Leigh Oates b. 1958

  • Artist (Painter)
Trawlwoolway artist based at Mountain River in the Huon Valley. Oates has been involved in a number of mural projects at Tasmanian schools and whose paintings share his sense of pride in his Tasmanian Aboriginal ancestry.
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Name
Leigh Oates
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Youth and Community Support Worker, South East Tasmania Aboriginal Corporation
  • Land Management Project Officer, Tasmanian Aboriginal Land and Sea Council
  • Senior Technical Officer, Finfish Aquaculture, Department of Sea Fisheries, Tas.
  • Fitter and Turner
  • Aboriginal Education Officer, Department of Education, Tas.
Birth date
1958
Birth place
Hobart, TAS
Active Period
  • 2001-
Residence
  • c.1975 - c.2008 Mountain River, Huon Valley, Tas.
  • 1973 - 1975 Hobart, Tas.
  • 1958 - 1973 Crabtree, Huon Valley, Tas.
Training
  • Self-taught.,
Indigenous Australian
 
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Oates, Leigh

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Other occupations
  • Youth and Community Support Worker, South East Tasmania Aboriginal Corporation
  • Land Management Project Officer, Tasmanian Aboriginal Land and Sea Council
  • Senior Technical Officer, Finfish Aquaculture, Department of Sea Fisheries, Tas.
  • Fitter and Turner
  • Aboriginal Education Officer, Department of Education, Tas.
  • Youth and Community Support Worker, South East Tasmania Aboriginal Corporation
  • Land Management Project Officer, Tasmanian Aboriginal Land and Sea Council
  • Senior Technical Officer, Finfish Aquaculture, Department of Sea Fisheries, Tas.
  • Fitter and Turner
  • Aboriginal Education Officer, Department of Education, Tas.
Copyright agents
  • Oates, Leigh
  • Oates, Leigh
Related works
  • By the Light (creator of)
  • Echidnas (creator of)
  • Seal Hides (creator of)
  • Unified Flow (creator of)
  • Ant Feast (creator of)
  • By the Light (creator of)
  • Echidnas (creator of)
  • Seal Hides (creator of)
  • Unified Flow (creator of)
  • Ant Feast (creator of)
Related events
  • The Art of Christmas (exhibited at)
  • The Art of Christmas (exhibited at)
  • Bush Tucker (exhibited at)
  • Flavours of Australia (exhibited at)
  • Tasmanian Living Artists Week Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • The Art of Christmas (exhibited at)
  • The Art of Christmas (exhibited at)
  • Bush Tucker (exhibited at)
  • Flavours of Australia (exhibited at)
  • Tasmanian Living Artists Week Exhibition (exhibited at)
Field Changes
Biography
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