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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Citations

  • Ogden, John (2009), 'Portraits from a Land Without People’, Cyclops Press and The Jimmy Little Foundation, A comprehensive survey of Aboriginal people as subject and practitioners of photography, in which Gary Lee’s work is featured. (In press).

  • Lee, Gary (article author), Fraser, Jenny (exhibition curator, catalogue editor) (2006), 'In the Mix, essay in Jenny Fraser’s 'The Other APT’, exhibition catalogue, also published as 'Les autres, the others: the touring exhibition of the other APT’, for the exhibition’s showing in Noumea, New Caledonia (Oct 08 to Feb 09)’, The exhibition was first shown at Raw Space, Brisane (2006) and then toured to the Tjibao Cultural Centre, Noumea in 2008/09.

  • Lee, Gary (11 June 2006), 'Oh, boy! The portraits of Gary Lee’, Art Monthly Australia, Canberraurl:, .

See also

  • ''Artlink', Vol. 25, # 2, Adelaide, 2005, Cover.', Cover of Artlink with 'Shaba' 2004 portrait , and accompanying article 'The Larrakia Legacy of Billiamook'.
  • 'Pakula, Karen, 'Sydney Morning Herald' (Spectrum Section), NSW, 2 February, 2008', Self-portrait with Manish, reproduced in article in relation to the 'More Than My Skin' exhibition.
  • 'Chapman, Chris 'Just about men' Art Monthly Australia, # 209, May 2008, pp. 25-28.', Images from 'Skin' series published in article reviewing 'More Than My Skin'.
  • 'catalogue for TogArt NT Contemporary Art exhibition, 2006.', 'Mei Kim and Minnie' (2006).
  • 'catalogue for exhibition 'Hand in Hand', curated by Jenny Fraser and Shigeyuki Kihara, Feb-April 2008', 'Chottu Diptych 1'.
  • 'Merlini, Marie-Helene, 'Lumiere sur des artistes de l'ombre', in 'Les Nouvelles', Saturday 1 Nov 2008', Shaba #3 (2006), reproduced with article in the New Caledonian newspaper 'Les Nouvelles'. The article was in connection with Noumea exhibition of Jenny Fraser curated show, The Other APT/Les Autres.
  • 'Murray, Daena. Review for TogArt NT Contemporary Art exhibition, 'Art Monthly Australia', # 195, Nov 2006', 'Mei Kim and Minnie'.
  • ''Photofile' editions 55 (1998, for Bablu, Milk Boy series and 68 (2003, for Skin series)', Artist profiles.

Initial data sources

  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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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)
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