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Rover Thomas Juluma b. c.1926

Also known as Rover Thomas Joolama, Rover Thomas
  • Artist (Painter)
Rover Thomas, who painted the land and the massacres of people in the Kimberley, first came to prominence as the Dreamer of the Kurirr-Kurirr ceremony, which he subsequently painted. He and Trevor Nickolls were the first Australian Aboriginal artists to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale in 1991.
Tags: Cyclone Tracy, ceremony, massacres, painting country
  • Biographical Data b. c.1926 Kintore Range, NT
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  • Exhibitions 4 exhibitions
  • Collections 6 collections
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  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
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    http://cs.nga.gov.au/Default.cfm
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
  • QAGOMA, Southbank, QLD
    Description

    After the Queensland Art Gallery (established in 1895 but in its current premises since 1982) expanded its modern collection and exhibitions into a new building, the Gallery of Modern Art, in 2006, the institution renamed itself as Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, or QAGOMA.

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    https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Description

    The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
    It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

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    https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
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    The Art Gallery of Western Australia was founded in 1895. It is located in the Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge, with the Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia.

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Updated Aug. 6, 2022
Created March 13, 2013
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