Bronwyn Bancroft b. 1958

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Known for her colourful paintings, prints and textile designs, Bronwyn Bancroft is also an advocate of arts and education for Indigenous Australians.
Tags: Children's book illustration, Textile design, Education
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exhibited at
Bronwyn Bancroft - Time
Date
15 May 2010 - 6 June 2010
Place
Wilson St Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.wilsonstreetgallery.com.au/pages/exhibitions.php?exhibitionID=56
exhibited at
Honouring Life
Date
2007
Place
Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Art Festival
Date
2007
Place
Academy of the Spherical Arts, Toronto, Canada
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Six Contemporary Australian Artists
Date
2006
Place
Galerie Zuiger, Santa Fe, USA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mystical Conversations
Date
2005
Place
Koori Heritage Trust, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Memory Matrix
Date
2004
Place
Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
With and Without You
Date
2002
Place
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Native Title Business - Contemporary Indigenous Art
Date
2002
Place
Regional Galleries of Qld.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Solo Exhibition of selected works
Date
2000
Place
Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Bayagul
Date
2000
Place
Contemporary Indigenous Gallery, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Great Australian Amnesia (solo)
Date
1999
Place
Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
RAKA Award
Date
1998
Place
Ian Potter Gallery, Melbourne University, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Native Titled Now
Date
November 1997
Place
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA
Description

Commissioned artist

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Copyrite: Aboriginal Art in the Age of Reproductive Technologies
Date
1996
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Exhibition toured to galleries around Australia

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Wiyana Perisfera (Periphery)
Date
1993
Place
Performance Space, Sydney, NSW
Description

Satellite event of 9th Sydney Biennale

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Stradbroke Dreamtime by Oodgeroo
Date
1993
Place
Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
Description

solo exhibition of original illustrations

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Through a window
Date
1992
Place
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

solo

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Cultural Exchange Exhibition
Date
1992
Place
Le Recoleta Cultural Centre, Buenos Aries, Argentina
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Through a Window
Date
1992
Place
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

solo exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Aboriginality
Date
1991
Place
Museum fur Volkerkunde, Hamberg, Germany
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Urban Aboriginal Artists featuring Bronwyn Bancroft
Date
1991
Place
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Flash Pictures by Aboriginal Artists
Date
1991
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1990 from Australia
Date
1990
Place
Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Sctotland
Description

toured to Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Swansea and Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, England

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
More than meets the eye
Date
1990
Place
National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Perspecta - A Koori Perspective
Date
1989
Place
Artspace, Sydney, NSW
Description

travelled to regional galleries in NSW, VIC, SA to 1991

Type
Exhibition
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Related stub people
  • Watson, Ken (associate of)
  • Noonuccal, Oodgeroo (associate of)
  • Morgan, Sally (associate of)
  • Marika, Bunduk (associate of)
  • Kidd, Dianna (associate of)
  • Wolkstein, Diane (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Boomalli Aboriginal Artists' Cooperative (associate of)
  • Council of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (associate of)
  • National Indigenous Arts Advocacy Association (NIAAA) (associate of)
  • Viscopy (associate of)
  • Arts NSW (formerly known as NSW Ministry for the Arts) (associate of)
  • Vivien Anderson Galley (associate of)
  • Arts advisory board, MCA (associate of)
Related people
  • Bostock, Euphemia (associate of)
Related works
  • Lizard land (creator of)
  • Cloud over past generations (creator of)
  • My Land Escape (creator of)
  • Ignorance Will Never Change Our History (creator of)
Related collections
  • Woolyungah Aboriginal Education Unit, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Warawara - Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Vokerkunde Museum, Frankfurt, Germany (collected in)
  • Centre for the Study of Political Graphics, Santa Monica, California, USA (collected in)
  • The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, California, USA (collected in)
  • Newark Museum, New Jersey, USA (collected in)
  • Westpac, New York, USA (collected in)
  • New York Library Print Collection, New York, USA (collected in)
  • Prime Minister's Department and Cabinet, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Technology, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Moree Plains Gallery, Moree, NSW (collected in)
  • Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Cowra Sculpture Park (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Commission (ATSIC) Collection (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Kate Challis RAKA Award (received)
  • Creative Artists Fellowship: Aboriginal Arts Committee, Australia Council (received)
  • Australian Multicultural Children's Book Award 'Fat and Juicy Place' (received)
  • Australian Candidate, UNICEF- Ezra Jack Keats International Award for Excellence in Children's Book Illustration (received)
  • Shortlisted for Australian Children's Picture Book of the Year for 'The Whalers', Children's Book Council of Australia (received)
  • Shortlisted for NSW Premier's History Awards for 'The Whalers' (received)
  • Australian Living Treasure (received)
  • Australia Council Fellowship - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board (received)
  • May Gibbs Fellowship - Dromkee Children's Literature Foundation, Melbourne (received)
  • To create promotional imagery for IBM America, 2000 Olympics Limited edition (received)
  • Inaugural NSW Indigenous Art Prize (received)
  • Conrad Jupiters Art Award, Gold Coast Arts Centre (received)
  • Telstra Art Award (received)
  • New York Public Library 'Top 100 Children's Books' (received)
  • 2003: Received 2001 Centenary Medal of Australia (received)
  • Appointed as theme designer by NSW Centenary of Federation Committee for 'Journey of a Nation - The Federation Parade' (received)
  • Shortlisted for 'Patterns of Australia' Environmental Award for Children's Literature, Wilderness Society (received)
  • NSW Indigenous Art Prize (received)
  • Native Titled Now' (received)
Related events
  • Bronwyn Bancroft - Time (exhibited at)
  • Honouring Life (exhibited at)
  • Through a window (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta - A Koori Perspective (exhibited at)
  • Boomalli Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1990 from Australia (exhibited at)
  • More than meets the eye (exhibited at)
  • Australian Aboriginality (exhibited at)
  • Australis Down Under (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Urban Aboriginal Artists featuring Bronwyn Bancroft (exhibited at)
  • Flash Pictures by Aboriginal Artists (exhibited at)
  • Cultural Exchange Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Wiyana Perisfera (Periphery) (exhibited at)
  • Stradbroke Dreamtime by Oodgeroo (exhibited at)
  • Through a Window (exhibited at)
  • Copyrite: Aboriginal Art in the Age of Reproductive Technologies (exhibited at)
  • RAKA Award (exhibited at)
  • The Great Australian Amnesia (solo) (exhibited at)
  • With and Without You (exhibited at)
  • Solo Exhibition of selected works (exhibited at)
  • Bayagul (exhibited at)
  • Native Title Business - Contemporary Indigenous Art (exhibited at)
  • Memory Matrix (exhibited at)
  • Mystical Conversations (exhibited at)
  • Six Contemporary Australian Artists (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Festival (exhibited at)
  • Native Titled Now (exhibited at)