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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child of
Bill Onus
1906
Artist, Artist (Performance Artist), Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
associate of
Gabrielle Pizzi
Other occupation
associate of
Jack Wunuwun
Other occupation
child of
Mary Kelly McLintock
Other occupation
relative of
Aaron Briggs
Other occupation
relative of
Eric Onus
Other occupation
associate of
Gordon Hookey
1961
Artist (Installation Artist), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Revel Cooper
1948
Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Performance Artist), Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Designer, Artist (Painter)
associate of
Treahna Hamm
1948
Artist, Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Weaver), Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker)
child of
Bill Onus
1948
Artist, Artist (Performance Artist), Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
b. 1948 - Son of Bill and Mary
associate of
Ray Thomas
1948
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Helen S. Tiernan
1948
Artist (Painter)

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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)
  • Power of the Land (None)
  • 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)
  • Australian Perspecta (None)
  • Balance (None)
  • 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)
  • The Maningrida Experience: Recent Paintings by Lin Onus (exhibited at)
  • Art and Aboriginality (None)
  • The First National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Koori Art '84 (None)
  • An Exhibition of Paintings by Lin Onus (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Urban dingo: the life and art of Lin Onus 1948-1996 (exhibited at)
  • 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)
  • Power of the Land (None)
  • 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)
  • Australian Perspecta (None)
  • Balance (None)
  • 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)
  • The Maningrida Experience: Recent Paintings by Lin Onus (exhibited at)
  • Art and Aboriginality (None)
  • The First National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Koori Art '84 (None)
  • An Exhibition of Paintings by Lin Onus (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)