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== Maree Clarke ==
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'''Maree Clarke''' (born 1961 in Swan Hill, Victoria) is is a Mutti Mutti, Yorta Yorta, BoonWurrung/Wemba Wemba woman, curator, and artist. Clarke is a multidisciplinary artist and is renowned for her work in reviving South-eastern Aboriginal Australian art practices.
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'''Maree Clarke''' (born 1961) is an Australian multidisciplinary artist and curator from [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], renowned for her work in reviving south-eastern [[Indigenous Australian art|Aboriginal Australian art practices]].


== Early Life and Education ==
==Early life and education==
Clarke grew up in and around Mildura in North Western Victoria. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vivienandersongallery.com/artists/maree-clarke/bio|title=Vivien Anderson Gallery|website=www.vivienandersongallery.com|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>
Maree Clarke was born in 1961 at [[Swan Hill, Victoria]], of [[Muthi Muthi|Mutti Mutti]], [[Yorta Yorta]], [[Boon wurrung|BoonWurrung]], and [[Wemba-Wemba|Wemba Wemba]] descent.<ref name=ngv/> She grew up in and around [[Mildura]] in North Western Victoria.<ref name=vivien>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vivienandersongallery.com/artists/maree-clarke/bio|title=Maree Clarke Bio|last=|first=|date=2021|website=Vivien Anderson Gallery|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309134716/http://www.vivienandersongallery.com/artists/maree-clarke/bio|archive-date=2020-03-09|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>


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==Career==
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Clarke began working as an educator in her home town in 1978, which provided her with a solid base from which to develop her career in promoting and supporting South-East Aboriginal histories, culture and knowledge.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url= https://indigenousstory.com.au/works/image/maree-clarke-140/| title=Fran Edmonds with Maree Clarke|last=|first=|date=|website=Centre for Indigenous Story|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref> Along with her brother and sister, Clarke established Kiah Krafts, an Aboriginal arts enterprise, in [[Mildura]].<ref name="Clark 2021"/>


The [[City of Port Phillip]] became the first Victorian local government to establish a centre dedicated to actively promoting Aboriginal arts and culture, creating the first Koori Arts Unit in [[St Kilda, Victoria|St Kilda]]. Clarke was the first Koori Arts Officer from 1994 to 1998, and instrumental in its success.<ref name=":0" /> In 1996, Clarke curated, with Kimba Thompson and Len Tregonning, the ''We Iri We Homeborn'' Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Festival.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} Her collaborations with these two artists as well as Sonja Hodge can be seen in [[public art]]works around the city of Melbourne.<ref name="Clark 2021"/>
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== Career ==
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Clarke works across a range of mediums including photography, sculpture, painting and jewerllery. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monash.edu/muma/collection/featured-works/maree-clarke|title=Maree Clarke, Thung-ung Coorang (Kangaroo teeth necklace) 2013|website=Monash University Museum of Art|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>


== Art practice ==
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Research and revival of cultural practices which are no longer in use form an important part of Clarke's art practice. Clarke goes to museums to research and work with objects in their collections. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maas.museum/linear-artists-maree-clarke/|title=Linear Artists: Maree Clarke|website=Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref> Her work has seen her become a pivotal figure in the reclamation of cultural and artistic practices of South Eastern Australian Aboriginals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://museumsvictoria.com.au/website/bunjilaka/visiting/birrarung-gallery/artist-profiles/maree-clarke/index.html|title=Maree Clarke: Bunjilaka|website=museumsvictoria.com.au|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indigenousstory.com.au/works/image/maree-clarke-140/|title=Centre for Indigenous Story|website=Centre for Indigenous Story|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>
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Clarke works across a range of mediums including photography, sculpture, painting, and jewellery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monash.edu/muma/collection/featured-works/maree-clarke|title=Maree Clarke, Thung-ung Coorang (Kangaroo teeth necklace) 2013|website=Monash University Museum of Art|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref><ref name="Clark 2021"/>


