Gordon Syron b. 1941

Also known as Gordon Frederich Syron
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Worimi/Biripi painter, educator and political agitator, Gordon Syron has been described as 'the father of urban contemporary Aboriginal art'.
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Citations

  • de Lorenzo, Catherine (1988), 'A changing Relationship: Aboriginal Themes in Australian Art c. 1938-1988’, SH Ervin Gallery, National Trust of Australia, NSW, Exhibition catalogue.

  • Johnson, Vivien (June 1990), 'Into the Urbane: Urban Aboriginal Art in the Australian art context’, Art Monthly Supplement: The land, the city – the emergence of urban Aboriginal art ed. W. Caruana & J. Isaacs, pp.20-23, .

See also

  • ''Judgement By His Peers' is on the front cover of "Ivory Scales: Black Australia and The Law" ed. Kathleen M. Hazelhurst UNSW Press 1987. Another of Syron's works is in the cover image of Craig Cormick's 1999 ACT Book of the Year "Unwritten Histories"'.

Initial data sources

  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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  • Artist in Residence Australian Humanist Society (received)
  • Artist in Residence College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales (received)
  • Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Award (received)
  • 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards (received)
  • 2008 winner - CoFA Professional Development Award (received)
  • Works used in Australian film "The City's Edge" starring Hugo Weaving (received)
  • works used in film "The Beach" (received)
  • Painted backdrops for Face, Masks & Costume Jewellery Pavilion, Commonwealth Games (received)
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  • Black Fairies and Black Room Politics Solo Exhibition (exhibited at)
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  • Koori Art 84 (exhibited at)
  • Two solo exhibitions (exhibited at)
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  • Black Fairies and Black Room Politics Solo Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Black Fairies for Aboriginal Kids Solo Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Our Place: Indigenous Australia Now (exhibited at)
  • Reconciliation Solo Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • The Rightful Owner Paintings By Gordon Syron (exhibited at)
  • Diversity Group Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Cultural Olympiad Sydney 2000 Olympics (exhibited at)
  • A tribute to Mum Shirl (exhibited at)
  • Dreaming the Republic: Aboriginal Responses to the Coming of the Republic (exhibited at)
  • In Ya Face (exhibited at)
  • Bamaradbanga (exhibited at)
  • The Quiet Achiever (exhibited at)
  • My Rally Against Racism (exhibited at)
  • Lithographs of Urban Aboriginal Art (exhibited at)
  • Black Deaths in Custody - A History (exhibited at)
  • I Shoulda Been a Statistic - Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (exhibited at)
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  • A Changing Relationship: Aboriginal Themes in Australian Art c.1938-1988 (exhibited at)
  • Koori Art 84 (exhibited at)
  • Two solo exhibitions (exhibited at)
  • 2009 Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Award (exhibited at)
  • 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (exhibited at)
  • 2008 Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Award (exhibited at)