Born at Papunya in 1967, Gabrielle Possum is the older daughter of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri , who taught her to paint at an early age by assisting on the backgrounds of his canvases around the family campfire. Gabrielle gained an award in the 1983 Alice Springs Art Prize while still a student at Yirara College. She later lived in Melbourne with her husband Selwyn and their five children. Her Dreamings include Bush Coconut, Black Seed (for making damper), Exploding Seed Pod and Women’s stories from the Mt Allan area. She first exhibited with her father, sister Michelle Possum , and brother-in-law Heath, in Brisbane in 1987 and again at Coo-ee Gallery in Sydney in 1992. Gabrielle designed several record covers, including one for her husband’s band Coloured Stone, and several T-shirts for CAAMA.
- Writers:
- Johnson, Vivien
Note: primary biographer
- Date written:
- 1994
- Last updated:
- 2011
