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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exhibited at
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
exhibited at
Eternal
Date
1999
Place
Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Animal Instincts: An Exhibition of Animals in Art
Date
1997
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
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)
exhibited at
Acquisitions 1995
Date
1996
Place
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Seven Deadly Australians
Date
1995
Place
Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Urban Aboriginal
Date
1995
Place
Dalhousie Art Gallery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
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
exhibited at
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
exhibited at
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
exhibited at
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
exhibited at
Aboriginal Art from Australia
Date
1992
Place
Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Description

also shown at Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Aboriginal Art: The Continuing Tradition
Date
1989
Place
Australian National Gallery, Parkes, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Nothing to Celebrate? Australian Aboriginal Political Art and the Biecentennial
Date
1989
Place
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Political
exhibited at
Bulawirri/Bugaja - A Special Place
Date
1988
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Urban Aboriginal Art: A Selective View
Date
1988
Place
Contemporary Arts Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Maningrida Experience: Recent Paintings by Lin Onus
Date
1988
Place
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The First National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition
Date
1984
Place
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
An Exhibition of Paintings by Lin Onus
Date
1977
Place
Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1975
Place
Aborigines Advancement League, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

solo exhibition

Type
Exhibition

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Related stub people
  • Pizzi, Gabrielle (associate of)
  • Wunuwun, Jack (associate of)
  • McLintock, Mary Kelly (child of)
  • Briggs, Aaron (relative of)
  • Onus, Eric (relative of)
Related stub person groups
  • Aboriginal Enterprises, The Dandenongs, Vic. (associate of)
  • Aborigines Advancement, League, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)
  • Australia Council for the Arts (associate of)
  • Aboriginal Arts Managment Association (associate of)
Related people
  • Onus, Bill (child of)
Related works
  • Three super new swimming pools (creator of)
  • Birth of two pups (creator of)
  • (fish, ferns and rocks) (creator of)
  • Michael and I are just slipping down to the pub for a minute (creator of)
  • Manataulawuluni (Toas at Lake Eyre) (creator of)
  • Dingo proof fence (creator of)
  • Maralinga (creator of)
  • Barmah Forest (creator of)
  • Jimmy's Billabong (creator of)
  • John Bulun Bulun (creator of)
  • Portrait of Jack Wunuwun (creator of)
  • Kaptn Koori (creator of)
  • A stronger spring for David ... Toas for a modern age (creator of)
  • Fruit bats (creator of)
  • Ginger and my third wife approach the roundabout (creator of)
Related collections
  • Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan (collected in)
  • Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Bunjilaka Aboriginal Centre, Melbourne Museum, VIC (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Kerava Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • City of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Aborigines Advancement League, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • 1994 - Open Art Award and People's Choice Award (received)
  • Member of the Order of Australia, AM (received)
  • Kate Challis RAKA Award (Ruth Adeney Koori Award), Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne (received)
  • 1991 - Community Services Award for culture and Achievemnet, Shire of Sherbrooke, Victoria (received)
  • Purchase Award, Maude Vizard Wholohan Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia (received)
  • Best Work in Introduced Media, Fifth National Aboriginal Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (received)
  • Streeton and Roberts Awards (received)
Related events
  • Urban Dingo: the art and life of Lin Onus 1948 - 1996 (exhibited at)
  • Eternal (exhibited at)
  • Animal Instincts: An Exhibition of Animals in Art (exhibited at)
  • Acquisitions 1995 (exhibited at)
  • The Second Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Seven Deadly Australians (exhibited at)
  • The Urban Aboriginal (exhibited at)
  • Yiribana. An Introduction to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collection (exhibited at)
  • True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Raise the Flag (exhibited at)
  • Aratjara: Art of the First Australians (exhibited at)
  • Confess and Conceal: 11 insights into Contemporary South East Asia and Australia (exhibited at)
  • Aboriginal Art from Australia (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1b4cdb538b73d9301eb4b')) (exhibited at)
  • Aboriginal Art: The Continuing Tradition (exhibited at)
  • Nothing to Celebrate? Australian Aboriginal Political Art and the Biecentennial (exhibited at)
  • Bulawirri/Bugaja - A Special Place (exhibited at)
  • Urban Aboriginal Art: A Selective View (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1b4cdb538b73d9301eb55')) (exhibited at)
  • The First National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • The Maningrida Experience: Recent Paintings by Lin Onus (exhibited at)
  • An Exhibition of Paintings by Lin Onus (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)