Frances Belle Parker b. 1982

  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Painter)
Frances Belle Parker is a Yaegl woman who works in a variety of media including painting, printmaking and installation. The majority of her work is based around her personal connection to the Yaegl landscape of northern New South Wales. She won the 2000 Blake Prize for Religious Art, the first Aboriginal artist to win this award.
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exhibited at
Under the Mango Tree
Date
11 September 2009 - 31 October 2009
Place
Lismore, Regional Art Gallery, Lismore, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
A Special Kind of Vision
Date
2009
Place
Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.retrospectgalleries.com/qh/inretrospect---special-kind-of-vision-6th---26th-march-2009.html
exhibited at
Ngadhu, Ngulili, Ngeaninyagu: A Personal History of Aboriginal Art in the Premier State
Date
2008
Place
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://culturalawards2009.lgsa.org.au/projects/64-ngadhu-ngulili-ngeaninyagu---a-personal-history-of-aboriginal-art-in-the-premier-state
exhibited at
Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize
Date
2005
Place
Parliament of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au
exhibited at
Identifying Ulgundahi
Date
2008
Place
COFAspace Gallery, College of Fine Arts, Paddington, NSW
Description

Also at 2009 'Dreaming Festival’, Woodford, QLD.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/galleries/cofaspace/
exhibited at
I Saw the Sun
Date
2007
Place
Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.lismoregallery.org/cmst/lrg003/view_doc.asp?id=154&cat=11
exhibited at
Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting
Date
2007
Place
Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, Dubbo, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.countryenergy.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/CEL/ce/aboutus/communityarea/artprize/2007finalists
exhibited at
Drawing Together Awards
Date
2007
Place
National Archives, Canberra, ACT
Description

“The spirit of the land” was painted in collaboration between artists, Joy Engelman and Nyree (Ngairi) Reynolds and selected for the inaugural awards in 2007. The work was purchased by the then Dept of Climate Change as an important statement and hangs today in the Dept of the Environment in Canberra.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
#environment, #australianartist, #drawingtogether, #knowmyname, #contemporary
Website
http://www.naa.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/drawing-together.aspx
exhibited at
The Blake Prize
Date
2000
Place
S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/properties/gallery/default.asp

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Related stub people
  • Mundine, Djon (associate of)
  • Allas, Tess (associate of)
  • Capra, David (associate of)
  • Parker, Lenore (child of)
  • Randall, Aunty Jessie (grandchild of)
Related stub person groups
  • Arts Northern Rivers (associate of)
  • National Association for the Visual Arts (associate of)
Related people
  • Birk, Jessica (associate of)
  • Dickens, Karla (associate of)
  • Moran, Albert Digby (associate of)
  • Lena, Garth (associate of)
  • Birk, Jessica (relative of)
Related works
  • Sorry = Reconciliation (creator of)
  • Mapping Ulgundahi (creator of)
  • The Journey (creator of)
Related collections
  • Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW (collected in)
  • Federal Department of Health and Ageing - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Participant, Red Gate Gallery Cultural Exchange Project (received)
  • Arts commission - Lismore Regional Gallery (received)
  • Clarence Valley Indigenous Art Award (received)
  • Bundjalung Art Award (received)
  • 2005 Finalist - Parliament Art Prize. (received)
  • The Your Encouragement Award, Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting (received)
  • COFA Professional Development Award (received)
  • ABC Northcoast Artsnest Award for Emerging Artists (received)
  • The Blake Prize for Religious Art (received)
  • Youth Award Category - Drawing Together (received)
  • 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (received)
  • Jenny Birt Award (received)
Related events
  • Under the Mango Tree (exhibited at)
  • I Saw the Sun (exhibited at)
  • A Special Kind of Vision (exhibited at)
  • Ngadhu, Ngulili, Ngeaninyagu: A Personal History of Aboriginal Art in the Premier State (exhibited at)
  • Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting (exhibited at)
  • Drawing Together Awards (exhibited at)
  • The Blake Prize (exhibited at)
  • Identifying Ulgundahi (exhibited at)