Matilda Pascoe
Biography
Matilda Pascoe is a sculptor and bark painter and member of the Warrawarra clan whose lands lie on Burarra country to the east of the Blyth River. She depicts spirit beings, plants and animals for which she is custodian (Traditional Owner), including Warraburnburn (‘ghost’sds spirit), baru (crocodile), jarlambu (catfish), gorraporda (cormorant) and banaka (digging stick). She is most renowned for her bold, large-scale, warraburburn carvings, a ‘supertall’ jarra an-baykarda ‘ghost’ figure that lives in patches of jungle surrounding her homeland Gamurra Gu-yurra. She learned under the guidance of her late husband Jimmy An-gunguna, an important bark painter and sculptor whose works were included in Metamorphosis at the Venice Biennale in 1997.
Past Exhibitions
Group
- 2022
Top End Bugi, Koskela Gallery Rosebery
- 2022
An-jawa (Creek), Sabbia Gallery, Redfern NSW
- 2020
Top End Bugi, Koskela, Sydney, NSW
- 2020
RESILIENCE: The power of the past today – Maningrida, Aboriginal Signature Estrangin Fine Art, Brussels, BELGUIM
- 2020
Warraburnburn: new works by Warrawarra clan artists, Art Mob, Hobart, Tasmania
- 2019
Tarnanthi Art Fair 2019, AGSA
- 2003
2003 Mythological beings from Maningrida, Mythological beings from Maningrida, Hogarth Galleris, Sydney, NSW
- 2003
2003 Identity and country, Identity and country, Indigenart, Perth, WA
- 2000
2000, Bushcolour: Works on paper by female artists from the Maningrida region, Bushcolour: Works on paper by female artists from the Maningrida region Hazlehurst Regional Gallery & Art centre, Gymea, NSW Touring Australia and USA (2001)
- 1999
1999, Bodypaint show, Bodypaint show Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
- 1999
1999, Bushcolour: Works on paper by female artists from the Maningrida region, Bushcolour: Works on paper by female artists from the Maningrida region Northern Territory University Gallery, Darwin, NT
- 1997
1997, Burarra Barks, Indigenart, Burarra Barks Indigenart, The Mossenson Gallery, Subiaco, WA
- 1996
1996, Spirits of the Dreaming, Raintree, Spirits of the Dreaming Raintree Fine Art Gallery, Darwin, NT
- 1996
1996, Maningrida Exhibition, Indigenart, Maningrida Exhibition Indigenart, Subiaco, WA
- 1996
1996, The Language of Place, Framed, The Language of Place Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
- 1996
1996-97, Dreaming: Aboriginal Art from Australia, Netherl., Dreaming: Aboriginal Art from Australia Galerie Kouwenhoven, Delft, Netherlands
Collections
- Artbank, Sydney, NSW
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
- Walonia Aboriginal Art, Netherlands