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Research and revival of cultural practices which have been lost as a result of colonisation form an important part of Clarke's art practice. Clarke goes to museums to research and work with objects in their collections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maas.museum/linear-artists-maree-clarke/|title=Linear Artists: Maree Clarke|website=Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref> Her work has seen her become a pivotal figure in the reclamation of cultural and artistic practices of South Eastern Australian Aboriginal peoples.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://museumsvictoria.com.au/website/bunjilaka/visiting/birrarung-gallery/artist-profiles/maree-clarke/index.html|title=Maree Clarke: Bunjilaka|website=museumsvictoria.com.au|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Her work has included [[eel trap]]s, [[kopi (mourning cap)|kopis]], [[possum skin cloak]]-making, and [[kangaroo tooth]] necklaces (''Thung-ung Coorang''). She is committed to preserving intergenerational memories of cultural practices.<ref name="Clark 2021"/>
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She began working as an Aboriginal educator in her home town in 1978 which provided her with a solid base from which to develop her career in promoting and supporting South East Aboriginal histories, culture and knowledge. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indigenousstory.com.au/works/image/maree-clarke-140/|title=Centre for Indigenous Story|website=Centre for Indigenous Story|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>


== Recognition and awards==
The City of Port Phillip became the first Victorian local government to establish a centre dedicated to actively promoting Aboriginal arts and culture, creating the first Koori Arts Unit in St Kilda. Clark was the first Koori Arts Officer from 1994 - 1998 and instrumental in its success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indigenousstory.com.au/works/image/maree-clarke-140/|title=Centre for Indigenous Story|website=Centre for Indigenous Story|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>
''Made from Memory (Nan's house)'' (2017) was purchased by the [[National Gallery of Australia]] in 2017 in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the [[1967 Australian referendum (Aboriginals)|1967 Referendum]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://artsearch.nga.gov.au/detail.cfm?irn=305505|title=Made from Memory (Nan's house)|last=Clarke|first=Maree|website=Item held by National Gallery of Australia|access-date=2020-03-10}}</ref>


In 2021. Clarke was the first living Aboriginal artist to be featured in a solo exhibition in the [[National Gallery of Victoria]] in Melbourne.<ref name="Clark 2021">{{cite web | last=Clark | first=Maddee | title=Artist Maree Clarke's extraordinary practice celebrated in first solo show by a living Victorian Aboriginal artist at the NGV| website=ABC News| publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=13 July 2021 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-13/ngv-exhibition-maree-clarke-ancestral-memories/100280456 | access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>
Clarke left her home in Mildura in 1988 to paint the first green and gold tram in Melbourne used for advertising the Koori Heritage Trust. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2011/09/12/3315500.htm|title=Internationally renowned artist Maree Clarke holds her first solo show at home|last=King|first=Charlotte|last2=Henderson|first2=Jenni|date=2011-09-12|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref>


In 2022, a major retrospective of Clarke's works titled ''Ancestral Memories'' was shown at the [[National Gallery of Victoria]] in Melbourne.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-03|title=Maree Clarke Connects Country, Culture, and Place|url=https://ocula.com/magazine/conversations/maree-clarke/|access-date=2021-12-03|website=ocula.com|language=en}}</ref>
== Work ==


In 2023, Clarke won the [[Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Melbourne Prize Trust » Urban Sculpture | website=Melbourne Prize Trust | url=https://melbourneprizetrust.org/prize-for-urban-sculpture/ | access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> "for her recent experimental work in glass as well as the pivotal role she has played in the Victorian Indigenous art scene over the past three decades".<ref>{{cite web | last=Burke | first=Kelly | title=Maree Clarke wins $60,000 Melbourne urban sculpture prize for detailed glass renderings of nature | website= [[The Guardian]] | date=15 November 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/15/melbourne-urban-sculpture-prize-winner-maree-clarke | access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref>
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=== Major Exhibitions ===


==Personal life==
Clarke has lived in [[Melbourne]] since 1988 and {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.<ref name="Clark 2021"/>


