Laurie Nilsen

  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
Mandandanji descendant, Laurie Nilsen was born in Queensland in 1953 and is a member of the Brisbane based Campfire Group and the ProppaNow Artist Cooperative. Nilsen has won many awards for his installation and sculptural work including the 2007 Wandjuk MWandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award at the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.
You are viewing the version of bio from Dec. 11, 2012, 10:49 a.m. (moderator approved).
Revert to this revision Go to current record

Mandandanji descendant, Laurie Nilsen was born in Queensland in 1953. A member of the Brisbane based Campfire Group and the ProppaNow Artist Cooperative, Nilsen has work in the permanent collections of the National Museum of Australia, the Museum of Victoria, the National Gallery of Australia and the Queensland Museum.

He has shown in a number of group exhibitions including 'Black Humour’ in 1996 at the Canberra Contemporary Art Space and the 2nd Asia Pacific Triennal at Queensland Art Gallery. Nilsen has also been a finalist in the 5th Indigenous Heritage Art Award – 'The Art of Place’ in Canberra in 2000. Nilsen was the winner of the Wandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award at the 2007 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards with his piece, Goolburris on the Bungil Creek .

This entry is a stub. You can help the DAAO by submitting a biography.

Writers:
Allas, Tess
Date written:
2007
Last updated:
2011

Difference between this version and previous

Field This Version Previous Version
Related collections
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Queensland Museum, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Bunjilaka Aboriginal Centre, Melbourne Museum, VIC (collected in)
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Queensland Museum, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Bunjilaka Aboriginal Centre, Melbourne Museum, VIC (collected in)
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)