Peter Dabah b. 1963 QLD

Also known as Gugu Imudji (uses this name as his signature on artwork.)
  • Artist (Painter)
North Queensland born painter who held a 1989/1990 residence at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 2009
Name
Peter Dabah
Also known as Gugu Imudji (uses this name as his signature on artwork.)
Birth date
1963
Birth place
QLD
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Cairns, QLD
  • Adelaide, SA
Other Occupation
  • Wardsman
  • Handyman
  • Apprentice Chef
Languages
  • English
Training
Is Indigenous
Yes
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Dabah, Peter

Screenprinter and painter Peter Dabah was born in 1963 in North Queensland, the eldest of six children. Until he enrolled in a two year art course at Cairns TAFE he worked as a wardsman and handyman at Yarrabah Aboriginal Reserve (south of Cairns) and as an apprentice chef. After completing the course Dabah relocated to Adelaide and enrolled as a student at the Underdale Campus of South Australian College of Advanced Education and then at Tauondi Aboriginal Community College in Port Adelaide where he took a course in painting and creative writing.

In 1989 – 1990 Dabah was the Artist-in-Residence at Flinders University in Adelaide. Following this residency he staged his first solo exhibition 'Picking Up The Pieces’ at the Flinders University Union Gallery as part of the 1990 Fringe Festival. He has two paintings and one screenprint in the permanent collection of the Flinders University Art Museum.
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Writers:
Allas, Tess
Date written:
2009
Last updated:
2011
Gugu-Imadji (Freshwater turtles)
Date
1991
Screenprint in Flinders University Art Museum Collection
Gugu-Imudji
Date
1989
Synthetic polymer on canvas in Flinders University Art Museum Collection
Collections
Picking Up The Pieces
1990
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Flinders University Union Gallery
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