Categories: WARMUN ART
WARMUN ART
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Holy Spirit in the Land This image is of the Holy Spirit being in the land with the Milky Way in the skies.
Name: SHIRLEY BRAY
Language: Gija
Community: Warmun
Biography:
Shirley sadly passed away in 2000. Shirley was born on Alice Downs Station, which is south of Warmun and north of Halls Creek. She went to school at Beagle Bay, north of Broome. The children who schooled there only came home twice a year in the holidays. When she finished school Shirley went to work on the stations around Warmun, mustering and as a camp cook. When she came back to Warmun to live, she taught Gija language at the Warmun School. Shirley has worked as a translator of Gija for many years now. Like many Warmun artists, Shirley began painting for educational purposes at the school. Shirley painted consistently since the Warmun Art Centre commenced operation in September 1998. EXHIBITIONS 1999 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin, NT Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Darwin, NT Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, Perth, WA 2001 Short Street Gallery- "Short on Size" Groups show, Broome, WA 2002 Framed Gallery- Group Show, Darwin, NT Flinders University Art Museum- Warmun Group Show, Adelaide, SA COLLECTIONS
