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
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
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Watson, Judy

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Related events
  • bush colour: work on paper by women artists from Maningrida (exhibited at)
  • Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Art Triennial '07 (exhibited at)
  • 23rd National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (exhibited at)
  • 2006 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award (exhibited at)
  • Judy Watson: Selected Works 1990-2005 (exhibited at)
  • Sufferance: Women's Artists' Books Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • sacred ground beating heart: works by Judy Watson, 1989-2003 (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1b295b538b73d9301e641')) (exhibited at)
  • Fluent (exhibited at)
  • Antipodean Currents (exhibited at)
  • True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists raise the flag (exhibited at)
  • Aratjara: Art of the First Australians (exhibited at)
  • First Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta (exhibited at)
  • Groundwork (exhibited at)
  • A Koori Perspective (exhibited at)
  • a sacred place for these bones (exhibited at)
  • Dreaming their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters (None)
  • bush colour: work on paper by women artists from Maningrida (exhibited at)
  • Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Art Triennial '07 (exhibited at)
  • 23rd National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (exhibited at)
  • 2006 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award (exhibited at)
  • Judy Watson: Selected Works 1990-2005 (exhibited at)
  • Sufferance: Women's Artists' Books Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • sacred ground beating heart: works by Judy Watson, 1989-2003 (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1b295b538b73d9301e641')) (exhibited at)
  • Fluent (exhibited at)
  • Antipodean Currents (exhibited at)
  • True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists raise the flag (exhibited at)
  • Aratjara: Art of the First Australians (exhibited at)
  • First Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta (exhibited at)
  • Groundwork (exhibited at)
  • A Koori Perspective (exhibited at)
  • a sacred place for these bones (exhibited at)