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
exhibited at
Rover Thomas
Date
2004
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

In 1990, Rover Thomas (1926-1998) was one of two Aboriginal artists selected to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale. This is an exhibition of his work, organised by The Holmes a Court Collection, Heystesbury.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/current (28/05/04); AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Thomas, Rover. Carrigan, Belinda. Rover Thomas: I want to paint. East Perth, Western Australia: Holmes a Court Gallery, c2003.
ISBN 0958179212

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting
exhibited at
Rover Thomas: I want to paint
Date
2003
Place
Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description

The work presents 19 large-scale works by Indigenous Australian artist Rover Thomas and will include major works from public and private collections. The exhibition project is managed by the Holmes a Court Collection in association with participating institutions.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
IPNGV website; State Library of Victoria catalogue; http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/whatson/whatson_exhibitions.jsp?timescale=2&locationID=3 (05/05/04)

Exhibition Catalogue:
Carrigan, Belinda (ed), Rover Thomas: I want to paint. East Perth, WA: Heytesbury Pty Ltd trading as Holmes a Court Gallery, c2003
83p: col ill; 25cm x 30cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting
exhibited at
Roads cross: the paintings of Rover Thomas
Date
1994
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NGA annual report; AGNSW Library catalogue; http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibitions/rover_queenie/rover.html

Exhibition Catalogue:
Roads cross: the paintings of Rover Thomas. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 1994
ISBN 0642130213

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Painting
exhibited at
1990 Venice Biennale Australia: Rover Thomas/Trevor Nickolls
Date
1990
Place
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description

Organised by the Art Gallery of Western Australia on behalf of the Australia Council. Toured to Tandanya Aboriginal cultural Institute, Adelaide; Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne; SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney; Moree Plains Regional Gallery, NSW. Two Aboriginal artists, Rover Thomas and Trevor Nickolls, were selected by the Australia Council to represent Australia officially in the 1990 Venice Biennale in and exhibition prepared by the Curator of Aboriginal art, Michael O’Ferrall. Twenty-five works were selected from private and state collections to represent two distinctive and challenging faces of contemporary Australian art.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGWA annual report

Exhibition Catalogue:
1990 Venice Biennale, Australia: artists, Rover Thomas, Trevor Nickolls. Perth, WA: Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1990
ISBN 073090783X

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Duo, Venice, Painting