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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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(2 December 2000), 'God Moves in Mysterious Ways’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, Review of Blake Prize For Religious Art.
Indigenous Law Centre, 'Indigenous Law Bulletin’, Indigenous Law Centre, Faculty of Law, UNSW, Kensington, NSW, November/December 2002 Volume 5, Cover artwork.
http://www.ilc.unsw.edu.au/publications/ilb/past/covers/5-21.asp
Mundine, Djon, 'Ngadhu, Ngulili, Ngeaninyagu – A Personal History of Aboriginal Art in the the Premier State’, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW, 2008, Pages 15, 42 and 52.
http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iNavCatId=1&iSubCatId=124
Arts Northern Rivers, 'A Special Kind of Vision’, Arts Northern Rivers, Alstonville, NSW, 2009, Pg 38.
http://www.artsnorthernrivers.com.au

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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)

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