aboriginal artist: Nola Campbell

Nola Campbell, born 1948, lives and paints in Patjarr. She would occasionally work on colaborative pieces with her husband, Coiley Campbell until he passed away in November 2009.

Patjarr is a tiny community situated on the edge of the Gibson Desert Nature Reserve in Western Australia.

MEDIUM
Acrylic painting on linen and canvas
Print making
Punu (wood carving)

THEMES
Ngura (Country)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 – Tjitirn-tjitirn Manta Kutu Kurukurra, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA
2009 – Kutipitjaku Purti-Bush Tripping, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2007 – Western Desert Mob, Kutju – One, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
2007 – Patjarr Painters: Kayili Art Centre, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA
2007 – 24th Testra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2007 – Desert Mob, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2007 – Kayili Canvas (Collaborative) – Perth iNternational Arts Festival, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
2007 – Kayili Canvas (Collaborative) – Power & Beauty: Indigenous Art Now, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
2006 – Desert Mob, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2006 – Patjarr, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA
2006 – Kayili Artists – New Works, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2005 – Desert Mob, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
2005 – Rockhole to Rockhole Exhibition, Suzanne O’Connell Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2004 – Desert Mob, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs

COLLECTIONS
Museum of Western Australia
Private Collections
Queensland Art Gallery
The Luczo Collection, San Fransisco, California
The Merenda Collection
The Lagerberg-Swift Collection
The Marshall Collection

AWARDS
2007 – Finalist in the 24th Testra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award