
Paddy Bedford
Artist’s Statement
Paddy Bedford (c1922 - 2007) senior Gija artist, born Bedford Downs station in East Kimberley
Solo Exhibitons:
1998 My Country, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne VIC
2000 Paddy Bedford, Chapman Galleries, Canberra ACT
2000 My Mother’s Country, My Father’s Country, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2000 Selected Recent Works, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne VIC
2001 Paddy Bedford, Raft Artspace, Darwin NT
2002 Significant Paintings, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney NSW
2003 Walking on the Line, GRANTPIRRIE, Sydney NSW
2004 Rolling the Swag, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne VIC
2005 Heart of Blackness, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne VIC
2005 Black Note, Short Street Gallery, Broome WA
2007 Paddy Bedford, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney NSW
2009 AAMU, Paddy Bedford:Crossing Frontiers, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1998 Paintings from the Jirrawun Aboriginal Community, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney NSW
1998 Jirrawun Artists from Crocodile Hole, Jemma Stowe, Perth WA
1999 My Country, Northern Territory University Gallery, Darwin NT
1999 Painting Country, William Mora Galleries Melbourne VIC
1999 Jirrawun Artists, Chapman Galleries Canberra ACT
1999 Mapping Our Countries, Djamu Gallery, Australian Museum at Customs House, Sydney NSW
2000 Land Mark: Mirror Mark: Prints by Aboriginal artists from the collection of the Northern Territory
University, Drill Hall Gallery Australian National University; later at Columbia State University USA; Kluge – Ruhe Collection of Aboriginal Art University of Virginia USA
2000 Opening 2000, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne VIC
2000 Gaagembi – Poor Things, William Mora Galleries Melbourne VIC
2000 Christmas Exhibition, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2000 East Kimberley Exhibition, Framed Gallery, Darwin NT
2001 Four men, Four Paintings, Raft Artspace, Darwin NT
2001 Ochre – Short Street Gallery, Broome WA
2002 Blood on the Spinifex, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Melbourne VIC
2002 Rhapsodies in Country, GRANTPIRRIE at Art Miami, Miami USA
2003 Jirrawun Jazz, Raft Artspace, Darwin NSW
2003 Journey to Now: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide SA
2004 Talking about Abstraction, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts, Sydney NSW
2004 Spirit and Vision – Aboriginal Art, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
2004 2004: Australian Culture Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne VIC
2005 Beyond the Frontier, Sherman Galleries, Sydney NSW
2005 Jirrawun in the House: A Contemporary Vision from the East Kimberley, Parliament House, Canberra
2006 Jirrawun Artists, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne VIC
2006 Land Marks, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne VIC
2013 Landmarks and Law Grounds: Men of the Desert, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle WA
Collections:
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Private collections in Australia and internationally
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