Geoffrey Bardon b. 1940

  • Curator ,
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Screen Artist)
Geoffrey Bardon was an artist and art teacher who came to Papunya in February 1971. His active mentoring of artists at Papunya and encouraging them to use acrylic paints when painting the kind of art that came to them naturally, was the spark that lit the western desert art movement.
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