Doreen Reid Nakamarra
Doreen Reid Nakamarra | |
|---|---|
| Born | c.1955[1] Mummine near Warburton, Western Australia[1] |
| Died | 20 October 2009 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Awards | National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (2008)[1] |
Doreen Reid Nakamarra (c.1955 – 20 October 2009) was an Australian Aboriginal artist and painter.[2] Reid was considered an important artist within the Western Desert cultural bloc.[2] She was a leading painter at the Papunya Tula artist cooperative in Central Australia.[2]
Biography[]
Reid was born in Mummine near Warburton, Western Australia in the mid-1950s.[1] In 1984, Reid and her husband , who subsequently established himself as a Papunya Tula painter, settled at the new community of Kiwirrkurra, to be closer to her husband's country.[2][3][4] In 2007, Reid's work was displayed at the National Gallery of Australia's inaugural National Indigenous Art Triennial: Culture Warriors exhibition. The exhibit, including Reid's pieces, toured Australia state galleries before opening at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington D.C. in September 2009.[2]
Additionally, Reid's work was featured at the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2009.[2] She was awarded the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award general painting prize in 2008 for an untitled work.[1][2] The work depicts designs associated with the Marrapinti rockhole site, west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia.[5]
In September 2009, Reid travelled to New York City for the opening of a Papunya Tula art exhibition which included her work.[2] The New York exhibition was opened by Hetti Perkins, the curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney.[2]
On 18 October 2009, Reid was admitted to the hospital for treatment of pneumonia.[2] She was flown from Alice Springs to Adelaide, where she died in the hospital on 20 October 2009, at the age of 50.[2]
Paul Sweeney, the general manager of Papunya Tula, praised Reid as an important artist and spokesperson.[2]
Collections[]
- Seattle Art Museum[6]
- Metropolitan Museum of Art[7]
- Art Gallery of New South Wales[8]
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art[9]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Doreen Reid Nakamarra". The Art Gallery of Western Australia.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l Wilson, Ashleigh (30 October 2009). "Celebrated Aboriginal artist dead at 50". The Australian. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
- ^ "art+soul". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ Sweeney, Paul. "NAKAMARRA, Doreen Reid". National Indigenous Art Triennial '07:Culture Warriors. The National Gallery of Australia.
- ^ "25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA)". Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. Archived from the original on 30 October 2009.
- ^ "Doreen Reid Nakamarra – Artists – eMuseum". localhost.
- ^ https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/655814
- ^ "Untitled, (2007) by Doreen Reid Nakamarra".
- ^ "Women's ceremonies at Marrapinti". emuseum.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
External links[]
- 1950s births
- 2009 deaths
- Australian Aboriginal artists
- Artists from the Northern Territory
- 20th-century Australian women artists
- 20th-century Australian painters
- 21st-century Australian women artists
- 21st-century Australian painters
- Indigenous Australians from Western Australia