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Regina Pilawuk Wilson b. 1948

Artist (Weaver),
Artist (Printmaker),
Artist (Painter)

Regina Wilson was born in 1948 at Wudikapildyerr, in the Daly River region of the Northern Territory. Together with her husband, Harold Wilson, Regina founded the Peppimenarti (meaning 'large rock') Community as a permanent settlement for the Ngangikurrungurr people in the Daly River region, south west of Darwin in 1973. Regina was a master weaver before taking up acrylic painting in 2001. She won the General Painting category of the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2003 for a golden syaw (fish-net) painting.

The Laverty Collection, Sydney, NSW
Grant Samuel & Associates, Sydney, NSW
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW
The Kaplan-Levi Collection, USA
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Queensland Art Gallery

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http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

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Regina Pilawuk Wilson b. 1948

The Laverty Collection, Sydney, NSW

Grant Samuel & Associates, Sydney, NSW

Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW

The Kaplan-Levi Collection, USA

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

Queensland Art Gallery

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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