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Samantha Hobson |
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Samantha Hobson is a member of the Lockhart River Art Gang, a group of young Aboriginal artists from the east coast of Cape York in the far north of Queensland.
Samantha’s free flowing canvases sit outside of the accepted traditions of Aboriginal iconography, illuminating the beauty of her natural surroundings and the complexities of human relationships in the remote community to which she belongs.
At twenty-seven years of age, Samantha has held eight solo exhibitions of her work in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and has participated in group exhibitions all over Australia, as well as in Austria, France, Italy, South Korea, Singapore, the United States and the United Kingdom. Her works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Queensland Art Gallery, the University of Queensland Art Museum, the Columbus State University, Georgia, USA and the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Exhibitions
Samantha Hobson: Our Life ... Is Land ... Is Culture
Lockhart River Art Gang |
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Samantha Hobson (b. 4th May 1981)
| Solo exhibitions |
| 2008 |
| Life is our land ... our culture, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane |
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| Our life ... is land ... is culture, October Gallery, London, England |
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| Ngayu Aalmana Ngaachi Ngatangku (Growing up with Country), Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2007 |
| Modern Day Life, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
| | | From My Country, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney |
| 2006 |
| Land to Sea, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane |
| 2005 |
| From My Country ... Land and sea, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2004 |
| Yuma kuyi Pi’i (Fire and Water), Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2003 |
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Kalmaa-na Waympa Wimpa (From the Bush to the Sand Beach), Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane |
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| Lanthalantha (Fire), Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2002 |
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Yuku Untana (Fuel for the Fire), Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2001 |
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ee be right ... b’um ‘bye, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2000 |
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From the Top, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane |
| Selected group exhibitions |
| 2008 |
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From Cape to Cape, The Holmes à Court Gallery, PerthThe Women’s Show, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2007 |
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Our Way: Contemporary Art from Queensland’s Lockhart River, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane; National University of Singapore, Singapore; Charles Wang Center, Stony Brook University, New York, USA; The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA |
| 2007 |
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Sand : Savanah : Salt, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, BrisbaneArte Indigena dall’Australia: Gruppo Artistico del Fiume Lockhart, Galleria Civica d’arte Moderna, Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto, Italy |
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Power and Beauty: Indigenous art now, Heide Museum of Modern Art, MelbourneThe Women’s Show, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
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Lockhart River Art Gang, Institute of American Indian Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA |
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The Art Gang Returns, Booker-Lowe Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA |
| 2006 |
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Uncharted Territory, October Gallery, London, England |
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| Histoires de Terre et Mer: Peintures Aborigènes de Lockhart River, Australie, Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie du Morbihan, Lorient, France |
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Lockhart River Art Gang, Ewha Art Centre, Seoul, South Korea |
| 2005 |
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Kungkay: Lockhart River Art Gang, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT |
| 2004 |
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Hot, Hotter, Hottest, Booker Lowe Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA |
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Colour Power: Aboriginal art post 1984, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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Out of Country, Gallery 1601, Washington DC, USA; The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA |
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The Summer Salon 2004, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
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The Women’s Show, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2003 |
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Story Place: Indigenous Art of Cape York and the Rainforest, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane |
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Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings from Lockhart River, Columbus State University, Columbus,Georgia, USA |
