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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  • Watson, Ken (associate of)
  • Noonuccal, Oodgeroo (associate of)
  • Morgan, Sally (associate of)
  • Marika, Bunduk (associate of)
  • Kidd, Dianna (associate of)
  • Wolkstein, Diane (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Boomalli Aboriginal Artists' Cooperative (associate of)
  • Council of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (associate of)
  • National Indigenous Arts Advocacy Association (NIAAA) (associate of)
  • Viscopy (associate of)
  • Arts NSW (formerly known as NSW Ministry for the Arts) (associate of)
  • Vivien Anderson Galley (associate of)
  • Arts advisory board, MCA (associate of)
Related people
  • Bostock, Euphemia (associate of)
Related works
  • Lizard land (creator of)
  • Cloud over past generations (creator of)
  • My Land Escape (creator of)
  • Ignorance Will Never Change Our History (creator of)
Related collections
  • Woolyungah Aboriginal Education Unit, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Warawara - Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Vokerkunde Museum, Frankfurt, Germany (collected in)
  • Centre for the Study of Political Graphics, Santa Monica, California, USA (collected in)
  • The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, California, USA (collected in)
  • Newark Museum, New Jersey, USA (collected in)
  • Westpac, New York, USA (collected in)
  • New York Library Print Collection, New York, USA (collected in)
  • Prime Minister's Department and Cabinet, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Technology, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, NSW (collected in)
  • Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Cowra Sculpture Park (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Commission (ATSIC) Collection (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Kate Challis RAKA Award (received)
  • Creative Artists Fellowship: Aboriginal Arts Committee, Australia Council (received)
  • Australian Multicultural Children's Book Award 'Fat and Juicy Place' (received)
  • Australian Candidate, UNICEF- Ezra Jack Keats International Award for Excellence in Children's Book Illustration (received)
  • Shortlisted for Australian Children's Picture Book of the Year for 'The Whalers', Children's Book Council of Australia (received)
  • Shortlisted for NSW Premier's History Awards for 'The Whalers' (received)
  • Australian Living Treasure (received)
  • Australia Council Fellowship - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board (received)
  • May Gibbs Fellowship - Dromkee Children's Literature Foundation, Melbourne (received)
  • To create promotional imagery for IBM America, 2000 Olympics Limited edition (received)
  • Inaugural NSW Indigenous Art Prize (received)
  • Conrad Jupiters Art Award, Gold Coast Arts Centre (received)
  • Telstra Art Award (received)
  • New York Public Library 'Top 100 Children's Books' (received)
  • 2003: Received 2001 Centenary Medal of Australia (received)
  • Appointed as theme designer by NSW Centenary of Federation Committee for 'Journey of a Nation - The Federation Parade' (received)
  • Shortlisted for 'Patterns of Australia' Environmental Award for Children's Literature, Wilderness Society (received)
  • NSW Indigenous Art Prize (received)
  • Native Titled Now' (received)
Related events
  • Bronwyn Bancroft - Time (exhibited at)
  • Honouring Life (exhibited at)
  • Through a window (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta - A Koori Perspective (exhibited at)
  • Boomalli Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1990 from Australia (exhibited at)
  • More than meets the eye (exhibited at)
  • Australian Aboriginality (exhibited at)
  • Australis Down Under (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Urban Aboriginal Artists featuring Bronwyn Bancroft (exhibited at)
  • Flash Pictures by Aboriginal Artists (exhibited at)
  • Cultural Exchange Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Wiyana Perisfera (Periphery) (exhibited at)
  • Stradbroke Dreamtime by Oodgeroo (exhibited at)
  • Through a Window (exhibited at)
  • Copyrite: Aboriginal Art in the Age of Reproductive Technologies (exhibited at)
  • RAKA Award (exhibited at)
  • The Great Australian Amnesia (solo) (exhibited at)
  • With and Without You (exhibited at)
  • Solo Exhibition of selected works (exhibited at)
  • Bayagul (exhibited at)
  • Native Title Business - Contemporary Indigenous Art (exhibited at)
  • Memory Matrix (exhibited at)
  • Mystical Conversations (exhibited at)
  • Six Contemporary Australian Artists (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Festival (exhibited at)
  • Native Titled Now (exhibited at)