Gary Philip Lee b. 1952

Also known as Gurrulan
  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Photographer)
Gary Lee is a Larrakia artist who has worked as a designer and curator and is now primarily a photographer.
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exhibited at
Maast Maast, 2008
Date
August 2008 - September 2008
Place
24HR Art NT Centre for Contemporary Art
Description

Lee’s first solo exhibition, coinciding with the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in Darwin

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
More Than My Skin, curated by Djon Mundine
Date
February 2008 - April 2008
Place
Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
Description

The exhibition focused on male Aboriginal photographers, with an extra focus on those utilising black-and-white imagery. Artists featured: Michael Riley, Mervyn Bishop, Michael Aird, Peter McKenzie, Ricky Maynard and Gary Lee. Scheduled to tour NT.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Dirula - Contemporary Larrakia Art
Date
2002
Place
24HR Art NT Centre for Contemporary Art, NT
Description

curated by Gary Lee, including the work of his brothers Roque and Tony Lee, among other Larrakia artists.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Campsites, curated by Malcolm Smith
Date
2001
Place
Darwin Visual Arts Association, Darwin
Description

“Campsites” included the work of Gary Lee, Nairn Scott and Bradley Alderson. Lee exhibited 'Nice Coloured Boys’, 160 colour snapshot photographs. This was how the artist originally intended the Nice Coloured Boys series to be shown, as a (shrine-like) collection of snapshots.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Love Magic: Erotics and Politics in Indigenous Art
Date
1999
Place
S.H. Ervin Gallery part of Perspecta 99
Description

Part of Perspecta 1999. Curated by Gary Lee and Maurice O’Riordan, with over 60 works representing 30-plus artists, including a photographic work from Gary Lee (from the Nice Coloured Boys series)

Type
Exhibition

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Copyright agents
  • Lee, Gary
  • Lee, Gary
Language groups
  • Wadaman
Related people
  • Baum, Tina (sibling of)
  • Lee, Roque (sibling of)
  • Lee, Tony (sibling of)
  • Lee, Ian (sibling of)
  • Lee, Jason (sibling of)
  • Lee, Denella (sibling of)
  • Baum, Tina (sibling of)
  • Lee, Roque (sibling of)
  • Lee, Tony (sibling of)
  • Lee, Ian (sibling of)
  • Lee, Jason (sibling of)
  • Lee, Denella (sibling of)
Related person groups
  • Karen Brown Gallery (associate of)
  • Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (associate of)
  • Karen Brown Gallery (associate of)
  • Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (associate of)
Related works
  • Darwin Lad (creator of)
  • Mei Kim and Minnie (creator of)
  • Shannon as Billiamook (creator of)
  • Shaba (creator of)
  • Self-portrait with Manish 1 (creator of)
  • Darwin Lad (creator of)
  • Mei Kim and Minnie (creator of)
  • Shannon as Billiamook (creator of)
  • Shaba (creator of)
  • Self-portrait with Manish 1 (creator of)
Related collections
  • Various private collections (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Various private collections (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Sydney Harbour Bridge Design for New Millennium New Year's Eve, and following year (received)
  • Canberra Fashion Awards (received)
  • Sydney Harbour Bridge Design for New Millennium New Year's Eve, and following year (received)
  • Canberra Fashion Awards (received)
Related events
  • Maast Maast, 2008 (exhibited at)
  • More Than My Skin, curated by Djon Mundine (exhibited at)
  • Dirula - Contemporary Larrakia Art (exhibited at)
  • Campsites, curated by Malcolm Smith (exhibited at)
  • Love Magic: Erotics and Politics in Indigenous Art (exhibited at)
  • Maast Maast, 2008 (exhibited at)
  • More Than My Skin, curated by Djon Mundine (exhibited at)
  • Dirula - Contemporary Larrakia Art (exhibited at)
  • Campsites, curated by Malcolm Smith (exhibited at)
  • Love Magic: Erotics and Politics in Indigenous Art (exhibited at)
Field Changes
Biography
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Indigenous notes