Fiona Omeenyo History and Collections
Statement "I'm a member of the Lockhart River Art Gang. We're a group of Aboriginal Artists from the east coast of Cape York in Far North Queensland. I mainly do paintings on canvas, although sometimes I do printing and sculpture. The paintings I'm painting now are about traditional family and everyday things. I paint about my home and country through my painting. No matter where you go, you're still carrying the stories that elders and family tell you and memories for a life-time."
2019 Montalto Sculpture Prize, Red Hill South, VIC - Finalist
2001 Cape York Art Awards - 1st Prize paintings in general for an acrylic on canvas painting "Sorrow"
2000 Art of Place Awards, Canberra - work selected for exhibition
1999 Cape York Art Awards - 1st Prize in Works on Paper for etching on chine colle "Spirits Dance"
Awards & Recognition
2021 KAAF Art Prize, Sydney - Finalist2019 Montalto Sculpture Prize, Red Hill South, VIC - Finalist
2001 Cape York Art Awards - 1st Prize paintings in general for an acrylic on canvas painting "Sorrow"
2000 Art of Place Awards, Canberra - work selected for exhibition
1999 Cape York Art Awards - 1st Prize in Works on Paper for etching on chine colle "Spirits Dance"
Collections
- Thomas Vroom Collection, Netherlands
- ATSIC Collection, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- Department of Native Title Collection
- Cairns Regional Gallery, QLD
- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
- Northern Territory University, Darwin
- Wollongong University Collection, Wollongong, NSW
- Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
- Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Motiers, Switzerland