Lola Binge - Courtesy Euraba Artists

Lola Binge – Courtesy Euraba Artists

 

“My work is about the river and the surrounding area where I come from”

 

Lola Binge

Lola was born in Goondiwindi on the 24th of April 1968. Her artwork features imagery drawn from Goomeroi symbols and personal experiences from growing up beside the Macintyre river. Lola has worked as a papermaker for many years and draws on here skills in this area to make her artworks. She is part of Euraba Artists & Papermakers.

“I enjoy making paper. My mother works at Euraba also, she is one of the original nine ladies that first started Euraba. I have also got another sister working at Euraba”.

 

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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

2013

Mil-Pra Artprize, The Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, NSW (Winner Mayor’s Choice Acquisitive Prize)

2013 Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize

2012

The River, 18th Biennale of Sydney

Stories from the Kamilaroi, Yaama Ganu, Moree

2012 Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize

2009

Ten Years On, Moree Plains Regional Gallery, NSW

Old Land, New Paper, IAMPMA conference, Bernie, Tasmania

Art Melbourne 2009, Melbourne, VIC

2008

Art Sydney, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW

Mungindi Artshow, NAIDOC week,  Bondi Pavilion Art Gallery

ART Brisbane, Brisbane Convention Exhibition Centre

2007

Euraba, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW

Aspects Artshow, Goondiwindi, QLD

2006

Euraba Paper, Hawksbury Regional Gallery, NSW

Mungindi Artshow, NSW (Encouragement Award)

Gourmet in Gundy, Goondiwindi QLD

2005

22nd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Art Award (NATSIAA), Darwin, NT – Finalist for collaborative Euraba work The River

Paperworks, Cowra Regional Gallery, NSW

Art Sydney, Fox Studios, Sydney

Christmas Show, Fairway Studios, Goondiwindi, QLD

2004 – 2005

Euraba Paper Artists, NSW touring exhibition: Muswellbrook regional Arts Centre; Tamworth Regional Gallery; Gunnedah Regional Gallery; Moree Plains Regional Gallery, NSW

 

Selected Collections

Liverpool Council, NSW

City of Sydney, NSW

 

Selected Awards

2013 – Winner Mayor’s Choice Acquisitive Prize – Mil-Pra Artprize, The Casula Powerhouse, Sydney

2010 – Winner – Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize (for collaborative Euraba Artists work Gaduu – Murray Cod)

2006 – Encouragement Award – Mungindi Artshow, NSW

2005 – Finalist – 22nd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Art Award (NATSIAA), Darwin, NT (for collaborative Euraba work The River)

 

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