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JOHN WEERONGA BARTOO
Elbow Valley Qld Australia
Member since: April 2007
ARTIST STATEMENT
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Artist Statement
ARTIST STATEMENT
I was born in Brisbane, a long way from the dusty plains of my ancestors home in South Western Queensland around Dirranbandi and Cunnamulla. I am a self taught artist.
Both my parents died when I was very young and I was raised by my grandmother who gave me a European education at Villanova College, in Brisbane. I had no contact with Aboriginal culture and this left me very confused.
In 1964 I married my wife Kay, we have 3 daughters & 6 grandchildren. During my working life I worked for Telstra as a Communications Officer, then 15 years ago left Brisbane for the peace & quiet of the country in the mountains near Warwick in Queensland. It was while working for a herbal company in Warwick that I fell ill and it was during my recovery in late 2002 that I felt an urge to paint.
I started painting in February 2003 and entered and won my first art competition in July that year – The Indigenous Art Section of the Brisbane RNA. After entering the Inverell Art Competition that same year I was offered my first Solo Exhibition at the Inverell Art Gallery in July 2004, from this exhibition I was asked to be part of a Group Exhibition in Nice, Italy.
Over the past 5 years my art has taken me to many parts of the world and given me the opportunity to meet & make friends with people of so many different cultures. In 2005, I was the only Aboriginal Australian chosen to represent Australia in the Commonwealth Games baton change over exhibition, “The Road To Melbourne” at the Blue Dot Gallery, in Toronto Canada, 2006 I was the first Aboriginal Australian to exhibit at Agora Gallery, in New York City, 2007 I was only the second Australian & first Aboriginal Australian to make the final of the Sovereign Asian Art Prize, in Hong Kong & 2008 I am the only Australian in the final of The Palm Art Award in Leipzig, Germany.
In 2006, I was awarded “Ercole d’Este” in Ferrara Italy, at this exhibition I joined with 20 + other artists to form “The Ferrara Collective” & this year under this banner will exhibit in at least 2 exhibitions, firstly at the Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey in March , then at Art Domain Gallery, Leipzig, Germany in August.
My art is a search for myself and I believe that the spirits of my ancestors are guiding me. As for my future in art I will be guided by my heart and my ancestors.
I was born in Brisbane, a long way from the dusty plains of my ancestors home in South Western Queensland around Dirranbandi and Cunnamulla. I am a self taught artist.
Both my parents died when I was very young and I was raised by my grandmother who gave me a European education at Villanova College, in Brisbane. I had no contact with Aboriginal culture and this left me very confused.
In 1964 I married my wife Kay, we have 3 daughters & 6 grandchildren. During my working life I worked for Telstra as a Communications Officer, then 15 years ago left Brisbane for the peace & quiet of the country in the mountains near Warwick in Queensland. It was while working for a herbal company in Warwick that I fell ill and it was during my recovery in late 2002 that I felt an urge to paint.
I started painting in February 2003 and entered and won my first art competition in July that year – The Indigenous Art Section of the Brisbane RNA. After entering the Inverell Art Competition that same year I was offered my first Solo Exhibition at the Inverell Art Gallery in July 2004, from this exhibition I was asked to be part of a Group Exhibition in Nice, Italy.
Over the past 5 years my art has taken me to many parts of the world and given me the opportunity to meet & make friends with people of so many different cultures. In 2005, I was the only Aboriginal Australian chosen to represent Australia in the Commonwealth Games baton change over exhibition, “The Road To Melbourne” at the Blue Dot Gallery, in Toronto Canada, 2006 I was the first Aboriginal Australian to exhibit at Agora Gallery, in New York City, 2007 I was only the second Australian & first Aboriginal Australian to make the final of the Sovereign Asian Art Prize, in Hong Kong & 2008 I am the only Australian in the final of The Palm Art Award in Leipzig, Germany.
In 2006, I was awarded “Ercole d’Este” in Ferrara Italy, at this exhibition I joined with 20 + other artists to form “The Ferrara Collective” & this year under this banner will exhibit in at least 2 exhibitions, firstly at the Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey in March , then at Art Domain Gallery, Leipzig, Germany in August.
My art is a search for myself and I believe that the spirits of my ancestors are guiding me. As for my future in art I will be guided by my heart and my ancestors.
