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Fern, Matthew, b. 1831
Matthew Fern was a woodcarver of exceptional skills who flourished in Queensland during the second half of the nineteenth century. It is difficult to extract ...
Munday, Marian, b. 1850
The 1910 exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Society of New South Wales included for the first time a display of art pottery from which ...
Kingsbury, Elizabeth Jane, b. 1858
Mrs JJ (Elizabeth) Kingsbury produced a remarkable art item in her poker-worked sideboard (which was identified quite fortutiously). She is representative of the many remarkable ...
Astley, Charles, b. 1869
Charles Astley's paintings were no more than competent but his teaching of pottery and china painting at the Warwick Technical College and High School and ...
Bott, Sarah Ellen, b. 1870
Sarah Ellen Bott and her sister, Alice Bott, were active in the arts and crafts movement of the early 20th century in Brisbane. They were ...
Harvey, L. J., b. 1871
L. J. Harvey was a leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement in Australia - an exceptional woodcarver and an accomplished sculptor, potter and ...
Harley, Peter, b. 1873
Scottish born wood-carver who spent thirty-four years in the Ipswich Hospital for the Insane. The strong local connection and distinctive style enabled a corpus of ...
Bott, Alice, b. 1879
Alice Bott was a prominent member of the Arts and Crafts Movement in Queensland, a student of L.J. Harvey and a pottery instructor.
Moase, Mrs A.J., b. 1895
Olive Moase was a distinguished and long-serving practitioner of Harvey School ceramics and produced some of its most outstanding pieces.
Monz, Elizabeth, b. 1908
Although Elizabeth Monz exhibited leather and pokerwork extensively throughout Brisbane and regional Queensland her pottery will preserve her memory. She was one of L.J. Harvey's ...
Gibuma, Sipau Audi, b. 1942
Sipau Audi Gibuma was born in the Torres Strait where he learnt the craft of woodcarving and pearl shell working from his grandfather. Gibuma is ...
Butler, Russell, b. 1948
Russell Butler of Queensland's Warrgamay/Bandjin people was taught the skills of shield, spear, stone axe and fish hook making and painting by his grandmother.
McGrath, Vic, b. 1948
Vic McGrath is a scrimshawer and carver of pearl shells, dugong bone and turtle shell. He works exclusively with local marine material, particularly pearl shell ...
Yunkaporta, Roderick, b. 1948
Roderick Yunkaporta was born in Aurukun, North Queensland and learnt the traditional carving techniques from watching his elders carve ceremonial objects. He began carving himself ...
Doolan Jnr., Billy, b. 1952
Billy Doolan Jnr. is from Palm Island, Queensland and is a painter who works with synthetic polymer paint on linen. He is also a wood ...
Crowe, Skye, b. 1958
Skye Crowe is a Shepparton based painter, woodburner and emu egg carver who is descended from the Parperloihener people of Tasmania. Her work is informed ...
Zurvas, Billy, b. 1960
Billy Zurvas's works in the media of synthentic polymer on canvas are depictions of the bush tucker of his traditional country as well as paintings ...
Motlop, Victor, b. 1961
Victor Motlop of the Torres Straits works in a variety of media including woodcarving, weaving and lino cut prints.
Go-Sam, Brad, b. 1964
Brad Go-Sam, a Jittabul descendant of the Djirrabalgn people of Ravenshoe, North Queensland creates, paints and french polishes didgeridoo's and is also a painter of ...
Nona, Dennis, b. 1973
Torres Strait Islander, Dennis Nona is an award winning carver, sculptor and print based artist who won the 2007 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...