Kevin Gilbert b. 10 July 1933

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Painter, printmaker, cartoonist, photographer, poet, writer, historian and activist. Produced the first known fine art prints by an Aboriginal artist, made while he was in prison.
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associate of
Australia Council
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associate of
Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra, ACT
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associate of
Purfleet Aboriginal Cooperative
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associate of
National Aboriginal Education Committee
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associate of
Treaty 88 campaign
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  • writer
References [<ExternalResource: Desmond, Michael & Dixon, Christine (1995), '1968'.>]
Related people
  • Naden, Rachel (child of)
  • Gilbert, Cora (spouse of)
  • Naden, Rachel (child of)
  • Gilbert, Cora (spouse of)
Related person groups
  • Australia Council (associate of)
  • Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra, ACT (associate of)
  • Purfleet Aboriginal Cooperative (associate of)
  • National Aboriginal Education Committee (associate of)
  • Treaty 88 campaign (associate of)
  • Australia Council (associate of)
  • Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra, ACT (associate of)
  • Purfleet Aboriginal Cooperative (associate of)
  • National Aboriginal Education Committee (associate of)
  • Treaty 88 campaign (associate of)
Related works
  • Homeland (creator of)
  • Head of Aboriginal man (creator of)
  • My Father's Studio (creator of)
  • Totality (creator of)
  • Christmas Eve in the land of the dispossessed (creator of)
  • Boothing and Murringang (creator of)
  • Lineal legends (creator of)
  • My Father's Studio (creator of)
  • Homeland (creator of)
  • Head of Aboriginal man (creator of)
  • My Father's Studio (creator of)
  • Totality (creator of)
  • Christmas Eve in the land of the dispossessed (creator of)
  • Boothing and Murringang (creator of)
  • Lineal legends (creator of)
  • My Father's Studio (creator of)
Related collections
  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Kate Challis RAKA Award, For 'Back from the Edge' collection of Poems (received)
  • Australia Council 4-year Creative Arts fellowship (received)
  • Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's Human Rights Award for Literature (received)
  • National Book Council Book Award, For 'living black' (received)
  • Kate Challis RAKA Award, For 'Back from the Edge' collection of Poems (received)
  • Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's Human Rights Award for Literature (received)
  • Australia Council 4-year Creative Arts fellowship (received)
  • National Book Council Book Award, For 'living black' (received)
Related events
  • Our Place: Indigenous Australia Now (exhibited at)
  • Another Country (exhibited at)
  • Re-Take: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Photography (exhibited at)
  • Australian prints from the Gallery's Collection (1998-1999) (exhibited at)
  • Festival of the Dreaming (exhibited at)
  • Breath of Life: Moments in transit towards Aboriginal Sovereignty (exhibited at)
  • 1968 (exhibited at)
  • Who's Afraid of Black, Red, Yella (exhibited at)
  • Urban Focus: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from the Urban Areas of Australia (exhibited at)
  • Tyerabarrbowarya II - I shall never become a white man (exhibited at)
  • New Tracks Old Land (exhibited at)
  • Inside Black Australa: Aboriginal Photographers Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australia Council solo exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Our Place: Indigenous Australia Now (exhibited at)
  • Another Country (exhibited at)
  • Re-Take: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Photography (None)
  • Australian prints from the Gallery's Collection (1998-1999) (None)
  • Festival of the Dreaming (exhibited at)
  • Breath of Life: Moments in transit towards Aboriginal Sovereignty (exhibited at)
  • Who's Afraid of Black, Red, Yella (exhibited at)
  • Urban Focus: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from the Urban Areas of Australia (exhibited at)
  • Tyerabarrbowarya II - I shall never become a white man (exhibited at)
  • New Tracks Old Land (exhibited at)
  • Inside Black Australa: Aboriginal Photographers Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australia Council solo exhibition (exhibited at)
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