Shirley Macnamara
Born1949
Known forSculpture, Painting

Shirley Anne Macnamara (born 1949) is an Australian Indigenous artist from the Indjilanji/Alyewarre language group of North West Queensland best known for her woven spinifex sculptures.

Early life and education

Macnamara grew up on a cattle station near Camooweal, Queensland, where her family worked. She began her education at Camooweal State School.[1] From 1989 she attended Australian Flying Arts School workshops in Queensland, working in watercolour.[1] She also worked with mixed media, installation and sculpture before turning to weaving local spinifex to create organic forms.[1]

Work

Using the abundant spinifex grass in her people's country in northwest Queensland her weavings reflect the environment, intertwining the landscape with her personal and ancestral stories.[2]

Exhibitions, collections, awards

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

  • 15 Artists, Redcliffe Art Gallery, Moreton Bay Regional Council, Queensland, 2019[8]
  • 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (8 December 2012 – 14 April 2013).[9]

Public collections

Awards

  • 2017 Wandjuk Markira Memorial Three-Dimensional Award, 34th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture. Oxford University Press. 2000. p. 633. ISBN 0195506499.
  2. ↑ Blake, Rebecca. "Shirley Macnamara". Artonview. 99 Spring 2019: 19.
  3. ↑ "SHIRLEY MACNAMARA DYINALA, NGANINYA". QAGOMA What's On. QAGOMA. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Shirley Macnamara: Dyinala, Nganinya. Brisbane, Qld.: QAGOMA. 2019. ISBN 9781921503979.
  5. ↑ Helmrich, Michele (7 September 2018). "Shirley Macnamara: Layered threads". Past Exhibitions 2018. UQ Art Museum. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "SHIRLEY MACNAMARA: MAARDI BUTALA 2017". Previous Exhibitions. Alcaston Gallery. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "SHIRLEY MACNAMARA - RACE AGAINST TIME". Past Exhibitions. Alcaston Gallery. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "15 Artists 2019". Moreton Bay Regional Galleries & Museums. Moreton Bay Regional Galleries & Museums. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "APT7". Past Exhibitions. QAGOMA. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Artist List" (PDF). Collection. Campbelltown Arts Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Shirley Macnamara". Collection Search. National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 8 March 2020.


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