Artist Exhibitions
Art Competitions
2011 Highly Commended Southern Downs Artists Exhibition Warwick
2010 Finalist Tattersall's Landscape Art Prize Brisbane
2009 Finalist Gold Coast Art Prize
2009 Local Artist Award Warwick Art Prize
2009 Highly Commended Warwick Art Prize
2009 Finalist Kath Dickson Art prize Toowoomba
2008 2nd Prize 2008 Palm Art Award, Leipzig, Germany
2008 Selected Artist 2008 Chelsea International Fine Art
Competition
2008 Finalist Redland Art Awards, Cleveland, Qld
2008 Finalist Waltzing Matilda Art Competition, Winton Qld
2008 Finalist Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Qld Australia
2007 Finalist Gold Coast Art Prize Qld Australia
2007 Finalist Warwick Art Prize Qld Australia
2007 Finalist Louis Vuitton Art Prize, Hong Kong
2007 Finalist Best of the Year 2007, Hamburg, Germany
2007 Highly Commended Spirit Of The Outback 2007, Winton,Q 2007 2007 Finalist Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong
2007 Finalist Real Time, London, England
2007 Finalist Artoteque Competition, London, England
2007 Finalist Art- Interview Competition, Berlin, Germany
2005 1st Prize Aboriginal Art Section Bentley Art Prize, NSW
2005 Highly Commended Bentley Art Prize, NSW
2005 3rd Prize RNA Indigenous Art Prize, QLD
2004 Finalist Ergon Energy Art Award, Rockhampton, QLD
2004 1st Prize Lower Clarence Art Competition, NSW
2004 4th Prize Lower Clarence Art Competition, NSW
2004 2nd Prize Dalby Art Fair, Dalby, QLD
2004 2nd Prize RNA Indigenous Art Prize, QLD
2004 Highly Commended Bentley Art Prize, Bentley, NSW
2004 Highly Commended Black Soil Plains, Moree, NSW
2004 1st Prize Aboriginal Art Section, Mungindi , NSW
2003 1st Prize RNA Indigenous Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD
Awards:
2008 "Selected Artist" 2008 Chelsea International Fine Art Award
2007 Award of Excellence, Manhattan Arts Gallery, New York
2007 Award of Excellence Artoteque, London, UK
2007 Award of Excellence Real time, London UK
2006 "Ercole d'Este" Ferrara, Italy
Solo Exhibitions:
2011 "Cotton and Paper" Pepperina Gallery, Nobby
2011 "Spirit of Bartoo" Galeria Zero, Barcelona Spain
2010 "Quiet Man Dreaming" Colorida Gallery, Lisbon Portugal
2009 "Dreamtime Walkabout"Inverell Art Gallery, Inverell, NSW
2009 "Stories of a Quiet Man" Brunswick Street Galleries,Fitzroy, Melbourne
2008 "Two Cultures, One Soul" Toowoomba Regional
Gallery, Toowoomba Qld
2006 "Bartoos Dreaming" RM Galleries Brisbane
2005 "The Man & His Art" Gallery 307 Northbridge Sydney
2005 "The Man & His Stories" Roxy Gallery, Kyogle
2004 Picnic Point Restaurant, Toowoomba
2004 Inverell Art Gallery, Inverell
Group Exhibitions:
2012 June "A Collaboration" Toowoomba Regional Gallery
2011 October "Art et Automme" Paris, France
2011 "Weeronga Bartoo and Friends" The Gallery Lightning Ridge
2011 "Contemporary Aboriginal Art" Gallery 307, Northbridge Sydney
2011 "World View" Galeria Zero, Barcelona Spain
2011 "Collectivo Arts Gala" Martin Galleries, Nundah Brisbane
2010 "Contemporanea" Aarwun Gallery, Canberra
2010 "Contemporanea" Smart Artz Gallery, Melbourne
2010 -2011 Galerie Bohner, Mannheim Germany
2010 Downlands College, Toowoomba
2010 NAIDOC Exhibition Kath Dickson Centre, Toowoomba
2010 Artists Haven Gallery, Fort Lauderdale Florida USA
2010 Sanctuary Cove Art Festival, Gold Coast
2010 "Little Treasures" De Marchi Gallery, Bologna Italy
2010 31st Rotary Art Spectualr, Riverside Centre Brisbane
2010 "Group 1" Martin Galleries, Nundah Brisbane
2010 " Contemporary International Masters" Museum of Southern
Nevada, Las Vegas
2010 "Art As A Feeling" Galeria Zero, Barcelona Spain
2010 Contemporary Art Network NYC, New York
2009 "Santa said Eskimo Nell Will Not Be Appearing" Roxy
Gallery, Kyogle
2009 "Earth Song" Warwick Regional Gallery, Warwick, Qld
2009 "Just Art" Galeria Zero, Barcelona Spain
2009 "20th Anniversary Exhibition" Waterfront Place, Brisbane
2009 "Connections" Warwick Regional Gallery, Warwick, Qld
2009 "Ferrara Collective" Erenus Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2009 "Krakozyabra themes" Gallery Gabrichidze, Brussels,
Belgium
2008 "Walking Backwards for Christmas" Roxy Gallery, Kyogle, NSW
