Bonny Foley-Brennan b. 1954

  • Artist (Weaver),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Bonny Foley-Brennan is a painter, printmaker and dilly bag weaver. Her paintings of synthentic polymer and her prints talk of family and personal memories and landscapes. Foley-Brennan is a member of the Boolarng-Nangamai Aboriginal Art and Culture Studio in Gerringong on the NSW South Coast.
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Name
Bonny Foley-Brennan
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Weaver)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Weaving teacher
Birth date
1954
Birth place
Macksville, NSW
Active Period
  • 2000-
Residence
  • 1994- Wollongong, NSW
  • 1954 - 1993 Sydney, NSW
  • 1954 - 1993 Mid North Coast, NSW
Training
  • 2000 - 2006 Wollongong West College of TAFE, Wollongong, NSW
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Stewarts Point, Kempsey, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Boolarng-Nangamai Aboriginal Art and Culture Studio

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Other occupations
  • Weaving teacher
  • Weaving teacher
Copyright agents
  • Boolarng-Nangamai Aboriginal Art and Culture Studio
  • Boolarng-Nangamai Aboriginal Art and Culture Studio
Heritage countries
  • Stewarts Point, Kempsey, NSW
  • Stewarts Point, Kempsey, NSW
Related people
  • Hemstead-Callaghan, Debbie (associate of)
  • Mundine, Djon (relative of)
  • Ryan, Kelli (associate of)
  • Barkley, Glenn (associate of)
  • Gohier, Franck (associate of)
  • Dungay, Mabel (associate of)
  • Ping, Russell (associate of)
  • Lawler, Lindy (associate of)
  • Lonesbourgh, Noel (associate of)
  • Goulder, Tom (associate of)
  • Ameniro, Tony (associate of)
  • Dicarlo, Joe (associate of)
  • Foley, Gary (relative of)
  • Hemstead-Callaghan, Debbie (associate of)
  • Mundine, Djon (relative of)
  • Ryan, Kelli (associate of)
  • Barkley, Glenn (associate of)
  • Gohier, Franck (associate of)
  • Dungay, Mabel (associate of)
  • Ping, Russell (associate of)
  • Lawler, Lindy (associate of)
  • Lonesbourgh, Noel (associate of)
  • Goulder, Tom (associate of)
  • Ameniro, Tony (associate of)
  • Dicarlo, Joe (associate of)
  • Foley, Gary (relative of)
Related works
  • Dillybags (creator of)
  • Untitled prints (creator of)
  • Dillybags (creator of)
  • Untitled prints (creator of)
Related collections
  • Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • TAFE NSW Art and Design Prize (received)
  • TAFE NSW Art and Design Prize (received)
Related events
  • TAFE NSW Art and Design Prize (exhibited at)
  • TAFE NSW Art and Design Prize (exhibited at)
  • Red Hand in Wollongong (exhibited at)
  • South Coast Weavers (exhibited at)
  • Local: Current (exhibited at)
  • TAFE NSW Art and Design Prize (exhibited at)
  • TAFE NSW Art and Design Prize (exhibited at)
  • Red Hand in Wollongong (exhibited at)
  • South Coast Weavers (exhibited at)
Field Changes
Biography
Contributors
  • 1991
Indigenous notes