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LAURIE
NILSEN
1954 Born Roma Queensland
Group Manadandanji
EDUCATION
1973-75 Certificate in Commercial Illustration Queensland College
of Art Brisbane
1988-89 B.A (Visual Arts) Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education
Victoria
1995-2006 Lecturer Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art Griffith
University Brisbane
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Blue: a group exhibition fireworks gallery Brisbane
2008 Laurie Nilsen fireworks gallery Brisbane
1999 Udungallo (Bungil Creek) Dreamtime Gallery Santa Fe New Mexico
USA
1998/99 Udungallo (Bungil Creek) fireworks gallery Brisbane
1996 Barbed Wire Boundaries fireworks gallery Brisbane
1995 Claypan Series Dreamtime Gallery Santa Fe New Mexico USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 The Amersham Trophy (with proppaNOW Artists Collective) Ambleside
Street Studio Brisbane
2007 70% Urban National Museum of Australia Canberra
2007 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander
Art Award Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory Darwin
2007 Friendly Fire ProppaNOW Group George Petelin Gallery Gold
Coast QLD
2002 There Goes My Neighbourhood Ambleside Street Studio Brisbane
2006 two way: artists and mentors fireworks gallery Brisbane
2006 Thick and Fast (with proppaNOW Artists Collective) Powerhouse
Museum Brisbane
2005 SHOOSH! A History of the Campfire Group Institute of Modern
Art Brisbane
2005 Smoke: Campfire Group and other Commissioned works fireworks
gallery Brisbane
2005 Smoke: Campfire Group and other Commissioned works Despard
Gallery Hobart
2004 Voices Stories (NEWflames artists and mentors) RGAQ touring
exhibition
2004 Sculpture 2004 Maunsell Wickes gallery Sydney
2004 Sculpture in the Vines Millfield Wines Lower Hunter Valley
NSW
2003 What have you done lately to change the situation? fireworks
gallery Brisbane
2002 Urban Blackness Noosa Regional Gallery QLD
2002 Six Coats of Black fireworks gallery Brisbane
2002 Lines II fireworks gallery Brisbane
2001 A Few Good Men fireworks gallery Brisbane
2000 Ideas of Landscape Powerhouse Museum Brisbane
2000 Landmarks Powerhouse Museum Brisbane
1999 Big Smoke (with Campfire Group) Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Sydney
1999 Respect Institute of Modern Art Brisbane
1998 The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Award
Touring Exhibition
1998 Fireworks on Paper fireworks gallery Brisbane
1998 Campfire Group Print Folio fireworks Gallery Brisbane
1998 Art of Place Australian Heritage Commission – National
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition Old
Parliament House Canberra
1998 Eco-Dea Griffith University Brisbane
1998 Austrade Conference Multi Media Exhibition Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles USA
1998 Absolut Chalk Pasadena City Hall Los Angeles USA
1997 Ochres fireworks gallery Brisbane
1997 Interference (with Campfire Group) Institute of Modern Art
Brisbane
1997 Black Humour Touring Nationally
1997 Brisbane vs Essendon fireworks gallery Brisbane
1997 Engine, the Best of the Campfire Group fireworks gallery
Brisbane
1997 Wild Kingdom Institute of Modern Art Brisbane
1997 Guitar Show Tamworth Regional Gallery NSW
1996 All Stock Must Go! The Second Asia Pacific Triennial (with
Campfire Group) Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane
1996 Saltwater Freshwater Borewater (with Campfire Group) RGAQ
Touring Exhibition
1996 Totems Environmental Sculpture Blue Mountains NSW
1995 Seven Deadly Australians fireworks gallery Brisbane
1995 Robin O’Chin Memorial Art Award Queensland Aboriginal
Creations Brisbane
1994 Political Boats fireworks gallery Brisbane
1994 Craft Exhibition Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
Sydney
1994 600,000 Hours (Mortality) Experimental Art Foundation Adelaide
1994 Urban Focus National Gallery of Australia Canberra
1994 Dam(n) Wall Courtyard Installation (Collaboration with Charleen
Teeters - Spokane Indian) Institute of American Indian Art Santa
Fe New Mexico USA
1994 Welcome (with Michael Eather) Experimental Art Foundation
Adelaide Institute of Modern Art Brisbane
1993 Plenty of Campfires Space Plenitude Brisbane
1993 Indigenous Year Exhibition Caboolture Shire Council Hall
QLD
1993 Stories: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art Karava Art
Museum Finland
1993 Stories: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art Rovniemia
Art Museum Finland
1993 Stories: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art Turku Art
