Gary Philip Lee b. 1952

Also known as Gurrulan, Gary Lee
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Photographer)
Gary Lee is a Larrakia artist who has worked as a designer in a range of media, a curator and now works primarily as a photographer.
Tags: photographer, textile artist, cartoonist
exhibited at
Beauty, Vanity and Narcissism
Date
30 June 2011 - 30 July 2011
Place
The Cross Art Projects, 8 Llankelly Place, Kings Cross, Sydney, 2011, Australia
Description

Three Aboriginal Male Artist-Photographers: Adam Hill, Garry Lee & Christian Thompson

Type
Exhibition
Tags
The Cross Art Projects
Website
http://crossart.com.au/home/index.php/archive/133-beauty-vanity-and-narcissism
exhibited at
Maast Maast, 2008
Date
August 2008 - September 2008
Place
24HR Art NT Centre for Contemporary Art
Description

Lee’s first solo exhibition, coinciding with the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in Darwin

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
More Than My Skin, curated by Djon Mundine
Date
February 2008 - April 2008
Place
Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
Description

The exhibition focused on male Aboriginal photographers, with an extra focus on those utilising black-and-white imagery. Artists featured: Michael Riley, Mervyn Bishop, Michael Aird, Peter McKenzie, Ricky Maynard and Gary Lee. Scheduled to tour NT.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Dirula - Contemporary Larrakia Art
Date
2002
Place
24HR Art NT Centre for Contemporary Art, NT
Description

curated by Gary Lee, including the work of his brothers Roque and Tony Lee, among other Larrakia artists.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Campsites, curated by Malcolm Smith
Date
2001
Place
Darwin Visual Arts Association, Darwin
Description

“Campsites” included the work of Gary Lee, Nairn Scott and Bradley Alderson. Lee exhibited 'Nice Coloured Boys’, 160 colour snapshot photographs. This was how the artist originally intended the Nice Coloured Boys series to be shown, as a (shrine-like) collection of snapshots.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Love Magic: Erotics and Politics in Indigenous Art
Date
1999
Place
S.H. Ervin Gallery part of Perspecta 99
Description

Part of Perspecta 1999. Curated by Gary Lee and Maurice O’Riordan, with over 60 works representing 30-plus artists, including a photographic work from Gary Lee (from the Nice Coloured Boys series)

Type
Exhibition