Brenda Saunders

Also known as Brenda Palma
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Brenda Saunders is a Sydney-based Aboriginal artist who works with digital print on fabric and paper. She was a finalist in the 2005 and 2007 Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize and her work is held in a number of significant collections including the Kunstmuseum Bern in Switzerland.
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Brenda Saunders (also known as Brenda Palma) lives and works in Sydney, NSW. She has family connections to the Wiradjuri language group of NSW. Saunders’ work is in the collections of Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Campbelltown Arts Centre, the Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland and the Telstra collection.

Saunders co-curated and wrote a catalogue essay for Pack-Age , an exhibition that toured Australia in 1999-2000. In the 2005 and again in 2007, Saunders was a finalist in the Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize.

Writers:
Allas, Tess Note:
Date written:
2007
Last updated:
2011

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  • Saunders, Brenda
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Alternative names
  • Brenda Palma
  • Brenda Palma
Related works
  • Black Tears 2001 (creator of)
  • Save our Site (1938 Day of Mourning and Protest) (creator of)
  • Black Tears 2001 (creator of)
  • Save our Site (1938 Day of Mourning and Protest) (creator of)
Related collections
  • Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW (collected in)
  • Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (collected in)
  • Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, NSW (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Telstra Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW (collected in)
  • Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (collected in)
  • Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, NSW (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Telstra Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize (received)
  • Travel Grant from Visual Arts and Craft Board, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • MacDowell Colony Fellowship and Residency, New Hampshire, USA - 1987 (received)
  • New Works grant from Visual Arts and Craft Board, Australia Council for the Arts - 1998 (received)
  • Gunnery Studio Residency, Artspace (received)
  • Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize (received)
  • Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize (received)
  • Travel Grant from Visual Arts and Craft Board, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • MacDowell Colony Fellowship and Residency, New Hampshire, USA - 1987 (received)
  • New Works grant from Visual Arts and Craft Board, Australia Council for the Arts - 1998 (received)
  • Gunnery Studio Residency, Artspace (received)
Related events
  • The Pack-Age (exhibited at)
  • Black Humour (exhibited at)
  • The Pack-Age (exhibited at)
  • Black Humour (exhibited at)
Field Changes
Biography
Contributors
  • 1991