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Lin Onus b. 4 December 1948

Also known as Burrinja

Artist (Installation Artist),
Artist (Printmaker),
Artist (Sculptor),
Artist (Painter)

The award-winning artist Lin Onus (b.1948 d.1996) was self taught. He was the Victorian representative of the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council in 1986 and co-founder of the Aboriginal Arts Management Association in 1990.

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Urban Dingo: the art and life of Lin Onus 1948 - 1996

Date: 2000
Place: Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description: toured to Queensland Art Gallery, QLD and Melbourne Museum, Vic.
Type: Exhibition
Website: http://www.mca.com.au/default.asp?page_id=12&content_id=6

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Eternal

Date: 1999
Place: Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type: Exhibition

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Animal Instincts: An Exhibition of Animals in Art

Date: 1997
Place: Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type: Exhibition

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The Second Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

Date: 27 September 1996 - 19 January 1997
Place: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Type: Exhibition
Website: http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/apt/apt_2_(1996)

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Acquisitions 1995

Date: 1996
Place: Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Vic.
Description
Type: Exhibition

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Seven Deadly Australians

Date: 1995
Place: Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type: Exhibition

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The Urban Aboriginal

Date: 1995
Place: Dalhousie Art Gallery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Description
Type: Exhibition

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Yiribana. An Introduction to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collection

Date: 1994
Place: Yiribana Gallery, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type: Exhibition

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True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Raise the Flag

Date: 1994
Place: Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Description: toured to South London Gallery, London UK and City Gallery, Leicester, UK. Exhibition organised by Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative
Type: Exhibition

Power of the Land

Date: 1994
Place: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type: Exhibition
Website: http://www.ngv.gov.vic.au

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Aratjara: Art of the First Australians

Date: 1993
Description: toured to Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany; Hayward Gallery, London, UK; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Type: Exhibition

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Confess and Conceal: 11 insights into Contemporary South East Asia and Australia

Date: 1993
Place: Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description: toured to Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia
Type: Exhibition

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