Craig Koomeeta

Find out more about Craig Koomeeta at the Aboriginal Art Directory

New Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art galleries

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-12 02:26:47

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have existed on the continent of Australia for tens of thousands of years. Their art and traditions are among the oldest and richest in human history. The designs, patterns and stories were taught to Indigenous...» Read More

 

'Old stuff' seen in a new light

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-17 00:24:59

Historic Cape York art is on show alongside contemporary indigenous works. To see the first historic artworks collected from Aurukun on western Cape York alongside his own sculptures is an extraordinary occasion for artist Craig Koomeeta. "It makes the hair stand up...» Read More

 

Aurukun dogs have their day

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-26 21:58:49

Some are quiet and some are cheeky. Some have mange, some have ticks and sores that provoke a constant ecstasy of scratching. Some are elegant, and some are mongrels. But whatever else they may be, the camp dogs of Aurukun - an...» Read More

 

BEAUTIFUL BEASTS IN DARWIN

BEAUTIFUL BEASTS IN DARWIN

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-11-23 15:29:48

There aren't many art shows that could place side by side paintings, carvings, sculpture and weaving by a disparate of artists such as John Mawurndjul and John Olsen, the late Lofty Bardayal Nadjmirrik and James Gleeson, the Tjampi weavers and...» Read More

 

MENAGERIE COMES TO TOWN

MENAGERIE COMES TO TOWN

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-09-11 18:23:51

We think of Aboriginal art primarily in terms of painting and abstraction. The land, the stories and even the Dreamtime characters – often people morphing into animals – are invariably represented on canvas or bark without figuration. But indigenous art is...» Read More

 

From Cape to Cove

From Cape to Cove

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-01 00:27:45

From Cape to Cove will include paintings and sculpture by members of the young "artgang" at Lockhart River – Rosella Namok, Fiona Omeenyo, Samantha and Silas Hobson and two of the emerging older painters - Susan Pascoe and Moira Macumboy....» Read More

 

18th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 15 September 2001

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2001-09-15 06:14:24

The winner of the 18th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, 15 September 2001 to 6 January, 2002 was Dorothy Napangardi for Salt on Mina...» Read More

 

Find out more about Craig Koomeeta at the Aboriginal Art Directory