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Bronwyn Bancroft b. 1958

Artist (Draughtsman),
Artist (Printmaker),
Artist (Painter)

Known for her colourful paintings, prints and textile designs, Bronwyn Bancroft is also an advocate of arts and education for Indigenous Australians.

Tags: Children's book illustration, Textile design, Education

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Woolyungah Aboriginal Education Unit, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW
Warawara - Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW

Website

http://www.warawara.mq.edu.au/
Vokerkunde Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Centre for the Study of Political Graphics, Santa Monica, California, USA
The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, California, USA
Newark Museum, New Jersey, USA
Westpac, New York, USA
New York Library Print Collection, New York, USA
Prime Minister's Department and Cabinet, Canberra, ACT
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW

Description

New England Regional Museum (NERAM), Armidale NSW established in 1983. Home of The Howard Hinton Collection, The Chandler Coventry Collection, The NERAM Collection, The Armidale City Collection.
Artbank

Website

http://www.artbank.gov.au/
National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT
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.

Website

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
Queensland Art Gallery

Website

http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA

Description

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.
Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW

Website

http://australianmuseum.net.au/
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW
University of Technology, Sydney, NSW

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Broadway Campus and Kuring-gai Leisure and Tourism Department.
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD
Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, NSW

Website

http://www.moreeplainsgallery.org.au/
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW
Cowra Sculpture Park

Description

The Cowra Sculpture Park is located at the John Moon Memorial Rotary Arboretum, Len Whiteley Drive, Cowra Peace Precinct.

Website

https://www.cowraartgallery.com.au/Art/Cowra-Sculpture-Park
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA

Website

http://www.flinders.edu.au/artmuseum/
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) Collection, Canberra, ACT

Description

Now housed at the National Museum of Australia

Website

http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/caring_for_the_collection/registration/case_studies/atsiaac/

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Related events	Bronwyn Bancroft - Time (exhibited at) What the Trees Have Seen (exhibited at) Honouring Life (exhibited at) Australian Art Festival (exhibited at) Six Contemporary Australian Artists (exhibited at) Mystical Conversations (exhibited at) Memory Matrix (exhibited at) Our Place: Indigenous Australia Now (None) With and Without You (exhibited at) Native Title Business - Contemporary Indigenous Art (exhibited at) Solo Exhibition of selected works (exhibited at) Bayagul (exhibited at) The Great Australian Amnesia (solo) (exhibited at) RAKA Award (exhibited at) Native Titled Now (exhibited at) Copyrite: Aboriginal Art in the Age of Reproductive Technologies (exhibited at) Urban Focus: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from the Urban Areas of Australia (None) Wiyana Perisfera (Periphery) (exhibited at) Stradbroke Dreamtime by Oodgeroo (exhibited at) Through a window (exhibited at) Cultural Exchange Exhibition (exhibited at) Through a Window (exhibited at) Australian Aboriginality (exhibited at) Contemporary Urban Aboriginal Artists featuring Bronwyn Bancroft (exhibited at) Flash Pictures by Aboriginal Artists (exhibited at) Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1990 from Australia (exhibited at) More than meets the eye (exhibited at) Australian Perspecta - A Koori Perspective (exhibited at) Boomalli Exhibition (exhibited at) Australis Down Under (exhibited at) Sally Morgan and Bronwyn Bancroft (exhibited at) Women's Views: Art, science and the environment (exhibited at) + Positive: artists addressing a.i.d.s. (exhibited at) Active agents : AIDS art in Australia (exhibited at)	Bronwyn Bancroft - Time (exhibited at) What the Trees Have Seen (exhibited at) Honouring Life (exhibited at) Australian Art Festival (exhibited at) Six Contemporary Australian Artists (exhibited at) Mystical Conversations (exhibited at) Memory Matrix (exhibited at) Our Place: Indigenous Australia Now (None) With and Without You (exhibited at) Native Title Business - Contemporary Indigenous Art (exhibited at) Solo Exhibition of selected works (exhibited at) Bayagul (exhibited at) The Great Australian Amnesia (solo) (exhibited at) RAKA Award (exhibited at) Native Titled Now (exhibited at) Copyrite: Aboriginal Art in the Age of Reproductive Technologies (exhibited at) Urban Focus: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from the Urban Areas of Australia (None) Wiyana Perisfera (Periphery) (exhibited at) Stradbroke Dreamtime by Oodgeroo (exhibited at) Through a window (exhibited at) Cultural Exchange Exhibition (exhibited at) Through a Window (exhibited at) Australian Aboriginality (exhibited at) Contemporary Urban Aboriginal Artists featuring Bronwyn Bancroft (exhibited at) Flash Pictures by Aboriginal Artists (exhibited at) Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1990 from Australia (exhibited at) More than meets the eye (exhibited at) Australian Perspecta - A Koori Perspective (exhibited at) Boomalli Exhibition (exhibited at) Australis Down Under (exhibited at) Sally Morgan and Bronwyn Bancroft (exhibited at) Women's Views: Art, science and the environment (exhibited at) + Positive: artists addressing a.i.d.s. (exhibited at)

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Bronwyn Bancroft b. 1958

Woolyungah Aboriginal Education Unit, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW

Warawara - Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW

Vokerkunde Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

Centre for the Study of Political Graphics, Santa Monica, California, USA

The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, California, USA

Newark Museum, New Jersey, USA

Westpac, New York, USA

New York Library Print Collection, New York, USA

Prime Minister's Department and Cabinet, Canberra, ACT

New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW

Artbank

National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Queensland Art Gallery

Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW

Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA

Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW

University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW

University of Technology, Sydney, NSW

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD

Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, NSW

Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW

Cowra Sculpture Park

Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) Collection, Canberra, ACT

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