2008 Grand Opening Martin Galleries, Brisbane
2008 October Palm Art Award, Art Domain Gallery, Leipzig
2008 "Ferrara Collective" Art Domain Gallery,
Leipzig, Germany
2008 Selected Artist Exhibition 2008 Chelsea
International Fine Art, Agora Gallery, New York City
2008 "Special Invited Guest" Marziart, Hamburg, Germany
2008 "Little Treasures" De Marchi Gallery, Bologna,
Italy
2008 "Instants" Dombache Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 December Florence Biennale, Fortezza da
Basso, Florence, Italy
2007 Trento, Italy
2007 September Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong
2007 September Louis Vuitton Art Prize, Hong Kong
2007 July Predazzo, Italy
2007 July - September Habitat Gallery, Denver, Colorado USA
2007 June - July "Real Monte di Pieta" Barletta Castle
Barletta, Italy
2007 May � Le Stanze della Memoria� Svevo Castle Trani,
Italy
2007 May �Out From Down Under and Beyond� Agora Gallery
New York City, NY, USA
2007 March �Follow The Water� Warwick Regional Gallery,
Warwick, Qld
2006 December �From The Stable� RM Galleries, Hamilton, Brisbane
2006 November �Magic. The Magic Paths of Art� Estense Palace,
Ferrara, Italy
2006 May �Out From Down Under & Beyond� Agora Gallery, Soho,
New York City, New York, USA
2006 May �Moving Art� Armidale Regional Gallery, Armidale, NSW
2006 March �Tres Spiritus� Theo�s Restaurant, Warwick
2006 March Grand Opening RM Galleries Brisbane
2005 September �The Road to Melbourne� Blue Dot Gallery, Toronto
Canada
2005 Art Expo Brisbane
2005 NAIDOC Week Toowoomba
2005 NAIDOC Week Footsteps Gallery Brisbane
2005 NAIDOC Week Inala, Brisbane
2004 College of Hospitality Nice France
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2011 Highly Commended Southern Downs Artists Exhibition Warwick
2010 Finalist Tattersall's Landscape Art Prize Brisbane
2009 Finalist Gold Coast Art Prize
2009 Local Artist Award Warwick Art Prize
2009 Highly Commended Warwick Art Prize
2009 Finalist Kath Dickson Art prize Toowoomba
2008 2nd Prize 2008 Palm Art Award, Leipzig, Germany
2008 Selected Artist 2008 Chelsea International Fine Art
Competition
2008 Finalist Redland Art Awards, Cleveland, Qld
2008 Finalist Waltzing Matilda Art Competition, Winton Qld
2008 Finalist Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Qld Australia
2007 Finalist Gold Coast Art Prize Qld Australia
2007 Finalist Warwick Art Prize Qld Australia
2007 Finalist Louis Vuitton Art Prize, Hong Kong
2007 Finalist Best of the Year 2007, Hamburg, Germany
2007 Highly Commended Spirit Of The Outback 2007, Winton,Q 2007 2007 Finalist Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong
2007 Finalist Real Time, London, England
2007 Finalist Artoteque Competition, London, England
2007 Finalist Art- Interview Competition, Berlin, Germany
2005 1st Prize Aboriginal Art Section Bentley Art Prize, NSW
2005 Highly Commended Bentley Art Prize, NSW
2005 3rd Prize RNA Indigenous Art Prize, QLD
2004 Finalist Ergon Energy Art Award, Rockhampton, QLD
2004 1st Prize Lower Clarence Art Competition, NSW
2004 4th Prize Lower Clarence Art Competition, NSW
2004 2nd Prize Dalby Art Fair, Dalby, QLD
2004 2nd Prize RNA Indigenous Art Prize, QLD
2004 Highly Commended Bentley Art Prize, Bentley, NSW
2004 Highly Commended Black Soil Plains, Moree, NSW
2004 1st Prize Aboriginal Art Section, Mungindi , NSW
2003 1st Prize RNA Indigenous Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD
Awards:
2008 "Selected Artist" 2008 Chelsea International Fine Art Award
2007 Award of Excellence, Manhattan Arts Gallery, New York
2007 Award of Excellence Artoteque, London, UK
2007 Award of Excellence Real time, London UK
2006 "Ercole d'Este" Ferrara, Italy
Solo Exhibitions:
2011 "Cotton and Paper" Pepperina Gallery, Nobby
2011 "Spirit of Bartoo" Galeria Zero, Barcelona Spain
2010 "Quiet Man Dreaming" Colorida Gallery, Lisbon Portugal
2009 "Dreamtime Walkabout"Inverell Art Gallery, Inverell, NSW
2009 "Stories of a Quiet Man" Brunswick Street Galleries,Fitzroy, Melbourne
2008 "Two Cultures, One Soul" Toowoomba Regional
Gallery, Toowoomba Qld
2006 "Bartoos Dreaming" RM Galleries Brisbane
