Born: 18th May 1978
Language Group: Kuuku ‘Yau/Wuthathi
Lives: Lockhart River
Silas is a member of the Lockhart River Gang a group of young Aboriginal Artists from the east coast of Cape York. Silas’s work is about his country and animals and is a contemporary response to the traditional culture and isolation of his community. Silas likes to play football and go hunting and fishing.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2002 - ‘Something out there’ Andrew Baker Gallery, Brisbane
- Group Exhibitions
1997 - February – ‘Mepla Sarbie Art’ with the Lockhart River Art Gang at the Lockhart River Art & Culture Centre, Cape York, QLD, October – ‘ngana nyilkana – us painting with the Lockhart River Art Gang at Cairns Regional Gallery, QLD,
December – ‘Rena Ellen Jones Award’ exhibition at the Warmambool Art Gallery, VIC
1998 -
April – ‘The National Indigenous Art of Place Award’ Exhibition at the Warmambool Art Gallery, VIC
; December – ‘Message Stick’ exhibition in Brisbane at Queensland aboriginal creations.
1999 - July – International Works on Paper fair, Sydney, November – cairns Regional Gallery Postcard exhibition,
December – Lockhart River Art Gang ‘we searching’ Exhibition at Queensland aboriginal Creations
- 2000 - ‘Message Stick’ touring exhinition by the art gang from Lockhart River funded by Visions Australia 1999-2001, June – ‘In my eyes’ an exhibition of fine art prints by Lockhart River Art Gang and Friends, Cairns Regional Gallery
December- Parma Belong Sandbeach paintings and prints by Lockhart River Art Gang in Queensland Aboriginal Creations in Brisbane
- 2001 - March – ‘In my eyes’ exhibition Vera Scarth-Johnson Gallery cooktown Qld, October – ‘Gatherings’ CHOGM exhibition, Brisbane
- 2002 - August – ‘collectable aboriginal Art Event 2002’ Raintree aboriginal Fine Art Gallery, Darwin.
- 2003 - February – ‘Water: Prints from lockhart river and the Tiwi islands’ Queensland university of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane, April – ‘Moon Exhibition’ Arthouse Gallery, Sydney,
April – Gallery Gondwana, alice springs,
July – ‘story Place Exhibition’ Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane,
July – ‘Works on Paper Fair’ represented by Main Street Gallery, Sydney,
August – ‘ Alliance Members Exhibitions’ Brisbane,
September – 2003 Hogarth gallery, Sydney,
October – ‘Kulam Kannga’ Columbus State University, Georgia USA
November – ‘Kulam Kannga’ Klge-Ruhe, Virginia, USA
- 2004 ‘Hitting on and kicking off’ COCA/Kick Arts, Cairns,August 2004 ‘Ngi’ilu paluku ngi’iku, Our way’ Framed Gallery, Darwin
Collections
National Gallery of Australia
Art Gallery of NSW
Queensland Institute of Technology Odgeroo Collection
Flinders University collection
ATSIC Permanent collection, Canberra
Wollongong University Permanent Collection
Awards
- ‘Rena Ellen Jones Award’ – Screen print ‘Hunting at Red Point Mouth’ selected f
For exhibition
- Arts Office Qld – personal development grant
- Part of group entry won the National heritage Commission ‘art of place’ community Endeavour Award.
- Fremantle print awards – engraving ‘Stingray’ selected for exhibition
- Cape York Art Awards, Laura Festival – 1st place in Painting on Bark
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