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Aboroginal Artefact Collection

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Gus Kelly

DOB: 14 September 1948

Tribe: Dunghutti

Works on paper with charcoal, acrylic and chalk.
Works focus on faces and bodies from indigenous young to elders.

Exhibitions

2008 Finalist Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize Naidoc Exhibition Macleay Valley Community Gallery Scotts Head Exhibition Campbelltown Art Gallery
2007 Regional Gallery Port Macquarie Scotts Head Exhibition
2006 Naidoc Exhibition Blue Poles Gallery, Byabarra
2005 Parliament House of NSW Indigenous Art Prize
2004 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Exhibition
2003 Kempsey Shire Art Exhibition

Awards

2008 Peoples Choice – Scotts Head Exhibition
2007 Finalist Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize
2006 Peoples Choice – Scotts Head Exhibition
2005 Finalist Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize
2004 Finalist Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award
2003 Winner Indigenous Section Kempsey Art Prize

Gus Kelly of the Dunghutti language group of NSW creates works using charcoal, acrylics and coloured pencils. He was a finalist in the 2004 Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.