Aboriginal Art from the Aboriginal Art Print Network - Aboriginal Art Store - Australian Aboriginal Artists

Home

Power Search

Browse Aboriginal Art Prints By:

Aboriginal Artist

Regions

Title

New Prints

Secondary Market Prints

History of Aboriginal Printmaking

Aboriginal Artists' Biographies

Currency Converter

Glossary

Links

Site Map





Billy Missi see the Artists prints
“I first became interested in art when I saw a display of paintings done by local Torres Strait Islander artists in 1992. I was so inspired that I wanted to do the same, but, having a family to support, I had to continue crayfishing as I needed a regular income. So making art had to wait although deeply inside of me I really wanted to express my traditional culture through art inlcuding dancing and singing which are also a part of our culture. Later when I met Dennis Nona and saw his beautiful prints, I was encouraged to give up diving full time and study under him in our local TAFE program. Together we established a printmaking workshop, called the Mualgau Minnaral Art Centre through the Kubin Community Council on my island, Moa.” Billy Missi’s print ‘Dhangal Um Araik’ was highly commended in the Lin Onus Youth Award 2000, part of Australia’s premier Indigenous Heritage Art Award. subjects and themes Melanesian influence. He is inspired by his cultural heritage and traditions and expresses a deep concern for the Torres Strait environment. collections Artbank, Sydney Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns Australian National Gallery, Canberra Torres Strait Regional Authority, Thursday Island Badu Island State School, Badu Canberra Office of Torres Strait Affairs Parliament House, Canberra Cambridge University Museum, UK Victoria & Albert Museum, UK exhibitions Group exhibitions 2000 The Art of Place, The Fifth National Heritage Art Award,Touring Exhibition The Fifth National Indigenous Heritage Art Awards including Old Parliament House, ACT; Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW; Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA; State Library of NSW, Sydney; The Araluen Centre for Arts and Entertainment, Alice Springs, NT; John Curtin Gallery, Unviersity of Technology, Perth, WA. Bitching Prints, Indigenous Artist work with master Printmaker Theo Treblay of ‘No Fixed Press’ 2001 Trackin Kultja, Australian National, Museum, Canberra, ACT 2001 Thaigy Minaral - Beautiful Patterns, Port Kennedy Hall, Thursday Island, Qld. 2001 Gatherings, Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane, Qld. 2001 - 2004 Gelam Nguzu Kazi - Gelam My Son, Travelling Exhibition. Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW; Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada; Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK; Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, Qld; Damien Minton Gallery, Newcastle, NSW; Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, ACT; Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Vic; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW; Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW; Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe, Qld; Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA; Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Vic; Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, Vic; Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW; Manly Art Gallery, Manly, NSW; Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Qld; Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Tewantin, Qld; Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Cairns, Qld. 2002 Maiem Sewngpa Algeda to the Torres Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, Qld. 2002 - 2005 Native Title Business, Travelling Exhibition bibliography The Art of Place, National Indigenous Heritage Awards catalogue. Gelam Nguzu Kazi - Gelam My Son, Australian and International Touring Exhibition catalogue Demozay M., 2001,Gatherings, Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from Queensland, Australia. Native Title Business, Australian Touring Exhibition catalogue workshops 2001 TISHS Cultural NAIDOC Week, Thursday Island, Qld. Trackin Kultja, Canberra Museum & Gallery, Canberra, ACT 2002 NAIDOC Childrens Programs, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT	region Torres Strait state Q’land community Mabuiag Island born 1970 c active 1999 language bloc Western Torres Strait language Kal-lagaw-ya art centre Mualgau Minneral Artist Co-operative medium Acrylic paint on paper, canvas and linocuts, limited edition prints

DENNIS NONA CURRENT SOLO EXHIBITION

Sesserae: New Works by Dennis Nona

Paris, London, Sydney, Brisbane

Dennis Nona is widely acknowledged as one of, if not the most, important living Torres Strait Islander artist.

This exhibition of installations, limited edition linocuts, etchings and cast bronze sculptures showcases the artist's most recent work.

PARIS
The Australian Embassy
6 April - 8 June, 2006

LONDON
Rebecca Hossack Gallery
35 Windmill Street,
LONDON (Dates TBA)

SYDNEY
31 Lamrock Avenue
BONDI BEACH, NSW
30 March - 16 April, 2006

BRISBANE
Dell Gallery, Queensland College of Art
BRISBANE, QLD
3 June - 10 July 2005

OTHER EXHIBITION VENUES
Other Australian and overseas venues and dates to be announced.

	Browsing: Check out all of our prints one by one, or browse in particular methods to suit you.
	Secondary Market: Our 'Secondary Market Range' comprises one, sometimes two prints from an edition that is no longer in general distribution. They are hard to come by, secondary market prints that sold out years, and in some cases, decades ago. Many are rare, eminently collectable works by some of the most senior and acclaimed Aboriginal artists. Click here to see limited edition prints from our secondary market range.
	Power Search: Try out our Power Search to find that print that you are after. Very specific search criteria ensure an easy find.
	Shopping Online: Find out why shopping with us is safe, secure and respectful of your privacy.

This web site supports SSL enabled SECURE transactions

www.aboriginalartprints.com.au is a foundation member of the Australian Indigenous Art Trade Association.
Contact Us @ sales@aboriginalartprints.com.au or Telephone (+61) 2 9332-1722 © Australian Art Print Network © AIATSIS & ATSIC from the Biographical database of Australian indigenous visual artists published by Discovery Media.