Laurie Nilsen

  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
Mandandanji descendant, Laurie Nilsen was born in Queensland in 1953 and is a member of the Brisbane based Campfire Group and the ProppaNow Artist Cooperative. Nilsen has won many awards for his installation and sculptural work including the 2007 Wandjuk MWandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award at the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.
exhibited at
The Art of Place - 5th Indigenous Heritage Art Award
Date
2000
Place
John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
2nd Asia Pacific Triennial
Date
1996
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Black Humour
Date
1996
Place
Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Michael Eather and Laurie Nilsen: welcome
Date
1995
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Dealt with cultural attitudes towards mortality and regeneration, Aboriginal & Australian.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive; http://www.artbank.gov.au/artbank/artists/eather.htm (01/04/04)

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Duo, Painting, Sculpture