Fiona Omeenyo b. 1981 Cape York, QLD

  • Artist (Printmaker) , (Painter)
Fiona Omeenyo is a member of the Lockhart River Art Gang and is a painter and printmaker of etchings, screen prints and linocuts.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 2007
Name
Fiona Omeenyo
Birth date
1981
Birth place
Cape York, QLD
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • 1999-
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

Fiona Omeenyo of the Umpila language group of Lockhart River in the Cape York region of Queensland was born in 1981. She is a member of the Lockhart River Art Gang and is a painter a printmaker of etchings, screen prints and linocuts. Her work is in the collections of the Cairns Regional Art Gallery and the ATSIC collection. In 1999 Omeenyo won first prize in the Works on Paper category at the Cape York Art Award at the Laura Festival and in 2001 won the major prize for her painting, Sorrow at the same 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)
Original member of the Lockhart River Art Gang
associate of
Lockhart River Arts and Cultural Centre
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Kuchuuy Searching
Date
2001
Message Stick Man
Date
2001
Sorrow
Date
2001
Collections
Gatherings
2001
Exhibition ()
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, QLD
Cape York Art Award Exhibition
1999
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Laura Festival, Laura, QLD
ALSO: 2001
Recognitions
Cape York Art Award
2001
Award
Major Winner
Note: Winner
Cape York Art Award
1999
Award
Works on Paper category
Citations:
  • Demozay, Marion, (2006), Gatherings II, (Place: Keeaira Press, Southport, QLD)
  • Demozay, Marion, (2001), Gatherings, Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from Queensland, Australia, (Place: Keeaira Press, Southport, QLD)