10 August 1944 – 28 January 2019

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020-21 Retrospective Exhibition, Mavis Ngallametta: Show me the Way to go Home, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
2018 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal, Cairns
2017 My Country – Six New Paintings, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2016 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2015 New Paintings, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2014 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal, Cairns
2014 New Paintings, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2013 Three Paintings, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2012 Ikalath, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Octopus21: On Fire, Gertrude Contemporary, Preston South (Vic) 26th June -15th August 2021
2020 Ach-Min (Beautiful), Coral Street Art Space, Victor Harbor (SA) 15th August – 5th October 2020
2019 Tarnanthi, Painted Stories, Hahndorf Academy, Hahndorf (SA) 11th October to 17th November 2019
2018 35th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award, Museum and Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin 11th August – 11th November 2018
2017-2014 Saltwater Country, Gold Coast City Gallery, opening July 2014 and touring (2014-
2017), including Australian Embassy, Washington (USA, 2015); AAMU Utrecht
(Netherland, 2015); then touring to Manly Art Gallery (NSW); Gladstone Regional
Art Gallery and Museum (Qld); Cairns Regional Gallery (Qld); Grafton Regional
Gallery (NSW); Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (Vic); Tandanya National
Aboriginal Cultural Institute (SA); Bunbury Regional Art Gallery (WA); Western
Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo (NSW); Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery (NSW);
State Library of Queensland, Brisbane (Qld).
2016 Fluent – Aboriginal women’s paintings from the Collection, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (Qld) 6th May – 28th August 2016
2015 Goma-Q Contemporary Queensland Art, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern
Art, Brisbane (Qld) 11th July – 11th November 2015
2015-2016 Tarnanthi, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 8 October 2015 – 17 January 2016
2015-2014 Oonyawa, From Museum Back to Country, South Australian Museum, Adelaide,
SA, 13 December 2014 – 28 February 2015
2014 31st Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award”; Museum and
Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Finalist, 8 August – 26 October 2014
2014 Coast; Holmes à Court Gallery at Vasse Felix, Cowaramup, WA, 9 February-26 May 2014
2013 30th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award, Museum and
Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 9 August – 10 November 2013
(Winner, General Painting award)
2013 Ghostnets: Caring for Country, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2012 CIAF Curators Exhibition, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2012 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2012 Echo of the Land, Aptos Cruz Gallery, Stirling
2012 The Long Tide, Contemporary Ghostnet Art, Artisan, Fortitude Valley
2011 Aurukun New Paintings and Sculptures, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2011 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2010 Before Time Today: Reinventing Tradition in Aboriginal Art from Aurukun, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2010 Ach Umpan, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2010 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2010 The Women Show, Annual Aboriginal Women artists, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Selected Recent Acquisitions, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2010 Aurukun Artist, Aptos Cruz Gallery, Adelaide
2010 Aurukun Artists, Canopy Art Space, Cairns
2009 Aurukun Artists: Yuk Wiy Min (Wood and Other Things), Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2009 Aurukun Sculptures, Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery, Melbourne
2009 I’Nageen; Sculptures and Painting from Aurukun, Cooe Aboriginal Gallery, Sydney
2009 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2008 Aurukun Artists: Wiy min yumpan ngamp (We made all this), Andrew Baker Art Dealer,    Brisbane
2008 From Cape to Cove, The Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth
2007 Puulway: Wik And Kugu Totems Cotemporary Australian Sculpture from Aurukun, Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Aurukun: Fibre Works, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2005-07 Woven Forms: Contemporary Basket Making in Australia, Travelling Exhibition, Object Gallery, Sydney; FORM, Perth; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria; Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, New South Wales; Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree; Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston; FORM Gallery, Port Headland, Perth; Tucker Regional Art Gallery,     Townsville; Gladstone Regional Art Gallery, Queensland; Museum of Brisbane, Queensland; and the JamFactory, Adelaide
2005 The Woven Purpose, Craft Queensland, Brisbane
2005 Pattern Recognition: Contemporary Australasian Object Making, Travelling Exhibition, Craft Queensland, Brisbane; Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland; Gladstone Regional Art Gallery       and Museum, Queensland; Object Gallery, Sydney

AWARDS

2018 The Red Ochre Award (For Lifetime Achievement)
2018 Peoples Choice Award at CIAF
2013 Telstra General Painting Award
2004 Community Arts Achievement Award, Western Cape College, Weipa, Queensland

COLLECTIONS

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Griffith University, Brisbane
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
The University of Queensland, Brisbane
Parliament House Collection, Canberra
The Pat Corrigan Collection
Holmes à Court Collection
The Ray Wilson Collection
The Kerry Stokes Collection
The Wesfarmers Collection
Various Private Collections

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Butler, Sally (editor) Before Time today, Reinventing Tradition in Aurukun Aboriginal Art, 2010, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia
Albert, Tony, New creation in Aurukun Ceremonial Art, in Blak On Blak, Artlink, 2010, Volume 30 #1, Adelaide
Aurukun Artists: Yuk Wiy Min (Wood and Other Things), Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, 2009 [ex. cat.]
Aurukun Artists: Wiy min yumpan ngamp (We made all this), Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, 2008 [ex. cat.]
Demozay, Marion. Gatherings II, 2006, Keeaira Press, Southport
McLean, Bruce and Allain, Gina. Mavis Ngallametta: Show me the Way to go Home, Queensland Art Gallery/ Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (Qld) 2020
Parkes, Brian (editor). Woven Forms: Contemporary basket making in Australia, 2005, Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Surry Hills, NSW, 2005 [ex. cat.]