Hamish Karrkarrhba (dec)
Biography
Hamish Karrkarrhba was a Kuninjku artist, known for his carved the mimih spirits, lorrkon and bark painting. Employing a fine rarrk (cross-hatching), ngalyod, crayfish and waterhole djang commonly feature in his paintings.
Karrkarrbha has exhibited regularly since the late nineteen nineties at leading art galleries around Australia and his work can be found collections both locally and internationally.
Past Exhibitions
Solo
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2015 Hamish Karrkarrhba, Japinka Gallery, Perth, WA
Group
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2011 Dawning, Art Atrium Gallery, Bondi, Australia
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2010 Maningrida: Mimih, Fibres and Feathers, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
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2010 Land of Spirits, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2009 Survey from Maningrida Arts & Culture, The Mossenson Gallery, Perth, WA
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2009 Maningrida Group Show, Sheahan Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2009 Works in Season: Bark Paintings, Carvings & Weavings, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2008 Palya Art at Mary Place, Mary Place, Sydney, NSW
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2008 Maningrida Arts, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2007 Lorrkon, Spirit Beings, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
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2007 Spirit in Variation Part II, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2007 Spirit in Variation, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2007 Selected new works from Maningrida, Maningrida Arts & Culture, Darwin
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2007 Maningrida Group Show, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2007 Barks from Maningrida, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
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2007 Bark paintings from Maningrida, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
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2007 Crossing the Dreaming Land, Gallery Anthony Curtis, Boston, USA
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2006 Lorrkons and Spirit Figures, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2006 Dream Stories, The Bahrain Art Society, Kingdom of Bahrain
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2006 Dream Tracks, Aboriginal art of Arnhem Land, La Fontaine Centre of Contemporay Art, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
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2006 Sculptures from Maningrida, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
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2006 Recent works from Maningrida,, Short Stree Gallery, Broome, WA
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2005 Lorrkons and Spirit Figures, Aboriginal & Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW
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2005 New works from Maningrida, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
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2005 Bark paintings and carvings from Maningrida, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2005 Recent works from Maningrida, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
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2004 Bark paintings, carvings and fibre works from Maningrida, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2004 Maningrida Recent Works, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
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2004 Fibre and sculptures, Indigenart, Fremantle, WA, Indigenart, Fremantle, WA
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2003 Next Generation, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
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2003 The Visit, Annandale galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2003 Out of the wet -new art by Kuninjku artists-, Framed gallery, Darwin, NT
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2002 Kuninjku show, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, Uk, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
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2001 Outside in: Research Engagements with Arnhem Land Art, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
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1996 Dreaming: Aboriginal Art from Australia, Galerie Kouwenhoven, Delft, Netherlands
Collections
- Macquarie Bank Art Collection
- Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
- Laverty Collection, Sydney, NSW
- Kluge Collection, Morven Estate, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- Walonia Aboriginal Art, Netherlands