Museum Finland
1993 Political Works fireworks gallery Brisbane
1993 Political Bedrooms fireworks gallery Brisbane
1993 Aboriginal Perceptions 1963-1993 Brisbane City Gallery
1993 Botany Aboriginal Art Awards Sydney
1993 Fire-Brand fireworks gallery Brisbane
1991 Campfires at the Waterhole Spring Hill Baths Gallery Brisbane
1990 Balance 1990: Views, Visions, Influences Queensland Art Gallery
Brisbane
1989 Grand Prix Exhibition Tandanya Adelaide
1989 Stephen Kellner Aboriginal Art Awards Museum of Victoria
Melbourne
1988-89 Student Sculpture Exhibitions Gippsland Institute of Advanced
Education Churchill Victoria
1987 Grand Prix Exhibition Adelaide College of Advanced Education
Adelaide
1985 Aboriginal Art Show Brisbane City Hall Gallery QLD
1983-86 Community Exhibitions Brisbane and Southern Queensland
AWARDS
2007 WINNER 24th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait
Islander Art Award Wandjuk Marika Three-Dimensional Memorial Award
Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory Darwin
2001 1st PRIZE Robin O’Chin Award Open Section
1989 Inaugural Stephen Kellner Aboriginal Art Award
1989 South Queensland Aboriginal Artist of the Year
1987 Queensland Aboriginal Artist of the Year
1986 Queensland Aboriginal Artist of the Year
COMMISSIONS
2006 Concrete and Timber Relief State Library (North Wall Indigenous
Knowledge Centre) Southbank Brisbane
2003 Political Piranha (Aluminium Fish/Water Feature) Convention
Centre Brisbane
2002 Bungil Creek Mural Dogwood Crossing Murilla Shire Council
Miles NSW
2001 Dreamtime Sammlung Essl Klosterneberg Austria (Performance)
2001 Robin O’Chin Award 1st Prize Open Section
2000 Journey Tracks 4x4xmore (with Campfire Group) Motorama Showroom
Brisbane
2000 Cultural Debris Public Art Commission Brisbane City Council
Roma Street Brisbane
1999 Connecting Worlds (with Campfire Group) Homebush Hotel Murals
Olympic Games Sydney
1999 Bronze Bust (Bungaree) Mosman Town Council Sydney
1997 Maroochy Art Awards 1st Prize Indigenous Section
1998 Mural FAIRA & QANTM Training Centre Brisbane
1998 Sculpture Musgrave Park NAIDOC Day Committee Brisbane
1998 Sculpture Hargrave Park Brisbane City Council Public Art
Program Brisbane
1995 Cover Design Meeting and Conventions Guide Brisbane Visitors
Convention Bureau
1994 Aboriginal Art Trail Public Art Project Brisbane City Council
Sandgate and Inala Brisbane
1993 Aboriginal Art Trail Public Art Project Brisbane City Council
Mt Cootha Brisbane
1987 National Aboriginal & Islander Poster Competition
1985-95 Various Poster Designs, Book Illustrations for Queensland
Education Department; Numerous Public & School Murals
PUBLISHED MATERIAL and more
2008 Laurie Nilsen fireworks gallery Brisbane (Catalogue)
2007 Ashley Crawford Laurie Nilsen: Birds on a Wire Australian
Art Collector Issue 42 Page 149-153
2006 Gatherings II Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Art From Queensland Australia (Catalogue)
2006 Totems and turtles: making indigenous art in the 21st century.
Bob Dempsey in public dialogue with Laurie Nilsen (ABC Radio National)
5 May
2006 Collaborations/Cross-disciplines/Strange Bedfellows Laurie
Nilsen Speaker (QCA Research Forum)
2005 Michael Eather Editor SHOOSH! A History of the Campfire Group
Institute of Modern Art Brisbane (Exhibition Publication)
2005 Michael Eather Smoke: Campfire Group and other Commissioned
works Despard Gallery Hobart (Exhibition/Web Essay)
2004 Voices Stories (Catalogue)
2003 Linda Carroli Open Hearted, Open Handed, Open Minded (Commissioned
Essay)
2002 Urban Blackness (Catalogue)
2002 A Year on the Wing – an online documentary Laurie Nilsen
Special Guest (ABC)
2001 Gatherings I Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Art From Queensland Australia (Catalogue)
2001 Linda Carroli On the Tropic of Capricorn: Walala Tjapaltjarri
& Campfire Group Sculptures from the Tingari Cycle (Catalogue
Essay)
1998 Stephanie Radok Black Humour Artlink Volume 18 Number 3 (Article)
1997 Saltwater Freshwater Borewater (Catalogue)
1997 Black Humour (Catalogue)
1995 All Stock Must Go! The 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial (Catalogue)
1990 Balance, Views, Visions, Influences (Catalogue)
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia Canberra
National Museum of Australia Canberra
Education Department of Queensland Brisbane
Museum of Victoria Melbourne
Baillieu Myer Sculpture Garden Victoria
Tandanya Cultural Institute Adelaide
Various Private Collections Australia & USA
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