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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See also

  • 'Smith, Matthew, 'Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Artists Dazzle', Australian Art Review, September 2007'.
  • 'Dodson, Mick et al, Etched in the sun : prints made by indigenous artists in collaboration with Basil Hall & printers, 1997-2007, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, 2008'.
  • 'Laverty, Colin and Elizabeth et al, Beyond Sacred: Recent Paintings from Australia's Remote Aboriginal Communities, Hardie Grant Books, 2008'.
  • 'McCulloch, Susan and McCulloch-Childs, Emily, Contemporary Aboriginal Art, 2008'.
  • 'McCulloch, Susan et al, McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 2006'.
  • 'Konau, Britta, Dreaming their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters, 2006'.
  • 'McDonald, John, Studio: Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity, 2007'.

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