Numerous Indigenous Australians are noted for their participation in, and contributions to, the Visual arts of Australia and abroad. Contemporary Indigenous Australian art is a national movement of international significance with work by Indigenous artists, including paintings by those from the Western Desert, achieving widespread critical acclaim.
Because naming conventions for Indigenous Australians vary widely, this list is ordered by first name rather than surname.
- Ada Andy Napaltjarri
- Albert Namatjira
- Anatjari Tjakamarra
- Biddy Rockman Napaljarri
- Bill Yidumduma Harney
- Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri
- Bronwyn Bancroft
- Brook Andrew
- Cassidy Possum Tjapaltjarri
- Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
- Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri
- Danie Mellor
- Darren Siwes
- David Malangi
- Dorothy Napangardi
- Eileen Napaltjarri
- Emily Kame Kngwarreye
- Freddy Timms
- Gloria Petyarre
- Gordon Bennett
- Gordon Syron
- Harold Thomas - designer of the Aboriginal flag
- Helen Nelson Napaljarri
- Ian Abdulla
- Jack Cook Jangala
- Jimmy Pike Kurnti Kujarri
- John Mawurndjul
- John Moriarty
- Johnny Bulunbulun
- Josepha Petrick Kemarre
- Judy Watson Napangardi
- Juju Wilson
- Kathleen Ngale
- Kathleen Petyarre
- Kiralinda Tynoonhee
- Kitty Pultara Napaljarri
- Lily Kelly Napangardi
- Lin Onus
- Linda Syddick Napaltjarri
- Lisa Bellear
- Louisa Napaljarri
- Lucy Napaljarri Kennedy
- Maggie Napaljarri Ross
- Makinti Napanangka
- Mawukura (Mulgra) Jimmy Nerrimah
- Mervyn Bishop
- Michael Nelson Tjakamarra
- Michael Riley
- Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri
- Minnie Pwerle
- Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri
- Mona Rockman Napaljarri
- Naata Nungurrayi
- Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri
- Nita Penanka Rubuntja
- Nora Andy Napaltjarri
- Norah Nelson Napaljarri
- Nyakul Dawson
- Paddy Bedford
- Paddy Japaljarri Stewart
- Pansy Napangardi
- Parara Napaltjarri
- Peggy Rockman Napaljarri
- Polly Ngale
- Queenie McKenzie
- Revel Cooper
- Richard Bell
- Rosella Namok
- Rover Thomas
- Sally Morgan
- Sheila Brown Napaljarri
- Shirley Purdie
- Sid Domic
- Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri
- Takariya Napaltjarri
- Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri
- Timmy Payungka Tjapangati
- Tjunkiya Napaltjarri
- Tjyllyungoo (Lance Chadd)
- Topsy Gibson Napaljarri
- Tracey Moffat -- photographer and filmmaker
- Valerie Lynch Napaltjarri
- Wenten Rubuntja
- Wintjiya Napaltjarri
- William Barak
- This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, indigenous, australian, visual and/or artists:
“Religious literature has eminent examples, and if we run over our private list of poets, critics, philanthropists and philosophers, we shall find them infected with this dropsy and elephantiasis, which we ought to have tapped.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Lastly, his tomb
Shall list and founder in the troughs of grass
And none shall speak his name.”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)
“What is a country without rabbits and partridges? They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products; ancient and venerable families known to antiquity as to modern times; of the very hue and substance of Nature, nearest allied to leaves and to the ground,—and to one another; it is either winged or it is legged. It is hardly as if you had seen a wild creature when a rabbit or a partridge bursts away, only a natural one, as much to be expected as rustling leaves.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Beyond the horizon, or even the knowledge, of the cities along the coast, a great, creative impulse is at work—the only thing, after all, that gives this continent meaning and a guarantee of the future. Every Australian ought to climb up here, once in a way, and glimpse the various, manifold life of which he is a part.”
—Vance Palmer (1885–1959)
“Nowadays people’s visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you can make an image which just slightly suggests something, they can make of it what they will.”
—Robert Doisneau (b. 1912)
“Few artists can afford artistic temperament.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)