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William Sandy
is an
important Australian indigenous artist.
William Sandy
was
the first artist from the Pitjantjatjara
to be
involved in the
Aboriginal art movement.
William
Sandy
began painting for
Papunya Tula
Artists
in 1975 and
Warumpi Arts
since 1994-2004.
Papunya Tula
Artists
cooperative
was
formed in 1972 owned and operated by
Aboriginal
people from the
Western Desert
of
Australia.
Biography
-
Encyclopedia
Aboriginal Artists dictionary of biographies
page 337.
Warumpi Arts
in 1994 Papunya Community Council established own art centre-gallery
in Alice Springs, called Warumpi Arts as the main centre for
paintings by Papunya artists, run by Aboriginal people of Papunya.
The centre-art-gallery was maintained until September 2004. The
Papunya Community Council then decided to close the gallery with the
aim of later opening an art centre in
Papunya
art centre
Papunya Tjupi Arts.
 AWARDS:
1985 the 2nd
Australian National Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Art Award
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern
Territory
selected
William Sandy is one of the Master a rtists
who started the Aboriginal art movement as
Billy
Stockman
and
Long Jack
Phillipus
in the 70's.
Most
Master artists
have passed away,
and
the younger
generation is learning western customs.
It is the last opportunity that anyone on this planet can
purchase and own an authentic
painting with impeccable provenance, by William Sandy, an important Australian
Aboriginal Master artist.
Today Aboriginal Australians live and work around the
world, from
Papunya to London, from
Arnhem Land to New York.
VIDEO:
Prime Minister of Australia
1983-1991,
Bob Hawke
recognizes
Galeria Aniela gallery contribution
to
Australian Aboriginal art.
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery Western Australia
Art Gallery of South Australia
National Gallery of Australia
Wollongong City Art Gallery
Art Bank
National Gallery of Victoria
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory,
Queensland Art Gallery
Homes a Court collection
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Queensland Art Gallery
Kelton Foundation USA
Donald Kahn art
collection USA
Museo
Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo Mexico,
John Weber Gallery New York
Isaacs
Art Center Museum and Gallery
Toronto
Lowe Art Museum Miami
University of Miami
Embassy of Australia Washington
Grand Hyatt London
Grand Hyatt Jakarta
Groninger Museum Holland
Oxford University England
Broken Hill Regional Art
Gallery NSW,
Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery
University of Queensland
Australia
Araluen Art Centre Northern Territory Australia
IBM Kawasaki Gallery Japan.
SELECTED Major EXHIBITIONS:
William Sandy work was
exhibited in the significant
'Dreamings' exhibition which toured the USA in 1988 - 89, and in the
subsequent show of Papunya Tula Artists at the John Weber
Gallery in New York. William Sandy had a solo exhibition in 1990 at Gallery
Gabrielle Pizzi, and the Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery Melbourne
1994-95-96-97-98. Grand Hyatt, Jakarta 1992, London 1993, Sydney
1994-95-96-97-98, Australian Embassy Washington and New York 1999. Since
the early '80's when William Sandy began painting full-time for Papunya Tula Artists
Galleries and the Aboriginal Desert
Art Gallery in Alice Springs.
