Leonie Binge in front of her work at Boomalli, 2015 – Courtesy Boomalli Artists – Photographer Sharon Hickey
“Making artwork makes me feel good about being an Aboriginal person, I am able to create works that express how I feel inside”
Leonie Binge
Leonie was born in Goondiwindi on the 10th of May in 1966. She has lived in the Toomalah, Boggabilla area all her life. She studied Fine arts at Boogabilla TAFE and is part of Euraba Artists & Papermakers. She works on and with paper using printmaking and pulp painting to create her carefully considered pieces. Her motives often feature repetitive patterns observed or influenced by surrounding nature as well as drawing on Goomeroi traditional symbols.
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Selected Exhibitions
2016 – Another Country – Art Aborigene Contemporain – IDAIA at Passage du Grand-Cerf, Paris, France
2015 – Miri, Boomalli Gallery, Sydney ; Moree Plains Regional Gallery, Moree NSW
2013-2015 – Illuminate, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney; Incinerator Artspace, Willoughby; NERAM, Armidale; Boggabilla Oval
2012 – 2014 – Strong Women, Strong Will – Hazlehurst Regional Gallery, NSW; Armidale Regional Gallery, NSW
2014
Finalist – Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize, NSW
Finalist – Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Art Award (NATSIAA), Darwin, NT
Euraba, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney NSW
2013
Mil-Pra Artprize, The Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, NSW
The Journey, Boomalli, Leichardt, NSW
Aspects Artshow, Goondiwindi (contemporary art prize)
2012
Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize (touring NSW)
Stories from the Kamilaroi, Yaama Ganu, Moree
The River, 18th Biennale of Sydney
Aspects Artshow, Goondiwindi (packers Prize and Total Ag acquisition prize)
2010
Winner – Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize for collaborative artwork “Gaduu-Murray Cod”
Finalist – Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize (touring NSW)
2009
Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Gallery, VIC
Ten Years On, Moree Plains Regional Gallery, NSW
Old Land, New Paper, IAMPMA conference, Bernie, Tasmania
Art Melbourne 2009, Melbourne, VIC
Survival, Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney NSW
2008
Art Sydney, Moore Park, NSW
Gourmet in Gundy, Goondiwindi Cultural Centre
Mungindi Artshow, NAIDOC week celebrations, Bondi Pavilion Art Gallery, NSW
ART Brisbane 2008, Brisbane Convention Exhibition Centre, QLD
2007
Euraba, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney NSW
2006
Double Bush Binding, Sydney and Japan
2005
22nd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Art Award (NATSIAA), Darwin, NT – Finalist for collaborative Euraba work “the River”
Goomeroi Artists from Boggabilla, Moree Plains Regional Gallery, NSW
Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize 2005
Euraba Paper Artists, Muswellbrook regional Arts Centre, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Gunnedah Regional Gallery
Paperworks, Cowra Regional Gallery
2004
Euraba Paper Artists, Moree Plains Regional Gallery, NSW
2000 – 04
Paper as Object (Bagaay Mural), national travelling exhibition: Noosa Regional Gallery, Grafton Regional Gallery, Bega Valley Regional Art Gallery, and Tamworth Regional Gallery
Selected Awards:
2014
Finalist – Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize, NSW
Finalist – Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Art Award (NATSIAA), Darwin, NT
2013
Finalist – Mil-Pra Artprize, The Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, NSW
2012 & 2013
Finalist – Aspects Artshow, Goondiwindi (contemporary art prize)
2010
Winner – Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize (for collaborative artwork “Gaduu-Murray Cod”)
2009
Finalist – Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Gallery, VIC
2005
Finalist – 22nd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Art Award (NATSIAA), Darwin, NT (for collaborative Euraba work “the River”)
Finalist – Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize 2005
Selected Publications:
McDaniel, Emily, “Illuminating installation“, Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Blog, 03 December 2013
Taylor, Andrew, “Aunty May Hinch illuminates the past of an Indigenous community“, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 November 2013
Allas, Tess, “Euraba Paper Company, Boggabilla“, Artlink, Issue 31:2, June 2011
2012 Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize – Catalogue, pg: 14 (ISBN: 978-1-875199-88-4)
2010 Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize – Catalogue, pg: 13 and page 25 for collaborative work “Gaduu – Murray Cod” (ISBN: 978-1-875199-79-2)
2006 Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize – Catalogue, pg: 24 (ISBN: 1-875199-51-9)
2005 Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize – Catalogue, Pg: 23 (ISBN: 1-875199-47-0)