Frewa Bardaluna
Biography
Frewa Bardaluna was an established traditional Kuninjku weaver. She sadly passed away in 2019, her artistic legacy lives on through her daughters who are continuing weaving 2D fibre art and other woven forms.
Her use of colour with a soft tonal range and intricate patterns put her at the forefront of the contemporary fibre sculpture movement.

210×92 cm
Pandanus (Pandanus Spiralis), 2016
Past Exhibitions
Group
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2018 Djang in Fibre: From Bim to Form, Aboriginal & Pacific Art Gallery, Waterloo, NSW
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2017 Into the Water curated by Maningrida Arts & Culture, Tactile Arts, Darwin, NT
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2012 Maningrida – contemporary work from arnhem land, Gallery Ecosse, Sydney, NSW
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2010 Best of Maningrida, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia
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2009 Menagerie, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, VIC
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2009 Pandanus Spiralis, Aboriginal & Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
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2009 Ancestral Spirit Beings and Ceremonial Lorrkon, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
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2008 Maningrida Art, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
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2008 Maningrida Arts, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2008 Maningrida Survey, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
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2007 Spirit in Variation, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2007 New Works, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT
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2007 Lorrkon, Spirit Beings, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
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2003 Weave, Federation Centre for the Arts, Bundoora Homestead, VIC
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2002 Maningrida Fibre, Redback Art Gallery, QLD
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2002 Inspiral, Gallery Gondawana, Alice Springs, NT
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1998 Maningrida Weaving, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
Collections
- Djomi Museum, Maningrida, NT
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
- Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW
- Artbank, Sydney, NSW