circa 1950 Kurtjar

Kurumba Qld

Collections
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Parliament House Collection, Canberra
The Glover Prize Collection, Evandale
Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown
University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Richard Homes Law Faculty, Northern Territory University, Darwin
Myer-Gamble Collection, Brisbane
Lowensteins Arts Management, Sydney
Private Collections (Australia, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Portugal, France, Canada, UK)

Selected Commissions
2009 Aboriginal and Islander Community Health Service Brisbane, Woolloongabba
2008 University of Western Sydney Medical School, Campbelltown
2007 Surfers Paradise Holiday Inn, Surfers Paradise
2004 Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Broadbeach

BIBLIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Northern Territory University
1996 Certificate of Education, Northern Territory University

AWARDS
· Winner of the 2010 Glover Prize, Evandale Tasmania
· Winner of the 12th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Open
Painting Category, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin 1995
· First Prize (Painting) 2009 Port Douglas Art Awards
· Highly commended in the 2008 Heysen Prize, Hahndorf Academy, Hahndorf
· Finalist in the 2008 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
· Finalist in the 2007 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
· Finalist in the 2007 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
· Finalist in the 2006 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
· Arts Queensland Career Development Grant 2009
· Australia Council for the Arts New Work Grant, 2006
· Queensland Arts Council Regional Arts Fund Quick Response Grant 2006
· Australia Council for the Arts Professional Development Grant 1995
· Selected in 2004 for inclusion in Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait
· Islander Art Award: Celebrating 20, touring exhibition
· Finalist in the 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 23rd National Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, MAGNT, Darwin
· Finalist in the 1995 Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
· 2003 NEWflames Residency with fireworks gallery, Brisbane
· Selected in 2000 for inclusion in Transitions - 17 Years of the National Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, touring exhibition
· Finalist in the 1996 Alice Prize

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 On the land, Brisbane
Glover Prize, Evandale
2009 Sculpture + Works on Paper, Brisbane
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), curated exhibition, Cairns
Bloodwood 2009, Darwin
Port Douglas Art Award
Paddocks of Play, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
Images of the North, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2008 Heysen Prize for Interpretation of Place, Hahndorf Academy, Hahndorf
From the air, Brisbane
Urban Chameleon, Brisbane
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2007 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2006 23rd National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, MAGNT, Darwin
Ian Waldron, Darwin
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
two way: artists and mentors, Brisbane
2005 Lingua Franca, ARC Art, Design & Craft Biennial, Brisbane City Hall
The Dark and The Light II, Brisbane
Hell and High Culture, solo exhibition, Sydney
Shoosh! The History of the Campfire Group, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Smoke, Brisbane and Despard Gallery, Hobart
2004 Spirit & Vision, Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria
Out of Country – Contemporary Queensland Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art,
Gallery 1601 (Embassy of Australia) Washington DC,USA.
Predominantly white, Melbourne Art Fair & Flinders Lane, Melbourne)
Lines III – Ian Waldron, Barbara Weir & Matthew Johnson, Brisbane
Ian Waldron, Kimberley Art, Melbourne
From Gulf to Desert, Alice Springs
Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award: Celebrating 20
Years, National Archives of Australia, Canberra, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural
Institute, Adelaide, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns (2005).
2003 Great Art Exhibition, Dusseldorf, Germany
Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast Invitation Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Rain Over Delta, Brisbane
A Few Good Men, Melbourne
Northern Lights: selected works from the northern coastlines of Australia,
, Brisbane
Big Country – Masters Exhibition, Alice Springs
What have you done lately (to change the situation?), Brisbane
2002 Gulf of Carpentaria Meets the Gold Coast, Gold Coast
Of This Country, Darwin Entertainment Centre, Darwin
2001 Transitions - 17 Years of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Art Award, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural
Institute, Adelaide, The Australian National University Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
2000 Sydney Olympic SOCOG Exhibition, Australian Museum at Customs House Gallery
1996 Alice Prize, Alice Springs
12th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Travelling Exhibition,
Westpac Gallery, Melbourne, Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery & Museum, Brisbane,
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide
1995 (to 2006) 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 23rd National Aboriginal &
Torres Strait Islander Art Award, MAGNT, Darwin
Glover Prize catalogue, Evandale, 2010
‘The road to Delta’, Katrina Chapman, exhibition catalogue essay,
Brisbane, 2010
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair 2009 catalogue, Arts Queensland, Brisbane, 2009
2010 Queensland Indigenous Art Diary, McCulloch & McCulloch, Sydney, 2009
Contemporary Aboriginal Art, McCulloch & McCulloch, Melbourne, 2008
Gatherings II – Contemporary Aboriginal and TSI Art from QLD, Keeaira Press, Brisbane,
2006 Three Large Rooms, Brisbane, 2006
‘Bright Spark’, Phil Brown, Brisbane News, March 15-21, p. 35, 2006
ARC Art, Design & Craft Biennial, catalogue, 2005, Artworkers Alliance, Brisbane, 2005
Spirit & Vision - Aboriginal Art, exhibition catalogue, Sammlung Essl, Vienna, 2004
Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award: Celebrating 20 Years,
exhibition catalogue, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 2004
‘The Spirit of the Gulf’, Katrina Chapman, Gold Coast Sun, May 15, 2002, p. 63.
Grosse Kunst, Ausstellung Dusseldorf, exhibition catalogue, Dusseldorf, 2003
Watching the Rain over Delta, catalogue essay, Katrina Chapman, 2003
The 18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, exhibition catalogue,
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 2001
Transitions - 17 Years of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award,
touring exhibition catalogue, MAGNT, 2000
‘History pushed to the margins’, The Bulletin, J Mendelssohn, Sept, 29, pp. 72-73 1998
The 12th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, touring exhibition
catalogue, MAGNT, 1995

For many generations the artists male relatives have been employed on cattle stations on their country. As a child Ian,s family lived on these stations and he watched the men on horseback with respect and admiration.

Most of traditional life had died generations ago, but Kurtjar people had stubbornly stayed, working their land on horseback. This devotion to the land has paid off. In September 2002 two significant events took place ñ the title deeds were received by the Morr Morr pastoral Company ( Delta Downs Station ) to mark the repayment of the loan from ATSIC and the Land Rights for Kurtjar Country were handed over to the Kurtjar Aboriginal Corporation for all Kurtjar people.

Another important figure in Ians life and art has been his uncle, Nardoo, a famed tracker .Nardoo was the subject of Last of the Spiritual Black Trackers an exhibition that won Ian the Open painting category in the 12th National and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. This was revisited in a later exhibition ( Nardoo tracking White Girl) These works expressed both a tangible affection for the relative he knew as a child and a fascination for the man and his magic.In 2007 Ian also reached the finals in the Archibald and Wynne prizes at the Art Gallery of NSW in 2007.

In March 2010 Ian Waldron won the Glover Prize Australia,s most prestigious award for an Australian Landscape painting. Ian Waldron's paintings are prime examples of the artists ability to portray the mysterious depth that shows an audacious pride in the extraordinary strength and talent of his people to this day. Ian Waldron pays homage to the land and his people through his art.

Painted Country Gallery,s director in NSW is proud to have been associated with such a talented and recognised artist for the past 12 years, enquiries regarding his future works are welcome.