Jake Soewardie b. 1948

Also known as Robert Soewardie
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Jake Soewardie is a Kamilaroi landscape oil painter whose work is inspired by mountain caves and the environments of The Blue Mountains and Kangaroo Valley. Practicing art since the late 1960s, Soewardie has also worked as an arts teacher and co-ordinator in conjunction with the NSW Department of Education and the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
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Name
Jake Soewardie
Also known as Robert Soewardie
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Hospitality worker
  • Welder
  • Art teacher
Birth date
1948
Birth place
Redfern, NSW
Active Period
  • 1969-
Residence
  • 1948- Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Print Workshop with artists from Blacktown and Papunya, 2006 College of Fine Arts, University of NSW
  • Aborignal Fine Arts, Certificate I,II,III,IV (incomplete), 1998 - 2004 Kingswood TAFE, Kingswood, NSW
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Caroona Mission, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Viscopy

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Related collections
  • Penrith City Council, Penrith, NSW (collected in)
  • Blacktown City Council, Blacktown, NSW (collected in)
  • Mt Druitt Hospital, Mt Druitt, NSW (collected in)
  • Pataka Museum in Porirua City, New Zealand (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize (received)
  • Drawing Prize, Blacktown Acquisitive Art, Blacktown Council (received)
Related events
  • Beyond The Frame (exhibited at)
  • Hartlines (exhibited at)
  • Crossing Cultures II (exhibited at)
  • Boomalli Members Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Explorations of Landscape (exhibited at)
  • Milpra Indigenous Art Award (exhibited at)
  • Putting Myself in the Picture (exhibited at)
  • Darug Coming Together (exhibited at)