Judy Watson b. 1959

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Digital Artist/Designer),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
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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Name
Judy Watson
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Digital Artist/Designer)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Curator (ANZSIC code: 6924)
Birth date
1959
Birth place
Mundubbera, Qld
Active Period
  • 1989-
Residence
  • France
  • Darwin, NT
  • Toowoomba, QLD
  • Sydney, NSW
  • Hobart, TAS
  • Gippsland, VIC
  • Brisbane, Qld
Training
  • Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts, 1986 Monash University, Gippsland, Vic.
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1980 - 1982 University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas
  • Diploma of Creative Arts, 1977 - 1979 Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, Toowoomba, Qld
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Louie Creek, Qld
  • Lawn Hill Gorge, Qld
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Waanyi
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Watson, Judy

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References [<ExternalResource: Trioli, Virginia & Watson, Judy (19 November 1996), 'ABC TV Sunday Arts Interview transcript'.>, <ExternalResource: catalogue texts by Fink, Hannah; Lynn, Victoria & Perkins, Hetti (1996), 'Judy Watson', Moet & Chandon, Epernay, France.>, <ExternalResource: Watson, Judy (1996), 'Nucleus: Feeling compromised', Artlink, vol. 16, no. 4, pp.22-23.>, <ExternalResource: Tjalaminu, Mia & Morgan, Sally (2004), 'Going home to country', Art & Australia, vol. 41, no. 4, p.540.>, <ExternalResource: Carver, Antonia (2000), 'Judy Watson', Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA : "Beyond the Pale - Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art" catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Perkins, Hetti (2007), 'Judy Watson in Conversation', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW : "One Sun One Moon: Aboriginal Art in Australia".>, <ExternalResource: Perkins, Hetti (ed: Morphy, Howard) (1997), 'Judy Watson: Our skeletons in your closets', Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK : "In place (out of time) : Contemporary art in Australia" catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Perkins, Hetti; Lynch, Michael (1997), 'Fluent: Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Judy Watson : XLVII esposizione internazionale d'arte La Biennale di Venezia 1997.', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (2006), '23rd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art award - catalogue', Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT.>, <ExternalResource: Lynn, Victoria (ed: Knox White, Jennifer) (1995), 'Judy Watson: Map/Dream/Journey', Guggenheim Museum Publications : "Antipodean Currents: Ten Contemporary Artists from Australia" catalogue.>, <ExternalResource: Butler, Sally (ed: Kupbler, Alison) (2007), 'Judy Watson', QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Qld : "15 Years of Urban Art Projects" exhibition catalogue.>] [<ExternalResource: Trioli, Virginia & Watson, Judy (19 November 1996), 'ABC TV Sunday Arts Interview transcript'.>]