2005 "The Man & His Art" Gallery 307 Northbridge Sydney
2005 "The Man & His Stories" Roxy Gallery, Kyogle
2004 Picnic Point Restaurant, Toowoomba
2004 Inverell Art Gallery, Inverell
Group Exhibitions:
2012 June "A Collaboration" Toowoomba Regional Gallery
2011 October "Art et Automme" Paris, France
2011 "Weeronga Bartoo and Friends" The Gallery Lightning Ridge
2011 "Contemporary Aboriginal Art" Gallery 307, Northbridge Sydney
2011 "World View" Galeria Zero, Barcelona Spain
2011 "Collectivo Arts Gala" Martin Galleries, Nundah Brisbane
2010 "Contemporanea" Aarwun Gallery, Canberra
2010 "Contemporanea" Smart Artz Gallery, Melbourne
2010 -2011 Galerie Bohner, Mannheim Germany
2010 Downlands College, Toowoomba
2010 NAIDOC Exhibition Kath Dickson Centre, Toowoomba
2010 Artists Haven Gallery, Fort Lauderdale Florida USA
2010 Sanctuary Cove Art Festival, Gold Coast
2010 "Little Treasures" De Marchi Gallery, Bologna Italy
2010 31st Rotary Art Spectualr, Riverside Centre Brisbane
2010 "Group 1" Martin Galleries, Nundah Brisbane
2010 " Contemporary International Masters" Museum of Southern
Nevada, Las Vegas
2010 "Art As A Feeling" Galeria Zero, Barcelona Spain
2010 Contemporary Art Network NYC, New York
2009 "Santa said Eskimo Nell Will Not Be Appearing" Roxy
Gallery, Kyogle
2009 "Earth Song" Warwick Regional Gallery, Warwick, Qld
2009 "Just Art" Galeria Zero, Barcelona Spain
2009 "20th Anniversary Exhibition" Waterfront Place, Brisbane
2009 "Connections" Warwick Regional Gallery, Warwick, Qld
2009 "Ferrara Collective" Erenus Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2009 "Krakozyabra themes" Gallery Gabrichidze, Brussels,
Belgium
2008 "Walking Backwards for Christmas" Roxy Gallery, Kyogle, NSW
2008 Grand Opening Martin Galleries, Brisbane
2008 October Palm Art Award, Art Domain Gallery, Leipzig
2008 "Ferrara Collective" Art Domain Gallery,
Leipzig, Germany
2008 Selected Artist Exhibition 2008 Chelsea
International Fine Art, Agora Gallery, New York City
2008 "Special Invited Guest" Marziart, Hamburg, Germany
2008 "Little Treasures" De Marchi Gallery, Bologna,
Italy
2008 "Instants" Dombache Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 December Florence Biennale, Fortezza da
Basso, Florence, Italy
2007 Trento, Italy
2007 September Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong
2007 September Louis Vuitton Art Prize, Hong Kong
2007 July Predazzo, Italy
2007 July - September Habitat Gallery, Denver, Colorado USA
2007 June - July "Real Monte di Pieta" Barletta Castle
Barletta, Italy
2007 May � Le Stanze della Memoria� Svevo Castle Trani,
Italy
2007 May �Out From Down Under and Beyond� Agora Gallery
New York City, NY, USA
2007 March �Follow The Water� Warwick Regional Gallery,
Warwick, Qld
2006 December �From The Stable� RM Galleries, Hamilton, Brisbane
2006 November �Magic. The Magic Paths of Art� Estense Palace,
Ferrara, Italy
2006 May �Out From Down Under & Beyond� Agora Gallery, Soho,
New York City, New York, USA
2006 May �Moving Art� Armidale Regional Gallery, Armidale, NSW
2006 March �Tres Spiritus� Theo�s Restaurant, Warwick
2006 March Grand Opening RM Galleries Brisbane
2005 September �The Road to Melbourne� Blue Dot Gallery, Toronto
Canada
2005 Art Expo Brisbane
2005 NAIDOC Week Toowoomba
2005 NAIDOC Week Footsteps Gallery Brisbane
2005 NAIDOC Week Inala, Brisbane
2004 College of Hospitality Nice France
...
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Artist Collections
Collections:
Paintings are held in private collections in Australia, Austria, Canada, China, England, France, Italy, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, and the USA
2008 Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Toowoomba, Qld
2007 Highflo Company New Zealand
2004 Wind River Pastoral Company Qld Australia...
Paintings are held in private collections in Australia, Austria, Canada, China, England, France, Italy, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, and the USA
2008 Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Toowoomba, Qld
2007 Highflo Company New Zealand
2004 Wind River Pastoral Company Qld Australia...
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