Rosie Barkus b. 1959

  • Maker (Jewellery Designer),
  • Artist (Weaver),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
A self taught lino-block textile designer from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. Born in 1959 Barkus's work is held in most major national collections including the Queensland Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Australia.
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  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
  • Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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Related events
  • Material Witness: 15th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Dhari a Krar: Headdresses and Masks from the Torres Strait (exhibited at)
  • Past Tense/ Future Perfect (exhibited at)
  • Ilan Pasin: this is our way Torres Strait Art (exhibited at)
  • Tactility: two centuries of Indigenous objects, textiles and fibre (None)
  • Gatherings II (None)
  • Material Witness: 15th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Dhari a Krar: Headdresses and Masks from the Torres Strait (exhibited at)
  • Past Tense/ Future Perfect (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da19536b538b73d93002834')) (exhibited at)
  • Ilan Pasin: this is our way Torres Strait Art (exhibited at)
  • Tactility: two centuries of Indigenous objects, textiles and fibre (None)