Ethel Sambo b. 1940 Northern Territory

  • Artist (Painter)
Ethel Sambo works in a variety of media including oil, synthetic polymer paint and watercolours on canvas, board and paper. Her works talk of her grandmother's stories that were taught to her as a child.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 2007
Name
Ethel Sambo
Birth date
1940
Birth place
Northern Territory
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • 2000-
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

Born in 1940 of the Marri-A-Mmau clan of the Daly River in the Northern Territory, Ethel Sambo was living in North Queensland in 2007. She works in a variety of media including oil, synthetic polymer paint and watercolours on canvas, board and paper. Her works talk of her grandmother’s stories, taught to her as a child. Sambo’s work was featured in the 2001 “Gatherings, Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from Queensland, Australia” exhibition in Brisbane.

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Writers:
Allas, Tess
Date written:
2007
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Banggu Minjaany Cultural Centre, TNQ Institute of TAFE
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Nang-Ga-Ri Magpie Geese
Date
2001
Goanna
Date
2000
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.)