·
1982 Georges Exhibition, Melbourne
·
1983 Mori Gallery, Sydney NSW
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1985 Aboriginal Artists Gallery, Melbourne
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1986 Queensland University, Brisbane
·
1988 Papunya Tula Paintings City Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
·
1989 Papunya Tula: Contemporary Paintings from Australia's Western Desert, John
Weber Gallery, New York, USA
·
1988-89 "Dreaming" Exhibition which toured the USA
·
1989 Papunya Tula Artists, John Weber Gallery, New York, USA
·
1989 Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
·
1990 Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, Canada
·
1990 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi Melbourne;
Paintings from the Desert, Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings
·
1990 Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart, Tasmania
·
1991 Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Donald Kahn
·
1991 Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, USA
·
1991 The Painted Dream: Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings from Auckland City Art
Gallery Tim and Vivien Johnson Collection
·
1991 Te Whare Taonga Aoteroa National Art Gallery NZ
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1991 Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, USA
·
1992 IBM - Kawasaki City Gallery, Kawasaki, Japan
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1992 Grand Hyatt, Jakarta
·
1993 Roar Studios, Melbourne, VIC
·
1993 Aboriginal Art Exhibition, Kung Gubunga
·
1993 Oasis Gallery, Broadbeach, Qld
·
1993 Chapman Gallery, Canberra
·
1993 Exhibition in London
·
1994 Dreamings - Tjukurrpa: Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert
·
1994 The Donald Kahn collection, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich
·
1994 Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery Melbourne and Sydney
·
1995 Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery Melbourne and Sydney
·
1996 Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery Melbourne and Sydney
·
1997 Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery Melbourne and Sydney
·
1997 Manningham Art Space, Melbourne
·
1997 L'Art des Aborignes d'Australie
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1997 Arts d'Australie o Stphane Jacob Paris, France
·
1997 Galerie de Stassart, Bruxelles
·
1997 L'Art des Aborignes d'Australie, Arts d'Australie o Stphane Jacob
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1997 Festival du Film, Cannes France
·
1997 L'Art des Aborignes d'Australie Paris, France
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1997 Arts d'Australie o Stphane Jacob Paris, France
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1997 Espace Paul Riquet, Bziers
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1998 Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery Melbourne and Sydney NSW
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1999 Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia, Melbourne VIC
·
1999 Embassy of Australia, Washington and New York, USA
·
2000 Arts d'Australie, Arts d'Australie o Stphane Jacob Paris, France
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2000 Salon Pharmagora, Paris, France
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2000 Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia, Melbourne
·
2003 Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne
Born circa 1944, near Ernabella in
South Australia
William Sandy
has lived in Areyonga and Haasts Bluff in Papunya, with his family.
At Papunya he married
Violet Nakamarra, sister of
Michael NELSON Jagamarra. They have four children,
a boy and three girls, one adopted. William Sandy's wife, Violet
Nakamarra, has also painted occasionally since the early '80's. From the time of his
arrival in Papunya settlement, William worked for the Papunya Council.
William Sandy is also a knowledgeable
traditional
medicine man.
From the late '80's,
William Sandy and his wife have been health workers with the Papunya Medical Service.
William Sandy paints Dingo, Emu, Woman, Green Bean and other
Dreaming stories for his country. Kunapi, far to the south
of Papunya out towards Docker River, is his country from his grandmother
and mothers side.
William Sandy grew up walking around these places
- and further north around Hermannsburg, Areyonga and Haasts Bluff.
Eventually the family settled at Ernabella, where William attended the
mission school. From here William Sandy came to Papunya in 1973.
Literature:
Amadio, N. und Kimber, R., Wildbird Dreaming. Aboriginal Art from the
Central Deserts of Australia, Greenhouse Publ., Melbourne 1988; Auckland
City Art Gallery, Auckland 1990, Ausst. Kat.; Australian Aboriginal Art
from the Collection of Donald Kahn. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
(Hrsg.), 1991, Ausst. Kat.; Droombeelden - Tjukurrpa. Groninger Museum (Hrsg.),
Groningen 1995, Ausst. Kat.; Isaacs, J., Australia´s Living Heritage.
Arts of the Dreaming, Lansdowne Press, Sydney 1984; Isaacs, J.,
Australian Aboriginal Paintings. Lansdowne, Sydney 1989, ISBN
186302011X; Johnson, V., Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert. A
Biographical Dictionary, Craftsman House, East Roseville 1994, ISBN
9768097817; Modern Art - Ancient Icon. The Aboriginal Gallery of
Dreamings (Hrsg.), o.O. 1992, ISBN 0646080520; Nangara. The Australian
Aboriginal Art Exhibition from the Ebes Collection. The Aboriginal
Gallery of Dreamings (Hrsg.), Melbourne 1996, Ausst. Kat.; Stourton, P.
Corbally, Songlines and Dreamings. Lund Humphries Publ., London 1996,
ISBN 0853316910; The Painted Dream. Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings.
Johnson, V. (Hrsg.), Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland 1991, Ausst.
Kat.; Tjinytjilpa. The Dotted Design. Aboriginal Art Galleries of
Australia (Hrsg.), Melbourne 1998, Ausst. Kat.; Traumzeit - Tjukurrpa.
Kunst der Aborigines der Western Desert. Die Donald Kahn-Sammlung,
Danzker, J.B. (Hrsg.), Prestel, München und New York 1994, Ausst. Kat.;
Voices of the Earth. Paintings, Photography and Sculpture from
Aboriginal Australia. Gabrielle Pizzi (Hrsg.), Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi,
Melbourne 1996, Ausst. Kat., ISBN 0646288954.
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