Thanakupi b. 1937

Also known as Thancoupie, Gloria James Fletcher
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Thaynakwith ceramicist whose pottery is imbued with the artist's sense of clay's sacred purpose within traditional ceremonial life at the artist's home in Weipa. Thanakupi produces boldly etched and painted spherical pots decorated with linear animal and human forms drawn from Thaynakwith stories.
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Sunshine State Smart State
Date
2007
Place
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iNavCatID=2354&iSubCatID=2486
exhibited at
Thanakupi: The Gatherer's View
Date
2006
Place
Craft Queensland Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description

solo show

Type
Exhibition
Storyplace, Indigenous Art of Cape York and the Rainforest
Date
2003
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Thancoupie
Date
2001
Place
Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description

solo retrospective

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Aboriginal Women's Exhibition
Date
10 September 1991 - 10 November 1991
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Dissonance
Website
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/

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Heritage countries
  • Andoom country, Qld
  • Andoom country, Qld
Related people
  • Bostock, Euphemia (associate of)
  • Bostock, Lester (associate of)
  • Roughsey, Dick (associate of)
  • Johnson, Carole (associate of)
  • Dixon, Chicka (associate of)
  • Perkins, Charlie (associate of)
  • Rhodes, Jon (associate of)
  • Shigeo, Shiga (associate of)
  • Rushforth, Peter (associate of)
  • Isaacs, Jennifer (associate of)
  • Bostock, Euphemia (associate of)
  • Bostock, Lester (associate of)
  • Roughsey, Dick (associate of)
  • Johnson, Carole (associate of)
  • Dixon, Chicka (associate of)
  • Perkins, Charlie (associate of)
  • Rhodes, Jon (associate of)
  • Shigeo, Shiga (associate of)
  • Rushforth, Peter (associate of)
  • Isaacs, Jennifer (associate of)
Related collections
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Doctor of the University, Griffith University, 1998 (received)
  • Honorary Doctorate, James Cook University (received)
  • Order of Australia (received)
  • Australia Council for the Arts Visual Arts Emeritus Award, 2006. (received)
  • Australian Cultural Commissioner to the Biennale of Sao Paulo (Brazil) (received)
  • Indigenous Ceramic Art Award (received)
  • Doctor of the University, Griffith University, 1998 (received)
  • Honorary Doctorate, James Cook University (received)
  • Order of Australia (received)
  • Australia Council for the Arts Visual Arts Emeritus Award, 2006. (received)
  • Australian Cultural Commissioner to the Biennale of Sao Paulo (Brazil) (received)
Related events
  • Thancoupie (exhibited at)
  • Thanakupi: The Gatherer's View (exhibited at)
  • Aboriginal Women's Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Sunshine State Smart State (None)
  • Storyplace, Indigenous Art of Cape York and the Rainforest (None)
  • Thancoupie (exhibited at)
  • Thanakupi: The Gatherer's View (exhibited at)
  • Aboriginal Women's Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Sunshine State Smart State (None)
  • Storyplace, Indigenous Art of Cape York and the Rainforest (None)