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Kulam Kannga (Beginning): New works by the Lockhart River Art Gang, The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA |
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Beneath the Monsoon: Visions North of Capricorn, Artspace Mackay, Cairns Regional Gallery, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery (Townsville) |
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Water: Prints from Lockhart River and the Tiwi Islands, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane |
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Lockhart River Gang, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs |
| 2002 |
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Inaugural Exhibition, Ian Potter Museum of Australian Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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The Queensland/Berlin Indigenous Art Exhibition, Ludwig Erhard Haus, Berlin, Germany |
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Message Stick: journey’s end, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane |
| 2001 |
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Dreamtime: Zeitgenössische Aboriginal Art/The Dark and the Light: 18.05–30.09.2001, Kunst der Gegenwart, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg/Wien, Austria |
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Gatherings, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane |
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Masterworks, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2000 |
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Postcard Exhibition, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns |
| 1999- |
2001 |
Message Stick, touring exhibition by the Lockhart River Art Gang, funded by Visions Australia |
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| Awards |
| 2001 |
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2nd Prize, Painting, Laura Festival, Queensland |
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2nd Prize, Works on Paper, Laura Festival, Queensland |
| Selected biography |
| Brown, Phil. Burning Passion: The talent of Lockhart River artist Samantha Hobson burns bright
in her latest Brisbane show, Brisbane News, 28 March–4 April 2003 |
| Brown, Phil. Artistic struggles: Painter Samantha Hobson looks at the bigger picture facing
Aboriginal Australia, Brisbane News, 13–19 September 2006 |
| Burnett, David and Johnson, Trish. Sharing Culture—Story Place: Indigenous Art of Cape York
and the Rainforest, Antiques & Art in Queensland, March to July 2003 |
| Butler, Sally. Start Now!: A Guide to the Aboriginal Art Market: North Queensland & Torres Strait Islands, Australian Art Collector, Issue 13, July–September 2000 |
| Butler, Sally. ‘Lockhart River’s Wildly Indigenous Art’, Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts, Number
63, Winter 2007, Brisbane |
| Butler, Sally. ‘Samantha Hobson’s ‘Resistance’ Painting, Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts,
Number 62, Summer 2006–2007, Brisbane |
| Butler, Sally. Our Way: Contemporary Art from Lockhart River, University of Queensland Press,
St Lucia, 2007 |
| Dreamtime: Zeitgenössische Aboriginal Art/The Dark and the Light: 18.05–30.09.2001, Kunst der
Gegenwart, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg/Wien, Austria [ex. cat.] |
| Demozay, Marion (editor). Gatherings: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art
from Queensland Australia, Keeaira Press, Southport, 2001 |
| Gordon, Michael. Indigenous art gets a room of its own, The Age, 26 October 2002 |
| Jerums, Georgina, Principal Artists: Who will be the next Brett Whiteley, Max Dpain or Emily
Kngwarreye? Georgina Jerums meets five Australian artists on the verge of greatness, Sunday,
The Sunday Age Magazine, 12 December 2004 |
| McCulloch, Alan; McCulloch, Susan; and McCulloch Childs, Emily. The New McCulloch’s
Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Aus Art Editions/The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2006 |
| McCulloch, Susan. Contemporary Aboriginal Art: A guide to the rebirth of an ancient culture, Allen
& Unwin, Sydney, 2001 |
| McCulloch-Uehlin, Susan. Water Marks, The Weekend Australian, Review, 21–22 July 2001 |
| McCulloch, Susan. Dream weavers: Artists reap the benefits, The Weekend Australian, 19–20
July 2003 |
| McLean, Sandra. Messages that Stick, The Courier Mail, 21 June 2002 |
| Magnusson, Tony. Art form the heart: The Lockhart River Art Gang are the category busters of
contemporary Aboriginal art, HQ, July–August 2003 |
| Martin-Chew, Louise. Mastery of medium and matter, The Australian, 26 May 2000 |
| Martin-Chew, Louise. Tales of the far north: Rare Aboriginal works make a spirited exhibition, The
Weekend Australian, 26–27 July 2003 |
| Morrell, Tim. The Lockhart River Gang, Artlink, Volume 22 No 3, 2002 |
| Neales, Sue. Burning Bright, The Australian Financial Review Magazine, July 2002 |
| Noonan, Kathleen. ‘Hooked on Hobson’, The Courier-Mail, 30 September 2006 |
| Prior, Cathy. River artists run with inspiration, The Australian, 19 December 2001 |
| Ryan, Judith. ‘Politics, Truth and Blood: Indigenous art matters’, Power & Beauty: Indigenous art
now, Heidi Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2007 [ex. cat.] |
| Strickland, Katarina. Cape of good hope, The Weekend Australian, 20–21 July 2002
Wilson, Gavin. Beneath the Monsoon: Visions North of Capricorn, Artspace Mackay, Queensland
[ex. cat.] |
| Public Collections |
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Artbank, Sydney
Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Queensland Department of Education, Brisbane
Columbus State University, Georgia, USA
The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Suncorp, Brisbane |
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