Dennis Nona b. 1973

  • Artist (Carver),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Torres Strait Islander, Dennis Nona is an award winning carver, sculptor and print based artist who won the 2007 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards held in the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
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Born in 1973 on Badu (Mulgrave) Island in the western Torres Straits, Dennis Nona is a carver, sculptor, etcher and linocut printmaker. He was awarded the 4th International Angel Orensanz Foundation Art Award in New York and the 2007 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin, NT, for his sculptural piece Ubirikubiri, which depicted a large bronzed crocodile carrying a man upon its back.
Nona participated in the first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander triennale, Culture Warriors (2007) at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.
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Allas, Tess
Date written:
2008
Last updated:
2011

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Language groups
  • Kal-lagaw-ya
Related person groups
  • Australian Art Print Network, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Australian Art Print Network, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
Related works
  • Ubirikubiri (creator of)
  • Ubirikubiri (creator of)
Related collections
  • OTC Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa Heads, QLD (collected in)
  • Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK (collected in)
  • Griffith University Art Collection, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide,SA (collected in)
  • Australian National University Printmaking Collection, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Gateway Horn Island Museum, Torres Strait, QLD (collected in)
  • Machida Graphic Arts Museum, Tokyo, Japan (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • OTC Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa Heads, QLD (collected in)
  • Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK (collected in)
  • Griffith University Art Collection, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide,SA (collected in)
  • Australian National University Printmaking Collection, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Gateway Horn Island Museum, Torres Strait, QLD (collected in)
  • Machida Graphic Arts Museum, Tokyo, Japan (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • 4th Internatinal Angel Orensanz Foundation (received)
  • WA Indigenous Art Awards (received)
  • 24th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (received)
  • 4th Internatinal Angel Orensanz Foundation (received)
  • WA Indigenous Art Awards (received)
  • 24th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (received)
Related events
  • Culture Warriors (None)
  • Sesserae: the works of Dennis Nona (exhibited at)
  • Culture Warriors (None)
  • Sesserae: the works of Dennis Nona (exhibited at)
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