Sally Gabori b. 1924 Bentinck Island, Qld.

  • Artist (Weaver), (Painter)
Originally a weaver, Gabori began first exhibited her paintings in 2005 at the Mornington Island Arts and Crafts Centre.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 2007
Name
Sally Gabori
Birth date
c.1924
Birth place
Bentinck Island, Qld.
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Weaver)
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • 2005-
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

Born circa 1924 on Bentinck Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Gabori grew up traditionally hunting, fishing and gathering. In the 1940s missionaries moved her family to Mornington Island where she was still residing in 2007. Originally a weaver, Gabori first began exhibiting her paintings in 2005 at the Mornington Island Arts and Crafts Centre. She had a solo exhibition in 2005 at the Woolloongabba Art Gallery and was a finalist in the Xstrata Indigenous Emerging Artist Award in 2006. She has had her work purchased for the permanent collection of the Queensland Art Gallery.

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Writers:
Allas, Tess
Date written:
2007
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Mornington Island Arts and Crafts Centre, Vic.
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Story Place - My Grandfathers Country
Date
2005
Plenty Fish
Date
2005
Collections
Xstrata Emerging Artists Award
2006
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. Qld.
Gatherings II
2006
Exhibition ()
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
Sally's Story
2005
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Woolloongabba, Qld.
Citations:
  • Evens, Brett; Memmott, Paul Dr; Evans, Nicholas Dr; Turner, Simon, (2005), Sally's Story, (Place: Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Woolloongabba, Qld.)
  • Demozay, Marion, (2006), Gatherings II, (Place: Keeaira Press, Southport, Qld.)