Clinton Nain b. 1971

  • Artist (Video Artist),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Performance Artist)
An indigenous dancer, performer and storyteller, Nain is also a painter and installation artist whose work explores the impact of European settlement on the indigenous nations of Australia. Challenging the white male dominant view of history, Nain's work takes the particular perspective of the black and the feminine.
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exhibited at
Hurdy Gurdy (Wrong Way Round)
Date
2007
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Celebrating Aboriginal Rights?
Date
2007
Place
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
A E I O U
Date
2006
Place
Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Performance

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Dirty Deal Ain't Clean
Date
2005
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Clinton Nain
Date
2005
Place
Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin, NT
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.karenbrowngallery.com/exhibitions/508.htm
exhibited at
Paper Chase
Date
2005
Place
Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Embark on this journey, Dancelines: Contemporary Indigenous Art Inspired by Bangarra Dance Theatre
Date
2005
Place
The Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Performance

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Where's Jemima, L'art urbain du Pacifique
Date
2005
Place
Saint-Auvent Castle, Limosin, France
Description

Performance & exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Our Place: Indigenous Australia Now
Date
2004
Place
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Masters of COFA
Date
2004
Place
College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
You Never Said Thank You!
Date
2004
Place
138 Lygon St, Brunswick, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Performance

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Clinton Nain
Date
2003
Place
Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin, NT
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
An Indigenous COFA Presence
Date
2003
Place
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Beneath the Monsoon: Visions North of Capricorn
Date
2003
Place
Artspace, Mackay, QLD
Description

ALSO TOURED: Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, Qld; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Qld

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Traditional Owners Ceremony
Date
2003
Place
Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Choreography and performance

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Living Under the Bridge
Date
2003
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Post Mullet: New Australian Style
Date
2002
Place
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Date
2002
Place
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Artful Park
Date
2002
Place
Centennial Parklands, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Whitens, Removes Stains, Kills Germs
Date
2001
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Bennett Nain Parr Tillers
Date
2001
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Heritage Colours
Date
2000
Place
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, VIC
Description

SOLO

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exhibited at
The Bleack is Blak
Date
2000
Place
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
White King Blak Queen
Date
2000
Place
Brisbane Powerhouse, Live Arts, Brisbane, QLD
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival
Date
2000
Place
Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
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Related stub person groups
  • Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne, VIC (associate of)
  • Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin, NT (associate of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Private collections (collected in)
  • Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, New Caledonia (collected in)
  • Rio Tinto, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • BHP Billiton Art Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • City of Port Phillip Council, St Kilda, VIC (collected in)
  • Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commisssion (ATSIC) Collection (collected in)
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Melbourne University, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Northern Metropolitan Institute of TAFE, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related events
  • Hurdy Gurdy (Wrong Way Round) (exhibited at)
  • Celebrating Aboriginal Rights? (exhibited at)
  • A E I O U (exhibited at)
  • The Dirty Deal Ain't Clean (exhibited at)
  • Clinton Nain (exhibited at)
  • Paper Chase (exhibited at)
  • Embark on this journey, Dancelines: Contemporary Indigenous Art Inspired by Bangarra Dance Theatre (exhibited at)
  • Where's Jemima, L'art urbain du Pacifique (exhibited at)
  • Our Place: Indigenous Australia Now (exhibited at)
  • Masters of COFA (exhibited at)
  • You Never Said Thank You! (exhibited at)
  • Clinton Nain (exhibited at)
  • An Indigenous COFA Presence (exhibited at)
  • Beneath the Monsoon: Visions North of Capricorn (exhibited at)
  • Traditional Owners Ceremony (exhibited at)
  • Living Under the Bridge (exhibited at)
  • Post Mullet: New Australian Style (exhibited at)
  • What's Love Got To Do With It? (exhibited at)
  • Artful Park (exhibited at)
  • Whitens, Removes Stains, Kills Germs (exhibited at)
  • Bennett Nain Parr Tillers (exhibited at)
  • Heritage Colours (exhibited at)
  • The Bleack is Blak (exhibited at)
  • White King Blak Queen (exhibited at)
  • Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival (exhibited at)
  • Bunjil: Creation Story (exhibited at)
  • Fiction Factory (exhibited at)
  • It Reigns White King, Midsumma (exhibited at)
  • Seven Days Seven Nights of Blak Magic (exhibited at)
  • Mapping Our Countries (exhibited at)
  • The Art of Place (exhibited at)
  • Ilan Pasin (This is Our Way): Torres Strait Art (exhibited at)
  • White King Blak Queen (exhibited at)
  • Adornment (exhibited at)
  • Respect for Our Elders (exhibited at)
  • Over My Blak Body (exhibited at)
  • Urban Dreaming Different Meaning (exhibited at)
  • Black Roots (exhibited at)
  • Mommy Dearest (exhibited at)
  • Brilliant Blackness (exhibited at)
  • Primavera (exhibited at)
  • Pitched Blak (exhibited at)
  • 1967 - 1997: 30 Years On (exhibited at)
  • I Can't Sleep at Night (exhibited at)
  • We Iri-We Homeborn (exhibited at)
  • Nambundah Festival Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • New Faces New Directions (exhibited at)
  • Blak City Culture (exhibited at)
  • St Kilda Pacific Arts Festival (exhibited at)
  • Duality: A World Within (exhibited at)
  • National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Kitch'en Koori (exhibited at)
  • Koori Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Fringe Festival (exhibited at)