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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Related works
  • Mapping Ulgundahi (creator of)
  • Sorry = Reconciliation (creator of)
  • The Journey (creator of)
  • Sorry = Reconciliation (creator of)
  • Mapping Ulgundahi (creator of)
  • The Journey (creator of)
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)
  • artworks selected for 2009 Sydney 'Art and About' Festival banners (received)
  • Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize (received)
  • 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)
  • Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize (received)
  • artworks selected for 2009 Sydney 'Art and About' Festival banners (received)
Related events
  • Under the Mango Tree (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)
  • Identifying Ulgundahi (exhibited at)
  • I Saw the Sun (exhibited at)
  • Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting (exhibited at)
  • Drawing Together Awards (exhibited at)
  • 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Prize (None)
  • The Blake Prize (exhibited at)
  • 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)
  • 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Prize (None)