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Lily Karadada |
 Lily Karadada (sometimes spelt Lily Karedada) was born Prince Regent River area c. 1921. From her father's country, Woombangowangoorr, she went with her mother and family to Mitchell Plateau. She married Jack Karadada and eventually settled in Kalumburu, where she still lives with her huge extended and very talented family. Lily is one of Australia's most important contemporary aboriginal artists. Whilst she varies her subject matter, she has never compromised on style. Lily's paintings are instantly recognisable. Lily paints Wandjina - with varied totems, rain dotting, lightning (Black Wandjina), turtles, cave pools with bubbles - all different but all Lily Karadada. Lily was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal for Contribution to Art in 2003. She is represented in every major Collection World Wide. A lovely lady, with a wonderful, infectious laugh - once met, never forgotten. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 1981 Art of the Australian Aborigine, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Leipzig, Dresden, Germany 1988 Karnta, Touring South-east Asia 1990 Balance, Brisbane 1991 Aboriginal Women's Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW 1992 Broome Fringe Festival 1993 Images of Power, National Gallery of Victoria 1994 Power of the Land, Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art, National Gallery of Victoria 2003 Spirit Country, Matsunoyama, Hokkaido and Tokyo, Japan 2004 "Aborigènes les couleurs du Rêve, Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Lyon, France 2005 PALS Art Exhibition, Wardarnji Aboriginal Cultural Celebration, Fremantle 2006 Dreaming Their Way:Australian Aboriginal Women Painters, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC 2007 Back To The Board, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney Japingka Gallery, Fremantle SELECTED COLLECTIONS Artbank, Sydney Queensland Art Gallery Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica USA Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of W.A. Hank Ebes Collection, Victoria Art Gallery of South Australia Christensen Collection, in situ Museum of Victoria Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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One of the unique skills Artists from the Kimberely region possess is the ability to mix the natural ochre pigments to create truly spectacular colours, shadings and effects that give ochre artworks a uniqueness unseen in any other style of art anywhere in the world.
