Regina Pilawuk Wilson b. 1948

  • Artist (Weaver),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Regina Wilson was born in 1948 at Wudikapildyerr, in the Daly River region of the Northern Territory. Together with her husband, Harold Wilson, Regina founded the Peppimenarti (meaning 'large rock') Community as a permanent settlement for the Ngangikurrungurr people in the Daly River region, south west of Darwin in 1973. Regina was a master weaver before taking up acrylic painting in 2001. She won the General Painting category of the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2003 for a golden syaw (fish-net) painting.
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Related stub people
  • Wilson, Harold (spouse of)
  • Kundu, Margaret (sibling of)
  • Jimarin, Mabel (sibling of)
Related stub person groups
  • Durrmu Arts (associate of)
Related collections
  • The Laverty Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Grant Samuel Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Campbelltown Art Centre, Campbelltown, NSW (collected in)
  • The Kaplan-Levi Collection, USA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (received)
  • Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales (received)
Related events
  • New Works (exhibited at)
  • New Works (exhibited at)
  • New Works (exhibited at)
  • Telstra National Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (exhibited at)
  • The Sum of Us (exhibited at)
  • Ancient Culture. Modern Art (exhibited at)
  • Peppimenarti (exhibited at)
  • Western Desert and Beyond (exhibited at)
  • Deadly: Campbelltown Art Centre's Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander Collection (exhibited at)
  • My Country (exhibited at)
  • North by North-West: Contemporary Indigenous Art from the Queensland Art Gallery Collection (exhibited at)
  • Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award: Celebrating 20 years (exhibited at)
  • Peppimenarti (exhibited at)
  • Peppimenarti (exhibited at)
  • Colour Country (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Art Biennale (exhibited at)