Shirley Purdie b. 1948

  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and a prominent leader in Warmun community
exhibited at
Ngali-ngalim-boorroo (For the Women)
Date
25 October 2014 - 6 December 2014
Place
The Cross Art Projects, 8 Llankelly Place, Kings Cross, Sydney, 2011, Australia
Description

Ngali-ngalim-boorroo (For the Women) is a two-part exhibition at The Cross Art Projects and Sydney College of Arts Gallery (opening Thur 23 Oct to 7 Nov.) Ngali-ngalim-boorroo (For the Women) is a large and ongoing project developed by senior Gija women at Warmun Art Centre in the Kimberley and is part of the Contemporary Art and Feminism initiative.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
The Cross Art Projects, Contemporary Art and Feminism
Website
http://crossart.com.au/home/index.php/archive/264-ngali-ngalim-boorroo-for-the-women
exhibited at
Ground Up: Warmun Artists’ Fundraiser for Warmun Community, WA
Date
3 December 2016 - 10 December 2016
Description

Two-way sharing and learning lie at the heart of the tiny community at Warmun. Gija educators emphasise the importance of a culturally appropriate pedagogy that expresses ideas and concepts in specific Gija ways.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
The Cross Art Projects
Website
http://www.crossart.com.au/archive/95-2016-exhibitions-projects/309-ground-up-warmun-artists-fundraiser-for-warmun-community-wa
exhibited at
Curating Feminism
Date
23 October 2014 - 7 October 2014
Place
Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Jadagen Warnkan Barnden — Changing Climate in Gija Country
Date
23 November 2013 - 14 December 2013
Place
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn, NSW
Description

A unique exhibition about Indigenous perceptions of climate change. Senior Gija artists Gordon Barney, Churchill Cann, Betty Carrington, Mabel Juli, Nancy Nodea, Lena Nyadbi, Rusty Peters, Shirley Purdie and Mary Thomas discuss in their paintings the ways in which the interactions of spirits and humans with the plants and animals of East Kimberley indicate typical and atypical seasonal change.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
The Cross Art Projects
Website
http://crossart.com.au/home/index.php/archive/206-jadagen-warnkan-barnden-goulburn-regional-art-gallery-23-november-to-14-december-2013