Warwick Keen

  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist), (Painter)
Warwick Keen is a founding member of Gamilarart in Tamworth, NSW. His works of acrylic, sawdust, foam core and PVA on board are contemporary interpretations of Dendroglyph, which are carved tree designs of eastern NSW and some parts of Queensland.
Name
Warwick Keen
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • 2002-
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Keen, Warwick

Warwick Keen is an artist and founding member of Gamilarart Gallery in Tamworth NSW, which opened in 2002. Gamilarart Gallery was initially formed to cater to local Indigneous visual artists but it now also plays host to non-Indigenous artists as well. His works of acrylics, foam core, PVA glue and sawdust are contemporary representations of Dendroglyphs which are carved tree designs of eastern NSW and some parts of Queensland.

Keen has had work shown in Drawing Together Art Award (celebrating 40 years since the 1967 Referendum), at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra, ACT in 2007; in the 2006/07 exhibition New England contemporaries III – My Place, My time, Myself at the New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW and in Regional Encounters at the Tamworth Regional Art Gallery, NSW in 2006.

Keen was also a finalist in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize.

Writers:
Allas, Tess
Date written:
2007
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Gamilarart Gallery, Tamworth, NSW
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Proud
Date
2007
Gomelroy
Date
2005
New England Contemporaries III - My Place, My Time, Myself
2006- 2007
Exhibition (exhibited at)
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
Regional Encounters
2006
Exhibition ()
Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, NSW
Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize
2005
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Parliament House, Sydney, NSW
ALSO: 2006, 2007
Recognitions
Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize
2009
Award
None
Note: Finalist
Art & About Festival
2009
Award
None
Note: Artwork used on festival banners, Sydney.
Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize
2005
Award
Also 2006, 2007
Note: Finalist
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