Judy Watson b. 1959

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Watson is a Brisbane-based Waanyi artist who works across a range of mediums to explore familial, historical, political and environmental aspects of Australian Indigenous heritage and experience. In 2006 she was the winner of the Clemenger Contemporary Art Award.
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exhibited at
In the Company of Women: 100 years of Australian women's art from the Cruthers collection
Date
16 February 1995 - 13 March 1995
Place
PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts), WA
Description

Opened by Dr Liz Constable MLA, Member for Floreat, 15 February 1995

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Antipodean Currents
Date
1995
Place
Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY, USA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Women from the University of Southern Queensland Collection
Date
1995
Place
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Feminist, National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists raise the flag
Date
1994
Place
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Description

Toured to other UK galleries

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Aratjara: Art of the First Australians
Date
1994
Place
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
Description

Also toured to Hayward Gallery, London, UK; Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
First Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Date
1993
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.qag.qld.gov.au/apt/apt_1_(1993)
exhibited at
Australian Perspecta
Date
1993
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Judy Watson: the artist's studio
Date
1993
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Watson was artist in residence at the gallery for the International Year of World Indigenous People.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW archive index cards

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Painting
exhibited at
Microcosm
Date
4 December 1991 - 21 December 1991
Place
Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Aboriginal Women's Exhibition
Date
10 September 1991 - 10 November 1991
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Dissonance
Website
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
exhibited at
Groundwork
Date
1990
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Qld
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Judy Watson
Date
1990
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Painting
exhibited at
A Koori Perspective
Date
1989
Place
Artspace, Sydney, NSW
Description

In conjunction with Australian Perspecta

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
a sacred place for these bones
Date
1989
Place
Griffith University, Brisbane, Qld
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
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