Kevin Gilbert b. 10 July 1933

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Painter, printmaker, cartoonist, photographer, poet, writer, historian and activist. Produced the first known fine art prints by an Aboriginal artist, made while he was in prison.
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exhibited at
Our Place: Indigenous Australia Now
Date
2004
Place
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Description

Part of the Cultural Olympiad program to coincide with the 2004 Olympic Games

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Another Country
Date
1999 - 2000
Place
Yiribana Gallery, Art Galleryof New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Festival of the Dreaming
Date
1997
Place
Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, New South Wales
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Breath of Life: Moments in transit towards Aboriginal Sovereignty
Date
1996
Place
Contemporary Art Space, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Who's Afraid of Black, Red, Yella
Date
1994
Place
Museum of Ethnology, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Urban Focus: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from the Urban Areas of Australia
Date
1994
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Tyerabarrbowarya II - I shall never become a white man
Date
1994
Place
5th Havana Biennial, Cuba
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
New Tracks Old Land
Date
1992
Place
Massachusetts College of Art Huntington Gallery, Boston, USA
Description

Exhibition travelled to galleries in Australia 1993-1994

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Inside Black Australa: Aboriginal Photographers Exhibition
Date
1988
Place
Boomalli, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australia Council solo exhibition
Date
1970
Description
Type
Exhibition

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Related stub people
  • Naden, Rachel (child of)
  • Gilbert, Cora (spouse of)
Related stub person groups
  • Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra, ACT (associate of)
  • Australia Council (associate of)
  • Purfleet Aboriginal Cooperative (associate of)
  • National Aboriginal Education Committee (associate of)
  • Treaty 88 campaign (associate of)
Related people
  • Williams, Eleanor (spouse of)
Related works
  • My Father's Studio (creator of)
  • Homeland (creator of)
  • Christmas Eve in the land of the dispossessed (creator of)
  • Boothing and Murringang (creator of)
  • Lineal legends (creator of)
  • Head of Aboriginal man (creator of)
  • My Father's Studio (creator of)
  • Totality (creator of)
Related collections
  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Kate Challis RAKA Award, For 'Back from the Edge' collection of Poems (received)
  • Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's Human Rights Award for Literature (received)
  • Australia Council 4-year Creative Arts fellowship (received)
  • National Book Council Book Award, For 'living black' (received)
Related events
  • New Tracks Old Land (exhibited at)
  • Inside Black Australa: Aboriginal Photographers Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Who's Afraid of Black, Red, Yella (exhibited at)
  • Urban Focus: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from the Urban Areas of Australia (exhibited at)
  • Tyerabarrbowarya II - I shall never become a white man (exhibited at)
  • Another Country (exhibited at)
  • Breath of Life: Moments in transit towards Aboriginal Sovereignty (exhibited at)
  • Our Place: Indigenous Australia Now (exhibited at)
  • Festival of the Dreaming (exhibited at)
  • Australia Council solo exhibition (exhibited at)