Resident Artist – Lloyd Gawura Hornsby
Lloyd Gawura Hornsby (b.1947) is a Koori, descendent of the NSW Aboriginal Yuin People. His passion and talent for art manifested in childhood and developed while in his adolescence. In fact he wooed his childhood sweetheart Wendy (now his wife of 53 years) with gifts of paintings and carvings. Lloyd never paints on location; he uses knowledge and observation as a basis for finished paintings. His artwork comes together using the traditional dot technique used widely by the northern Indigenous artists. Lloyd’s strong knowledge base of sketching and drawing are evident in the detail with his bold use of colour to finish the experience. At the age of 73 my learning is continuing today through the discovery of Aboriginal culture and life. Through the passing down of stories, our history and life experiences, all are adding to the richness of my understanding. This knowledge is the basis to all of my artworks.
We have to know our history; we are people of our generation. We can look back with admiration, and hope to have some of those qualities that help us to remain true to our time. We have to acknowledge the complexities of our generation – our status and our connections. Through the approval of my community and family it has been acknowledged in my art that I have shown the positive of the dreamtime and how it was for the past 60,000 years – I have endeavoured to carry on the age old tradition of telling Dreamtime and Historical stories through my art, in a passive mode. My journey into the future will be reflected in my future works.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 2008 Part of the team that did a 11mt x 7mt instillation outside the State Library, Brisbane
- 2009 completed a Bachelor of Australian Contemporary Indigenous Art at Griffith University
- 2015 Wrote an art therapy program for Aboriginal prisoners in Arthur Gorrie and Woodford
- 2016 Australia Day Award for Art and Culture
- 2017 Built our own Art Gallery – Gawura Gallery in Glen Innes
- 2020 Invited to exhibit at the Biennale in Europe/Cannes Film Festival
- 2020 Artwork chosen for the United Nations report on the treatment of Aboriginals in Australia
- Raised $250,000 through art programs for research into Indigenous Heart programs (closing the gap) for the Heart Foundation
- 2021- Have been invited to exhibit artworks in four major galleries across Europe
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Australian Indigenous Contemporary Art – Griffith University 2009
Diploma Commercial Art – Queensland College of Art 1963
Diploma in Management TAFE 1983
Cert 1V Workplace Trainer and Assessor Brisbane TAFE 2010
Practicing Professional Artist – 2005 to current
Indigenous Affiliations
Consultant for Indigenous Community programs, funding programs, communications strategies, business strategy:
- Assisting in participation in training and employment in partnership with Indigenous communities
- Setting up programs to provide cultural awareness for Indigenous and Non Indigenous Children through Primary and Local High Schools and local libraries
- Working with Indigenous artists to build and provide sustainable and economic benefits to the artists and their communities
- Working with community elders to assist students with pathways from primary school to University
- Art Therapy programs with Correctional Services Queensland
- Blue Card Holder
Curator for Indigenous Art workshops and exhibitions (Queensland State Library, Road Show to Cairns and Townsville and NW Queensland, Convention Centre Conference)
Working knowledge of all aspects of Indigenous community protocol and origin
EXHIBITIONS
2007 Queensland State Library
– Cooroy Butter Factory – 2006 collection
– Pine Rivers Regional Gallery – My Stories
2008 Gawura and Friends – Graydon Gallery
Queensland State Library
2009 Brisbane Convention Centre
Queensland State Library
Road Show through Regional Queensland
Armidale Regional Gallery
2010 Armidale Regional Gallery – 5 Masters Exhibition
Redcliffe Regional Gallery
Strathpine Regional Gallery
2011 Townsville Cultural Centre
2012 Stanthorpe Regional Gallery
2013 Kempsey Indigenous Gallery
2014 The HUB Caboolture
2014 Pine Rivers Art Gallery
2014 Stanthorpe Regional Gallery
2015 The Coalface Gallery Moranbah
2015 Armidale Keeping Place and Art Gallery
2016 Graydon Gallery New Farm
2016 The Coalface Gallery Moranbah
COLLECTIONS
Pine Rivers Regional Art Collection
Stanthorpe Regional Art Collection
Moreton Bay Regional Art Collection
Private and Corporate Art Collections in Australia and England, South
Africa, Sweden and New Zealand
Instillations
Queensland State Library – 11 Mt x 7 Mt Wall carving.
Gawura Gallery Glen Innes 2017 – current
Purpose Built and Manage our own gallery – 9979 New England Highway Glen Innes 2370