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Judy Watson b. 1959

Artist ,
Artist (Draughtsman),
Artist (Installation Artist),
Artist (Digital Artist/Designer),
Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
Artist (Printmaker),
Artist (Sculptor),
Artist (Painter)

Watson is a Brisbane-based Waanyi artist who works across a range of mediums to explore familial, historical, political and environmental aspects of Australian Indigenous heritage and experience. In 2006 she was the winner of the Clemenger Contemporary Art Award.

received

Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards

Dates

2010

Recognition type

Award

Note

Finalist
received

Queensland Music Festival

Dates

2007

Recognition type

Award

Note

To create “ochre & blood, mother of pearl”, a Steinway Artcase Piano
received

Reconciliation Place, Canberra, ACT

Dates

2007

Recognition type

Award

Website

http://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/visiting/attractions/reconciliation_place.asp

Note

To produce 'fire and water’
received

National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award

Dates

2006

Recognition type

Award

Description

Work on Paper Category

Website

http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/museums/exhibitions/natsiaa/23natsiaa.html

Note

Winner
received

Clemenger Contemporary Art Award

Dates

2006

Recognition type

Award

Website

http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/clemenger2006/

Note

Winner
received

One of eight indigenous Australian artists chosen to have work permanently exhibited in the Musee du Quai Branly

Dates

2005

Recognition type

Award

Description

Also 2006
received

Brisbane Magistrate's Court

Dates

2004

Recognition type

Award

Note

To produce 'heart/land/river’
received

2002 : Commissioned to produce 'Ngarrn-Gi-Land' for the Victorian County Court, Melbourne, Vic.

Dates

2002

Recognition type

Award

Note

To produce 'Ngarrn-Gi-Land’
received

Melbourne Museum

Dates

1999

Recognition type

Award

Note

To create design ('Wurreka’) for zinc wall at the entrance to the Aboriginal Centre, Bunjilka, at the museum
received

1995 : Moet & Chandon Fellowship Winner

Dates

1995

Recognition type

Award
received

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre

Dates

1994

Recognition type

Award

Note

To produce 'Koori Floor Piece’

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Judy Watson b. 1959

Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards

Queensland Music Festival

Reconciliation Place, Canberra, ACT

National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award

Clemenger Contemporary Art Award

One of eight indigenous Australian artists chosen to have work permanently exhibited in the Musee du Quai Branly

Brisbane Magistrate's Court

2002 : Commissioned to produce 'Ngarrn-Gi-Land' for the Victorian County Court, Melbourne, Vic.

Melbourne Museum

1995 : Moet & Chandon Fellowship Winner

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre

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