Lloyd Hornsby
CREATIVE PRACTICE
Aboriginal Artist (Yuin man from Wallaga Lake)
ARTIST STATEMENT
Lloyd Gawura Hornsby (b.1947) 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.
BIO
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 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. Solo 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
CONTACT
info@gawuragallery.com
0403 383 080