Lexie Donovan b. 1943

Also known as Aunty Lexie
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Painter)
Aunty Lexie Donovan is a proud Gumbaingirr woman, who lives in South Grafton, NSW. She was included in the 'Special Kind of Vision' exhibition at Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, in 2009.

Lexie Donovan is an artist from the Gumbaingirr tribe. She was born in Bellingen, New South Wales, in 1943. Her father was a Dunghutti man from Kempsey; her mother a Gumbaingirr woman from Bowraville/Nambucca Heads. She moved to Grafton, New South Wales, in 1970 and began painting in 1991. Her works have been exhibited in group shows at the Grafton Regional Gallery and her painted boomerangs have been exhibited and sold in North Queensland.

Writers:
'A Special Kind of Vision', Arts Northern Rivers, NSW, 2009
Date written:
2008
Last updated:
2009