Gilbert Laurie b. 1963

  • Artist (Painter)
Gilbert Laurie is an Indigenous artist living in Nimbin and belongs to the Yaegl and Widjibal tribes of the Bundjalung nation.
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Gilbert was born in Lismore in 1963 and belongs to the Yaegl and Widjibal tribes of the Bundjalung nation. He grew up with his grandparents around Yamba and Lismore and later moved to the base of Nimbin Rocks. In the mid 1980s, Gilbert and Oral Roberts set up an artists’ studio at The Chocolate Factory in Lismore where they worked for many years.

Gilbert has done several public artworks, has sold his work to hospitals in England and Germany and more recently to the Woodstock Museum in New York. His work has also appeared in group exhibitions, including 'Aquarius 08’ at Lismore Regional Gallery. He was the winner of the 'People’s Choice Awards’ for the 2005 and 2006 National Parks and Wildlife Indigenous Art Award. Gilbert is a musician and a dancer with the Bundjalung Custodians and teaches art.

Writers:
Arts Northern Rivers
Date written:
2009
Last updated:
2011

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Related stub person groups
  • Arts Northern Rivers (associate of)
Related people
  • Roberts, Oral (associate of)
Related works
  • Nimbin Mural (creator of)
  • Connected to the Land (creator of)
Related collections
  • Woodstock Museum, New York, USA (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • People's Choice Awards, National Parks and Wildlife Indigenous Art Award (received)
  • People's Choice Awards, National Parks and Wildlife Indigenous Art Award (received)
Related events
  • Aquarius 08 (exhibited at)