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
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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Other occupations
  • Aboriginal Arts Managment Association
  • Board Member - Australia Council for the Arts
  • Aboriginal Arts Managment Association (Aboriginal Arts Managment Association co-founder, 1990)
  • Board Member - Australia Council for the Arts (Board Member - Australia Council for the Arts Victorian representative, 1986)
Copyright agents
  • Viscopy
  • Viscopy
Alternative names
  • Burrinja
  • Burrinja
Heritage countries
  • Barmah Forest, Vic.
  • Cummeragunja, Vic.
  • Barmah Forest, Vic.
  • Cummeragunja, Vic.
Related people
  • Onus, Bill (child of)
  • Pizzi, Gabrielle (associate of)
  • Wunuwun, Jack (associate of)
  • McLintock, Mary Kelly (child of)
  • Briggs, Aaron (relative of)
  • Onus, Eric (relative of)
  • Onus, Bill (child of)
  • Pizzi, Gabrielle (associate of)
  • Wunuwun, Jack (associate of)
  • McLintock, Mary Kelly (child of)
  • Briggs, Aaron (relative of)
  • Onus, Eric (relative of)
Related 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)
  • 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 works
  • (fish, ferns and rocks) (creator of)
  • Barmah Forest (creator of)
  • A stronger spring for David ... Toas for a modern age (creator of)
  • Ginger and my third wife approach the roundabout (creator of)
  • Michael and I are just slipping down to the pub for a minute (creator of)
  • Fruit bats (creator of)
  • Manataulawuluni (Toas at Lake Eyre) (creator of)
  • Maralinga (creator of)
  • Birth of two pups (creator of)
  • Dingo proof fence (creator of)
  • John Bulun Bulun (creator of)
  • Three super new swimming pools (creator of)
  • Jimmy's Billabong (creator of)
  • Portrait of Jack Wunuwun (creator of)
  • Kaptn Koori (creator of)
  • (fish, ferns and rocks) (creator of)
  • Barmah Forest (creator of)
  • A stronger spring for David ... Toas for a modern age (creator of)
  • Ginger and my third wife approach the roundabout (creator of)
  • Michael and I are just slipping down to the pub for a minute (creator of)
  • Fruit bats (creator of)
  • Manataulawuluni (Toas at Lake Eyre) (creator of)
  • Maralinga (creator of)
  • Birth of two pups (creator of)
  • Dingo proof fence (creator of)
  • John Bulun Bulun (creator of)
  • Three super new swimming pools (creator of)
  • Jimmy's Billabong (creator of)
  • Portrait of Jack Wunuwun (creator of)
  • Kaptn Koori (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)
  • 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
  • Best Work in Introduced Media, Fifth National Aboriginal Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (received)
  • Purchase Award, Maude Vizard Wholohan Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia (received)
  • 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)
  • Streeton and Roberts Awards (received)
  • Best Work in Introduced Media, Fifth National Aboriginal Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (received)
  • Purchase Award, Maude Vizard Wholohan Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia (received)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
Indigenous notes