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umbrella studio contemporary arts Gail Mabo A touring exhibition by Umbrella Studio contemporary arts Umbrella Studio contemporary arts | 482 Flinders Street, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia +61 7 4772 7109 | [email protected] | www.umbrella.org.au Umbrella Studio acknowledges the financial support of: the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, which is part of the Department of Science, Informaon Technology, Innovaon and the Arts, the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and the Visual Arts and Craſt Strategy, an iniave of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. 11 June - 29 August 2014

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The exhibition Mabo Kara Art, in Torres Strait Island creole language means Mabo My Art, opened on 11 June 2014 at the Australian High Commission in Singapore. This was the first solo exhibition for a North Queensland Indigenous artist and Umbrella Member at the High Commission in Singapore. Mabo produced 29 stunning new works for the show including; linocut prints, monotype prints, screen prints and acrylic paintings on canvas.

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umbrellastudio contemporary arts

Gail Mabo

A touring exhibition by Umbrella Studio contemporary arts

Umbrella Studio contemporary arts | 482 Flinders Street, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia+61 7 4772 7109 | [email protected] | www.umbrella.org.au Umbrella Studio acknowledges the financial support of: the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, which is part of the Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.

11 June - 29 August 2014

a solo exhibition by Gail Mabo of works on paper, canvas and fabric

The exhibition title Mabo Kara Art, in Torres Strait Island creole language means Mabo My Art. This is the first solo exhibition by a North Queensland Indigenous artist featured at the Australian High Commission in Singapore. Mabo has produced 29 stunning new works including; linocut prints, monotype prints, screen prints and acrylic paintings on canvas for the exhibition. The artist’s objective is to guide exhibition visitors through Aboriginal country and her Torres Strait Island home.

Last year Mabo visited remote communities around Australia with the highly successful youth performance project, Song Nation. Reflecting on her travels Mabo says “I had the opportunity to work with young Indigenous people on the Song Nation Project. My travels to the outback and my Island home and the

warmth of the people have inspired me deeply”.

Country Bilong Me is a major artwork consisting of nine panels to form one large landscape. Mabo says “The work in the exhibition is a visual narration of my travels and reflects the deeply personal and inspirational impact of my visits to country, and I want share its vastness, splendour and depth with all those who visit this exhibition”.

Mabo is a founding member of Murris in Ink, a group of Indigenous printmakers based in Townsville, developing skills in printmaking at Umbrella Studio since 2008. She is well respected for her exquisite works on paper. Her competence as a printmaker is evident in the painterly contemporary landscape monotypes and linocut prints on display.

A 1983 graduate of NAISDA, National Aboriginal and Islander Dance Academy in Sydney, Mabo’s physical grace is revealed in these works through the use of

her signature and iconic figures which she often embeds between the geological and cultural stratifications of the landscape representing ancestral spirits who safeguard country.

Gail Mabo’s work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in Canapé Arts in Cairns, Fireworks Gallery in Brisbane, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Umbrella Studio and the James Cook University Library in Townsville, the Telstra National Indigenous Art Awards Exhibition 2013 and many galleries in regional Queensland. Her work is in private and public collections including, Townsville City Council, University of Western Sydney, the National Gallery of Australia, Queensland Health, Indigenous Business Australia, James Cook University, Hinchinbrook City Council and the State Library Queensland. Her work has been exhibited in the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair from 2010 – 2014. This year Mabo will complete a major public art commission for the James Cook University campus in Singapore. Mabo is a highly sought after public speaker and has travelled the world representing the issues and cultural traditions of Indigenous people as well as sharing her personal stories and experiences as a Torres Strait Island woman.

Gail Mabo is the middle daughter of Eddy Koiki Mabo, eminent land rights activist and revered Murray Island elder. Aptly both NAIDOC and Mabo Day, in honour of her father who fought a long battle to secure Native Title in the High Court, will be celebrated during the exhibition.

Image Credits (clockwise left to right): Golden Rebirth II, Acrylic on canvas, 102cm x 76cm. Weres lII, Screen print on fabric, 51cm x 76cm. Gail Mabo creating the painting, Karem l, Blue Water. Bindal Dreaming, Acrylic on canvas, 122cm x 137cm. Front Cover Image: Nywagi Dreaming (detail), Acrylic on canvas, 122cm x 45cm.

Price ListTitle Size Medium PriceBefore Time 77 x 50cm Monoprint $1800 FramedClam Shell 100 x 70cm Linocut print Unframed $550

Framed $700Ketai, Wild Yam 100 x 70cm Linocut print Unframed $550

Framed $700Larrika 122 x 45.7cm Acrylic on canvas $3200Mitakoodi Cloncurry, Queensland 122 x 45.7cm Acrylic on canvas $3200Weres l 51 x 76cm Screen print on fabric $1600Weres ll 51 x 76cm Screen print on fabric $1600Weres lII 51 x 76cm Screen print on fabric $1600Ancient Script 75 x 57cm Monoprint $1800 FramedAncient Script ll 75 x 57cm Monoprint $1800 FramedForever Remains l 75 x 57cm Monoprint $1800 FramedNew Beginning 122 x 45.7cm Acrylic on canvas $3200 Golden Rebirth l 122 x 45.7cm Acrylic on canvas $3200Golden Rebirth ll 102 x 76cm Acrylic on canvas $3400Epennara, Northern Territory 122 x 45.7cm Acrylic on canvas $3200Op Nor, Mer Island Reef 122 x 45.7cm Acrylic on Canvas $3200Tjuntjun Jara Dreaming 122 x 45.7cm Acrylic on Canvas $3200Karem l, Blue Water 122 x 45.7cm Acrylic on Canvas $3200Karem ll, Blue Water 122 x 45.7cm Acrylic on Canvas $3200Carp Dreaming 1 60 x 40cm Acrylic on Canvas $1800Carp Dreaming ll 60 x 40cm Acrylic on Canvas $1800Carp Dreaming lll 60 x 40cm Acrylic on Canvas $1800Land to Sea - 3 panel Triptych 122 x 137cm Acrylic on Canvas $9000Las Keper 122 x 45.7cm Acrylic on Canvas $3200Juru Country 122 x 45.7cm Acrylic on Canvas $3200Nywagi Dreaming 122 x 45cm Acrylic on Canvas $3200Arafura Moon 123 x 92cm Acrylic on Canvas $6000Bindal Dreaming, 3 Panel Triptych 122 x 137cm Acrylic on Canvas $9000“Country Bilong Me” (9 Panels) 228 x 150cm Acrylic on Canvas $12,000

Sales Information Electronic Funds Transfer Payments: Account Name: Umbrella Studio Assoc IncAccount Number: 00922059BSB: 064-817BIC/SWIFT: CTBAAU2SCommonwealth Bank AustraliaCurrency type: Australian Dollars $AU

For interviews and further information contact:Vicki Salisbury, DirectorUmbrella Studio Work Ph: +61 7 4772 7817 Mob: +61 421 421 921E: [email protected]

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