Thelma Bartman (right) with Stella O’Halloran at Boomalli 2015 – Courtesy Boomalli Artists – Photographer Sharon Hickey
Thelma Bartman
Thelma was born in Goondiwindi on the 15th of April in 1964. She enjoys making paper and creating her artworks in any media. Thelma says “I come from a family of two and I have four kids of my own”. Thelma’s mother, Stella O’ Halloran, was a founding member of the Euraba Artists & Papermakers company and Thelma has followed in her mother’s footsteps, being handed over the position of chief rag cutter when Stella retired. Similarities in their drawing styles and subject matter are notable, with a distinctive sketchy mark making in both of their work.
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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
2014
The River Tells Many Stories, Boomalli Art Gallery, NSW
Euraba Artists, St Vincent’s Hospital Exhibition Space, Sydney
2012 – 2013 – Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize touring NSW
2010
Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize 2010 winning collaborative artwork Gaduu- Murray Cod
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
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”
Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize 2005
2004 – 2005
Euraba Paper Artists, NSW touring exhibition: Muswellbrook regional Arts Centre; Tamworth Regional Gallery; Gunnedah Regional Gallery; Moree Plains Regional Gallery, NSW
Selected Awards:
2010 – Winner – Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize (for collaborative Euraba Artists work Gaduu – Murray Cod)
2006 – Mungindi artshow: “I Don’t know much about art, but I know I like it” people’s choice award.
Selected Publications:
2010 Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize – Catalogue, pg: 10 & 25 (ISBN: 978-1-875199-79-2)
2005 Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize – Catalogue, pg: 23 (ISBN: 1-875199-47-0)
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