Craig Koomeeta

Born:   1977
Region:            Western Cape York Peninsula
Community:    Aurukun
Art centre:        Wik & Kugu Arts & Crafts Centre
Language:        Wik-Ngatharr; Wikalkan Medium:
Media:              Metal and wood sculpture. acrylic on canvas paintings Subjects:
Subjects & Themes: Crocodiles, Baramundi, Dingo and Shark figures. Apalech Brothers which are ancestral beings carved in local milkwood and decorated with the body paint designs of the Apalech clan.

Collections
Artbank, Sydney NSW
Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Darwin NT
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Queensland Art Gallery/GOMA, Brisbane Qld
University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Vic.
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney NSW

Individual Exhibitions
2007 Craig Koomeeta, New Sculpture, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne Vic.
2005 Craig Koomeeta, Paintings and Sculptures, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane Qld.
2004 Ngamp yotam ma kee antan, Queensland Art Gallery/GOMA, Brisbane Qld
2003 Recent Sculpture by Craig Koomeeta of Aurukun, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne Vic.
2002 North-West, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane Qld

Group Exhibitions
2009 Ina’ngeen – Sculpture and Paintings from Aurukun,  Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney NSW
2008 Aurukun 2008, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne Vic
2007 PUULWAY:Wik and Kugu Totems – Contemporary Australian Sculpture from Aurukun, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne Vic
2006 Carved from the Cape – Indigenous Sculpture from the Cape York Peninsula, Australian Art Resources, Melbourne Vic
2005 New Directions from Aurukun, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne Vic
2005 Australia Aurukun: Sculptures, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane Qld
2004 – Art Event, Arts d’Australie, Stéphane Jacob, Lille, France
2004 Stories of our Dreams, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney NSW
2004 Out of Country, Gallery 1601, Washington DC USA
2003 Story Place, Indigenous Art of Cape York and the Rainforest, Queensland Art Gallery/GOMA, Brisbane Qld 2002 – 2004 Wild Nature in Contemporary Australian Art and Craft, Rravelling exhibition Regional Australia. 2002 The Queensland/Berlin Indigenous Art Exhibition, Ludwig Erhard Haus, Berlin, Germany
2002 Telstra 19th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the NT, Darwin NT
2002 Kank inum-Nink inum (Old way-New way), Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Coolum Qld
2002 Journey, Urban Art Projects, Brisbane Qld
2001 18th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the NT, Darwin NT
2001 Federation Exhibition: Local colour, local lives, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns Qld

Awards
2004 Cape York Residency, Queensland Art Gallery/GOMA, Brisbane Qld
2001 Wandjuk Marika Three Dimensional Memorial Award, 18th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of NT, Darwin NT

Bibliography
Arts Queensland, Creative Queensland: The Queensland Government Cultural Policy 2002.
Bromfield, David, ‘Sacred site winner’, The West Australian, 3 October 2001.
Brown, Phil, ‘Modern Dreaming: Two Cape York artists draw inspiration from their traditional stories’, The Brisbane News, 27 March–2 April 2002.
Burnett, David and Johnson, Trish, ‘Sharing Culture—Story Place: Indigenous Art of Cape York and the Rainforest’, Antiques & Art in Queensland, March to July 2003.
Eccles, Jeremy, ‘National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award 2001’, The Canberra Times, 21 September 2001.
Ewington, Julie. Story Place: Indigenous Art of Cape York and the Rainforest, exh. cat., Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 2003.
Hinde, Suellen, ‘Richest art prize—brings best to NT’, NT News, 14 September 2001.
Ioannou, Noris, ‘Wild at heart’, The Adverstiser, 8 November 2002.
Kank inum – Nink inum (Old Way – New Way), exh. cat., Urban Arts Projects, Andrew Baker Art Dealer and the Queensland Department of State Development, Brisbane, 2002.
Land Rites News, October 2001, Telstra Art Award Winners.
Lloyd, Tim, ‘Sacred site inspires winning painting’, Adelaide Advertiser, 25 September 2001. Nunn, Louise, ‘Wild side’, The Advertiser, 7 October 2002
Osborne, Margot, Wild Nature in Contemporary Australian Art and Craft, Jam Factory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, 2002 [ex. cat.].
Preview, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, March–May 2003.
Pulley, Roz, ‘Cape art makes capital gains’, The Cairns Post, 9 November 2002.
Queensland Art Gallery, Story Place, Indigenous Art of Cape York and the Rainforest, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 2003.
Strickland, Katrina. ‘Aurukun Calling – The Cape York Artists Carving Out a Future’, The Weekend Australian – Review, July 20–21, 2002, pp. 1, 4–6.
Sutton, Peter & Bosse, Joanna, Puulway: Wik and Kugu Totems – Contemporary Australian Sculpture from Aurukun, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, 2007.
West, Margie (ed.). 18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, exh. cat., M

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