Thanakupi b. 1937

Also known as Thancoupie, Gloria James Fletcher
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Ceramicist whose pottery was informed by the artist's sense of clay's sacred purpose within traditional ceremonial life at the artist's home in Weipa. Her pots were etched and painted with linear animal and human forms drawn from Thaynakwith stories. Thanakupi passed away in 2011.
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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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Related recognitions
  • Indigenous Ceramic Art Award (received)
  • Australia Council for the Arts Visual Arts Emeritus Award, 2006. (received)
  • Honorary Doctorate, James Cook University (received)
  • Order of Australia (received)
  • Doctor of the University, Griffith University, 1998 (received)
  • Australian Cultural Commissioner to the Biennale of Sao Paulo (Brazil) (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)
  • Indigenous Ceramic Art Award (received)