Tommy Carroll


Aboriginal Artist Tommy Carroll


Tommy Carroll was born in 1956 at Doon Doon Station in the East Kimberley and worked as a stockman for many years. His knowledge of the country in which he worked is extensive and the pivotal focus of his paintings.

He is a natural, his style is strong, individual, balanced and striking. It is obvious from his paintings that he has never followed in anyone’s footsteps – his works are most definitely by Tommy Carroll.

The paintings flow with the landscape – from minimal yet precise black and white to vibrant reds and bright yellow to the softer black/brown/green of his grandfather, Paddy Carroll’s country.

He has participated in Solo and Group Exhibitions throughout Australia – his paintings have been acquired by important collectors, the National Gallery of Australia and the Parliament House Collection. Tommy’s works are popular world-wide, as many collectors from America, Germany and Holland have discovered and collected and continue to commission works by this now well established artist.

A man of few words, a focused, professional artist – minimal by style, not by market preference.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2004
- Tommy Carroll and Mabel Juli, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney

2003
- Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne

2002
- Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
- East of East Kimberley: Warmun in Asia, ReDot Gallery, Singapore

2007
- Ralph Pucci International Gallery, New York (in association with Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin)
- Greetings From Turkey Creek, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
- “From the ground up: Ochre work from the Kimberley”, Chapman Gallery, Canberra

2006
- Gentlemen of Warmun, Seva Frangos Art, Perth
- East Kimberley Artworks, Japingka Gallery , Perth
- Warmun Art Centre Presents, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney

2005
- Waterhole 11, Raft Artspace, Darwin
- New Work From Warmun, Gadfly Gallery, Perth

2003
- Recent Works by Warmun Artists, Framed Gallery, Darwin

2002
- Warmun Group Show, Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide
- Colleen Carter, Tommy Carroll and Katie Cox, Span Gallery, Flinders Lane, Melbourne
- Collectors Show, Span Gallery, Flinders Lane, Melbourne

2000
- Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra

Selected Collections

- Australian National Gallery, Canberra
- Parliament Collection, Canberra
- Broadmeadows Health Service Collection, Victoria
- Artbank, Sydney
 

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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.