Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek
Born:
c. 1926
Deceased:2009
Language Group:Kunwinjku
Country:Gunbalanya (Oenpelli), West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Medium:Ochre on Bark, Ochres on Arches Paper, Etchings on Paper, Print Media, Rock Art
Subjects:Mimi Spirit, Kedjebe (File Snakes), Kunj (Kangaroo), Ngarrbek (Echidna), Turtle, Untitled
Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek, also known as Bardayal Lofty, was an Aboriginal artist from Arnhem Land of the Mok clan. He began by painting on rocks before moving on to painting on barks and then paper over a period of at least 30 years. He was an exceptional artist and a leader in the style known as x-ray. Although many Arnhem Land artists moved into multi coloured cross-hatching Lofty continued to feature his cross-hatching in red, a nod to his rock painting heritage.
COLLECTIONS
Artbank, Sydney, NSW
COLLECTIONS
Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW
COLLECTIONS
Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council, held by the National Museum of Canberra, ACT
COLLECTIONS
Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia, WA
COLLECTIONS
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art, Arnotts Collection, Sydney, NSW
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
COLLECTIONS
The Holmes à Court Collection, Perth, WA
EXHIBITIONS
1986
EXHIBITIONS
Australian Bark Painting, from the collection of Dr. Edward L. Ruhe, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA
EXHIBITIONS
1993
EXHIBITIONS
10th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
EXHIBITIONS
1994
EXHIBITIONS
Power of the Land - Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
EXHIBITIONS
1995
EXHIBITIONS
Moon, Rainbow and Sugarbag - The art of Mick Kubarkku and Bardayal Nadjamerrek, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT and touring
EXHIBITIONS
2003
EXHIBITIONS
20th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
EXHIBITIONS
2003
EXHIBITIONS
Kabulwarnamyo Kunred Ngarduk - My Country Kabulwarnamyo, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
EXHIBITIONS
2004
EXHIBITIONS
21st Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
EXHIBITIONS
2004
EXHIBITIONS
Crossing Country - the Alchemy of Western Arnhem Land Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
EXHIBITIONS
2004
EXHIBITIONS
Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek, New Work on Bark, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
EXHIBITIONS
2005
EXHIBITIONS
22nd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
EXHIBITIONS
2005
EXHIBITIONS
Bardayal Lofty Nadjamerrek AO, Dianne Mossenson Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
EXHIBITIONS
2006
EXHIBITIONS
Bim Yolyolmi: Picture Told Story, Moseenson Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
EXHIBITIONS
2006
EXHIBITIONS
Spirit Country, Galerie lARTicle, Paris, France
EXHIBITIONS
2007
EXHIBITIONS
24th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
EXHIBITIONS
2007
EXHIBITIONS
National Indigenous Art Triennial 07, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
REFERENCES
AAIA Gallery
REFERENCES
(2021) Aboriginal Fine Arts, "https://www.aaia.com.au/lofty-bardayal-nadjamerrek/"
REFERENCES
Ruhe, E.
REFERENCES
(1975) Australian bark painting, from the collection of Dr. Edward L. Ruhe, exhib. cat. Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Michigan, USA
REFERENCES
West, M.
REFERENCES
(1995) Rainbow Sugarbag and Moon, Two Artists of the Stone Country: Bardayal Nadjamerrek and Mick Kubarkku, exhib. cat., Museum and Art Gallery of the NT
REFERENCES
Altman, J. & Cook, P.
REFERENCES
(1982) Aboriginal Art at the Top, exhib. cat., Maningrida Literature Production Centre, Maningrida, NT
REFERENCES
Brody, A.
REFERENCES
(1984) Kunwinjku Bim: Western Arnhem Land Paintings from the Collection of the Aboriginal Arts Board, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC ©
- Artist Name:
- Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek
- Artwork Size:
- 76 x 57cm
- Medium:
- Ochre on Arches Paper
- Title:
- Untitled
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