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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Citations

  • Soewardie, Jake (2005), 'Jake Soewardie’, Parliament of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Catalogue Artist Statment. Also in 2006 catalogue.

Initial data sources

  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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Other occupations
  • Hospitality worker
  • Welder
  • Art teacher
  • Hospitality worker
  • Welder
  • Art teacher
Copyright agents
  • Viscopy
  • Viscopy
Alternative names
  • Robert Soewardie
  • Robert Soewardie
Heritage countries
  • Caroona Mission, NSW
  • Caroona Mission, NSW
Related people
  • Eastwood, Danny (associate of)
  • Nelson, Michael Jagamara (associate of)
  • Kempson, Michael (associate of)
  • Eastwood, Danny (associate of)
  • Nelson, Michael Jagamara (associate of)
  • Kempson, Michael (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative (associate of)
  • Affordable Australian Art (associate of)
  • Corroboree Arts and Crafts Co-op Ltd (associate of)
  • Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative (associate of)
  • Affordable Australian Art (associate of)
  • Corroboree Arts and Crafts Co-op Ltd (associate of)
Related works
  • Cleverfellow (creator of)
  • Uptown (creator of)
  • Three Heroes Lost in the Landscape (creator of)
  • King With No Kingdom (creator of)
  • Cleverfellow (creator of)
  • Uptown (creator of)
  • Three Heroes Lost in the Landscape (creator of)
  • King With No Kingdom (creator of)
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)
  • 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)
  • Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize (received)
  • 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)
  • Crossing Cultures (None)
  • 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)
  • Crossing Cultures (None)
Field Changes
Biography
Contributors
  • 1991
Indigenous notes