Dorothy Short b. 1938 Lockhart River, Qld.

  • Artist (Weaver)
Lockhart River artist, Dorothy Short works as a weaver creating coolamons and dillybags using grasses, shells and seeds from around her country.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 2007
Name
Dorothy Short
Birth date
c.1938
Birth place
Lockhart River, Qld.
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Weaver)
Active Period
  • 2000-
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

Born in the late 1930s of the Umpila language group of Lockhart River, Cape York, Queensland, Dorothy Short works as a weaver creating coolamons, and dillybags using grasses, shells and seeds from around her country. Her work is held in the permanent collection of the Queensland Museum and in 2001 she won first prize for weaving at the Laura Festival.

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Writers:
Allas, Tess
Date written:
2007
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Rosella Namok
1979
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Andrew Baker Art Dealer
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Lockhart River Arts and Cultural Centre
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Puunya (Basket)
Date
2002
Puunya Dilly Bag
Date
2000
Akkul Water Carrier
Date
2000
Collections
Floating Life
2009
Exhibition ()
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
http://qag.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/floating_life
Gatherings
2001
Exhibition ()
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, QLD
Citations:
  • (2009), Floating Life: Contemporary Aboriginal Fibre Art, (p150 Place: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD)
  • Demozay, Marion, (2001), Gatherings, Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from Queensland, Australia, (Place: Keeaira Press, Southport, Qld.)