Laurie Nilsen

  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
Mandandanji descendant, Laurie Nilsen was born in Queensland in 1953 and is a member of the Brisbane based Campfire Group and the ProppaNow Artist Cooperative. Nilsen has won many awards for his installation and sculptural work including the 2007 Wandjuk MWandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award at the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.
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Name
Laurie Nilsen
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • 1986-
Indigenous Australian
 
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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Related stub people
  • Eather, Michael (associate of)
  • Bell, Richard (associate of)
  • Ah Kee, Vernon (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Fireworks Gallery (associate of)
  • Campfire Group (associate of)
  • ProppaNow Artist Cooperative (associate of)
Related people
  • Hookey, Gordon (associate of)
  • Herd, Jennifer (associate of)
  • Beetson, Bianca (associate of)
Related works
  • Goolburris on the Bungil Creek (creator of)
  • Paulaparaina (creator of)
  • Emu (creator of)
  • Emu rising (creator of)
Related collections
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Queensland Museum, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Bunjilaka Aboriginal Centre, Melbourne Museum, VIC (collected in)
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Wandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (received)
  • Queensland Aboriginal Artist of the Year (received)
  • Stephen Kellner Aboriginal Art Award (received)
  • Artist residencies: New Mexico, USA and Finland (received)
Related events
  • 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial (exhibited at)
  • Black Humour (exhibited at)
  • The Art of Place - 5th Indigenous Heritage Art Award (exhibited at)