Billy Zurvas b. 1960 Queensland

  • Artist (Carver), (Painter)
Billy Zurvas's works in the media of synthentic polymer on canvas are depictions of the bush tucker of his traditional country as well as paintings of survival. Zurvas is well known in Queensland as a carver of leather, emu egg, wood and animal horn.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 2007
Name
Billy Zurvas
Birth date
1960
Birth place
Queensland
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Carver)
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • 2001-
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

Billy Zurvas a Mandanji painter and carver of the Maranoa region of Southern Queensland, was born in 1960. His works in the media of synthentic polymer on canvas are depictions of the bush tucker of his traditional country as well as paintings of survival. Zurvas is well known in Queensland as a carver of leather, emu egg, wood and animal horn. He was represented in the 2001 Queensland exhibition, “Gatherings, Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from Queensland, Australia”.

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Writers:
Allas, Tess
Date written:
2007
Last updated:
2011
Gatherings
2001
Exhibition ()
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, QLD
Citations:
  • Demozay, Marion, (2001), Gatherings, Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from Queensland, Australia, (Place: Keeaira Press, Southport, Qld.)