Gail Naden

  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer), (Painter)
Gamilarray/Weilwan and Wiradjuri painter, illustrator and graphic designer whose works depict aspects of the natural world from a variety of perspectives.
Name
Gail Naden
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Gilgandra, NSW
Active Period
  • 1980-
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Naden, Gail

Gail Naden is a descendent of the Wiradjuri/Weilwam and Gamilaraay groups, now based in Gilgandra, Western NSW. The artist has worked as a designer and illustrator since the 1980s, and now has her own company: Gurugan Graphics.

Naden’s paintings, predominantly acrylic on canvas, employ a variety of perspectives in their portrayel of the natural world. She depicts environmental phenomena in both grand and minute scale, sometimes employing an aerial perspective or portraying the layers of the earth underground, and often attending to the human presence within the environment.

While some of her works exhibit strong discipline and control with respect to her mark-making and patterning, others, such as dust storm, burran, which was a finalist in the 2005 Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize, reflect a freer approach to the textures created by the paint itself. Naden was also a finalist in the 2006 New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize, and has participated in a number of other exhibitions within NSW.

Writers:
Fisher, Laura
Date written:
2008
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Biamie Dreaming Cooperative
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Gurugan Graphics
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Dust Storm, Burran
Date
2005
Gail Naden: with deep inside our heart (al gauwer maremuntunt ngurnauwe gootagoodo)
2008
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Project Space, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, NSW
Naidoc Week Exhibition
2007
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Coo-ee Heritage Centre, Gilgandra, NSW
Aboriginal & Oceanic Art Fair
2006
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Sydney, NSW
Spirit of Us
2005
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW
Mark of Us
2005
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Coo-ee Heritage Centre, Gilgandra, NSW
You Fellas Speak Louder
2005
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Dubbo TAFE, Dubbo, NSW
Recognitions
Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize
2005
Award
ALSO in 2006
Note: Finalist