Gordon Bennett b. 1955

  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Acclaimed contemporary Indigenous artist, Gordon Bennett's work explores the role of language and systems of thought in forging identity. Much of his work is concerned with mapping alternative histories and ideas in post-colonial Australia.
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Name
Gordon Bennett
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Screen Artist)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1955
Birth place
Monto, Qld
Active Period
  • 1988-
Residence
  • Brisbane, Qld
Training
  • Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), 1986 - 1988 Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Qld
Indigenous Australian
 
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Twenty: Sherman Galleries 1986 - 2006

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Related events
  • Biennale of Sydney: Revolutions - Forms that Turn (None)
  • Gordon Bennett Survey Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Prism: Contemporary Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • 2005 International Biennale of Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Three Colours, Gordon Bennett and Peter Robinson (exhibited at)
  • Shanghai Biennale (exhibited at)
  • 12th Biennale of Sydney (exhibited at)
  • History and Memory in the Art of Gordon Bennett (exhibited at)
  • The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta 99: Living Here and Now: Art and Politics (exhibited at)
  • Art-Worlds in Dialogue (exhibited at)
  • Notes to Basquiat (exhibited at)
  • in Place(Out of Time): Contemporary Art in Australia (None)
  • Mirror Mirror: The Narcissism of Coloniality (exhibited at)
  • TransCulture (exhibited at)
  • Aratjara: Art of the First Australians (exhibited at)
  • 9th Biennale of Sydney (exhibited at)
  • Psycho(d)rama (exhibited at)
  • Paraculture (exhibited at)
  • Gordon Bennett: dialogues with self (exhibited at)
  • Mirrorama: an exhibition by Gordon Bennett (exhibited at)
  • Gordon Bennett (exhibited at)
  • History and memory in the art of Gordon Bennett (exhibited at)
  • Gordon Bennett: Australiana (exhibited at)
  • Three colours: Gordon Bennett and Peter Robinson (exhibited at)
  • Painting history (exhibited at)
  • Mirror mirror: Gordon Bennett (exhibited at)
  • Biennale of Sydney: Revolutions - Forms that Turn (None)
  • Gordon Bennett Survey Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Prism: Contemporary Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • 2005 International Biennale of Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Three Colours, Gordon Bennett and Peter Robinson (exhibited at)
  • Shanghai Biennale (exhibited at)
  • 12th Biennale of Sydney (exhibited at)
  • History and Memory in the Art of Gordon Bennett (exhibited at)
  • The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta 99: Living Here and Now: Art and Politics (exhibited at)
  • Art-Worlds in Dialogue (exhibited at)
  • Notes to Basquiat (exhibited at)
  • in Place(Out of Time): Contemporary Art in Australia (None)
  • Mirror Mirror: The Narcissism of Coloniality (exhibited at)
  • TransCulture (exhibited at)
  • Aratjara: Art of the First Australians (exhibited at)
  • 9th Biennale of Sydney (exhibited at)
  • Psycho(d)rama (exhibited at)
  • Paraculture (exhibited at)