Gordon Hookey b. 1961

Also known as Allan Gordon Eattes
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
Political artist, Gordon Hookey of the Waayni people of north west Queensland is an oil painter and sculptor whose work is informed by domestic and international events and policies that effect Indigenous communities globally.
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Name
Gordon Hookey
Also known as Allan Gordon Eattes
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1961
Birth place
Cloncurry, Qld
Active Period
  • 1988-
Residence
  • QLD
Training
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1990 - 1992 College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Cloncurry/Waanyi Land
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Viscopy

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Related collections
  • University of Technology, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Osaka Musem of Ethnology, Japan (collected in)
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Related recognitions
  • Awarded Albers Foundation Residency from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts. (received)
  • Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (received)
  • Gertrude Street Contemporary Artspace Residency, Melbourne (received)
  • Otago University Residency, New Zealand (received)
  • Kent Brindle Scholorship, University of Sydney (received)
  • Banff Centre Residency, Canada (received)
  • Heritage Art Award, Emerging Arts Prize (received)
  • Maroochy Arts Prize (received)
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