Shane Pickett
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Shane Pickett was one of the foremost Nyoongar artists. Combining his deep knowledge and concern for Nyoongar culture with a confident and individual style of gestural abstraction, Pickett created paintings that resonated with a profound but subtle immediacy. Balancing innovation with tradition, modernity with an ancient spirituality, Pickett created a complex visual metaphor for the persistence of Nyoongar culture against the colonising tide of modernity. During his career, Pickett was selected as a finalist in numerous major art prizes including the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
, for which he won the 'Best Painting in a European Medium' category prize in 1986. In 2006 he was awarded first prizes at the Sunshine Coast Art Prize and the Joondalup Invitation Art Award, and in 2007 he was awarded the major prize at the inaugural Drawing Together Art Award. He has exhibited in every state and territory in Australia, as well as in the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia. His works are held in major private and public collections throughout Australia and internationally.
This artist died suddenly in Perth, Western Australia on 15 January 2010.
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award
The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award is one of the most prestigious art awards in Australia. Established in 1984 by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, and awarded annually, it is sponsored by Telstra, so is commonly known as the Telstra Award.Prize-winners...
, for which he won the 'Best Painting in a European Medium' category prize in 1986. In 2006 he was awarded first prizes at the Sunshine Coast Art Prize and the Joondalup Invitation Art Award, and in 2007 he was awarded the major prize at the inaugural Drawing Together Art Award. He has exhibited in every state and territory in Australia, as well as in the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia. His works are held in major private and public collections throughout Australia and internationally.
This artist died suddenly in Perth, Western Australia on 15 January 2010.
Collections
- Art Gallery of Western AustraliaArt Gallery of Western AustraliaThe Art Gallery of Western Australia is a public gallery that is part of the Perth Cultural Centre, in Perth, Western Australia. It is located near the Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia...
, Perth - Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
- National Gallery of AustraliaNational Gallery of AustraliaThe National Gallery of Australia is the national art gallery of Australia, holding more than 120,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Australian government as a national public art gallery.- Establishment :...
, Canberra - National Gallery of VictoriaNational Gallery of VictoriaThe National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest and the largest public art gallery in Australia. Since December 2003, NGV has operated across two sites...
, Melbourne - Western Australian MuseumWestern Australian MuseumThe Western Australian Museum is the state museum for Western Australia.The Western Australian Museum has seven main sites: two in Perth within the Perth Cultural Centre, two in Fremantle , and one each in Albany, Geraldton, and Kalgoorlie-Boulder...
, Perth - Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra
- Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia
- BHP Collection, Western Australia
- Burswood Collection, Western Australia
- Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
- Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory
- City of Fremantle Collection, Western Australia
- City of Joondalup Collection, Western Australia
- City of Wanneroo Collection, Western Australia
- Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
- Flinders University Art Collection, Adelaide, South Australia
- Holmes a Court Collection, Western Australia
- King Edward Memorial Hospital, Western Australia
- Nillumbik Shire Council Art Collection, Greensborough, Victoria
- Rockhampton City Art Gallery, Rockhampton
- Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia
- Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital Collection, Western Australia
- Subiaco Museum, Subiaco, Western Australia
- Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria
- Woodside Energy Ltd. Collection, Western Australia