Mr Brian Charles McKinnon b. 1957

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Brian McKinnon is a Geelong based artist who explores issues from his childhood as well as the ongoing fight for the recognition of Indigenous rights. He is a descendant of the Amungu and Wongai people of Western Australia.
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Name
Mr Brian Charles McKinnon
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Other Occupation
  • Indigenous Arts Officer, National Gallery of Victoria (ANZSIC code: 8212) 2005- Melbourne, VIC
  • Arts Worker, Splash Art (ANZSIC code: 8212) 2004
Birth date
1957
Birth place
Geraldton, WA
Residence
  • 1957- Geraldton, WA ( Spent his infancy 'out bush' with Grandmother, but returned to Geraldton, WA at aged 5.)
  • 1974 - Geelong, VIC, Australia ( Wathaurong)
Indigenous Australian
 
Cultural Heritage
  • Indigenous Australian
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • McKinnon, Brian

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Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residences
  • 1957- Geraldton, WA ( Spent his infancy 'out bush' with Grandmother, but returned to Geraldton, WA at aged 5.)
  • 1974 - Geelong, VIC, Australia ( Wathaurong)
  • Geraldton, WA
  • VIC
Other occupations
  • Indigenous Arts Officer, National Gallery of Victoria (ANZSIC code: 8212) 2005- Melbourne, VIC
  • Arts Worker, Splash Art (ANZSIC code: 8212) 2004
Copyright agents
  • McKinnon, Brian
  • McKinnon, Brian
References [<ExternalResource: Geia, J (ed) (2001), '?Lost & Found: A shared search for belonging'. Koorie Heritage Trust and Immigration Museum.>, <ExternalResource: Thompson, K (ed), 'NAIDOC 150yrs of Parliament: Respecting The Past, Believing In The Future'.>, <ExternalResource: Munro, K, ''Brian McKinnon' in Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards 2009'.>, <ExternalResource: Arts Victoria, 'Victorian Indigenous Art Awards 2011'.>]
Cultural heritages
  • Indigenous Australian
Related people
  • McKinnon, Crystal (parent of)
  • James, Cinnamon (associate of)
  • Franci, Jan (associate of)
  • Francis, Geo (associate of)
Related works
  • The Last Supper (creator of)
  • It Is (creator of)
  • Sorry (King Little Johnny) (creator of)
  • Crisis What Crisis (creator of)
  • Scars (creator of)
  • In Australia Being Aboriginal is a Prison (creator of)
Related collections
  • Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Berndt Museum, University of Western Australia , Perth, WA (collected in)
  • The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Giuseppe Viola Collection, Terra Coza, Italy (collected in)
  • Societa Degli Operai, Borgomanero, Italy (collected in)
  • Bundoora Homestead, Bundoora, VIC (collected in)
  • Immigration Department, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Department of Infrastructure (now: Transport), Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • 2009 Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards (received)
  • Finalist - The Victorian Indigenous Art Awards (received)
  • Finalist - The Victorian Indigenous Art Awards (received)
  • Gumbri White Dove Award (received)
  • Finalist - The Victorian Indigenous Art Awards (received)
  • Finalist - Fletcher Jones Art Award, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC (received)
  • Finalist - Bundoora Homestead and La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Award, Bundoora Homestead, Bundoora, VIC (received)
  • The William Buckley Acquisitive Art Award, The Potato Shed, Geelong, VIC (received)
  • 2009 Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards (received)
Related events
  • We Iri - We Homeborn (exhibited at)
  • earth heart mother (exhibited at)
  • Sogno Indigeno (Indigenous Dream) (exhibited at)
  • (Solo exhibition) (exhibited at)
  • (Solo exhibition) (exhibited at)
  • Urbaninity: Images from Indigenous artists in South Eastern Australia (exhibited at)
  • Brian McKinnon: New Work (exhibited at)
  • Who Am I? (exhibited at)
  • From The Fringe (exhibited at)
  • Urban Dreams (exhibited at)
  • In Retrospect (exhibited at)
  • We Iri - We Homeborn (exhibited at)
  • Masters Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Masters Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • The Art of an Accidental Man (exhibited at)
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  • 2099
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