Conversation Gets Under Your Skin Business Review Weekly September 8 (Review)
Leone Stanford Two Worlds, Michael Eather and Friends The Review September (Review)
Margo Neale Skin and Division: Michael Eather and Friends Brisbane City Gallery (Catalogue)
Saltwater Freshwater Borewater FireWorks Gallery (Catalogue)
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)
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
Artbank
Brisbane Airport Corporation
Rockhampton City Gallery
Department of Premier & Cabinet Queensland Brisbane
Mater Hospital Brisbane
Private Collections throughout Australia, Europe, USA & UK
   
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