Over the past fifteen years Judy Watson has developed a highly personal vision of the land and her country. Her work speaks eloquently of the suffering of Aboriginal Australians, the massacres, prejudice and disdain, while simultaneously evoking the dignity and achievements of Aboriginal culture. A contemporary artist she bridges both cultures and works in the space between to create a powerful image of reconciliation and understanding.
Watson is an Indigenous artist from North-West Queensland, specifically her Grandmother's land around Lawn Hill Gorge. She has won national and international recognition for her work including co-representing Australia in the 1997 Venice Biennale and winning the Moët & Chandon Fellowship in 1995.
The exhibition will present drawings, prints and paintings produced during the last fifteen years of consolidated work, to showcase her considerable strengths as an image-maker and chronicler of the land.
