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 (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)
  • 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 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)
  • Power of the Land (None)
  • Australian Perspecta (None)
  • Balance (None)
  • Art and Aboriginality (None)
  • Koori Art '84 (None)
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
  • Power of the Land (None)
  • Australian Perspecta (None)
  • Balance (None)
  • Art and Aboriginality (None)