Fiona Omeenyo b. 1981

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Fiona Omeenyo is a member of the Lockhart River Art Gang and is a painter and printmaker of etchings, screen prints and linocuts.
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Fiona Omeenyo of the Umpila language group of Lockhart River in the Cape York region of Queensland was born in 1981. She is a member of the Lockhart River Art Gang and is a painter a printmaker of etchings, screen prints and linocuts. Her work is in the collections of the Cairns Regional Art Gallery and the ATSIC collection. In 1999 Omeenyo won first prize in the Works on Paper category at the Cape York Art Award at the Laura Festival and in 2001 won the major prize for her painting, Sorrow at the same festival.

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Allas, Tess
Date written:
2007
Last updated:
2011

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Related stub person groups
  • Lockhart River Arts and Cultural Centre (associate of)
  • Lockhart River Art Gang (associate of)
Related works
  • Kuchuuy Searching (creator of)
  • Message Stick Man (creator of)
  • Sorrow (creator of)
Related collections
  • Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Commission (ATSIC) Collection (collected in)
  • Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Cairns, QLD (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Cape York Art Award (received)
  • Cape York Art Award (received)
Related events
  • Cape York Art Award Exhibition (exhibited at)