=== Public Collections ===
== Collections==
Clarke's work is included in the following galleries and collections:
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[[National Gallery of Australia]]
*[[National Gallery of Australia]]<ref name=":2" />
*[[National Gallery of Victoria]]<ref name=ngv>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/18449/|title=Maree Clarke {{!}} Artists {{!}} NGV|website=www.ngv.vic.gov.au|access-date=2020-03-10}}</ref>
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*[[Museums Victoria|Museum Victoria]]<ref name=":1" />
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*[[National Museum of Australia]]
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*[[Monash University Museum of Art]]
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* Monash University Art Collection, Prato Campus, Tuscany, Italy
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*[[Koorie Heritage Trust]]
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*[[City of Stonnington]], Melbourne, Victoria
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*[[City of Port Phillip]] Art Collection, Melbourne, Victoria
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* Mildura Art Centre Collection, Mildura


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== Exhibitions ==
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[[National Gallery of Victoria]]
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=== Solo exhibitions===
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[[Museums Victoria|Museum Victoria]]
* 2021 ''Ancestral Memories'', [[National Gallery of Victoria]], Melbourne
* 2019 ''Eel Trap'' with Mitch Mahoney, [[Footscray Community Arts Centre]], [[Footscray, Victoria|Footscray]], Victoria<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vivienandersongallery.com/artists/maree-clarke/bio|title=Maree Clarke|last=|first=|date=|website=Vivien Anderson Gallery|access-date=2020-03-09}}</ref>
* 2019 ''Translating Culture'' with Mitch Mahoney, [[Canberra Glassworks]], [[Kingston, ACT]]
* 2019 ''Ancestral Memory'', Treasury Gallery Old Quad, [[University of Melbourne]], Melbourne
* 2019 ''Reimagining Culture – Contemporary Connections to Culture'', Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura
* 2018 ''Reimagining Culture'', Arts Space Wodonga, [[Wodonga]]
* 2015 ''Ritual: Connection to Country'', [[Koorie Heritage Trust]], Melbourne
* 2011 ''Ritual & Ceremony'', Bunjilaka Gallery, [[Melbourne Museum]], Melbourne<ref name=":1" />


=== Group exhibitions===
[[National Museum of Australia]]


* 2019 ''Linear'', [[Powerhouse Museum]], Sydney, New South Wales
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[[Monash University Museum of Art|Monash University Museum of Ar]]<nowiki/>t
* 2019 ''Indigenous Design'', [[Parliament House, Canberra]], ACT
* 2019 ''The Women’s Show'', Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
* 2018 ''Colony: Frontier Wars'', [[National Gallery of Victoria]], Melbourne
* 2018 ''Island Welcome'', [[Craft Victoria]], Melbourne
* 2018&nbsp;''The Women’s Show'', Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
* 2017 ''Defying Empire'': 3rd [[National Indigenous Art Triennial]], [[National Gallery of Australia]], Canberra, ACT
* 2017 ''An Unorthodox flow of images'', [[Centre for Contemporary Photography]], Melbourne, Victoria(as part of The Melbourne Festival)
* 2017 ''Get the picture (Melbourne 2017 Fringe Festival)'' [[Blak Dot Gallery]], Brunswick, Victoria
* 2017&nbsp;''The Women’s Show'', Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
* 2016 ''Sovereignty'', [[Australian Centre for Contemporary Art]] (ACCA), Melbourne, Victoria
* 2016&nbsp;W''ho’s Afraid of Colour?'' [[National Gallery of Victoria]], Melbourne


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== References ==
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Monash University Art Collection, Prato Campus, Tuscany, Italy
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[[Koorie Heritage Trust|Koori Heritage Trust]]


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Stonington Council, Melbourne, Victoria
[[Category:Australian Aboriginal artists]]

[[Category:20th-century Australian artists]]
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Port Phillip Council Art Collection, Melbourne, Victoria
[[Category:20th-century Australian women artists]]

[[Category:1961 births]]
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Mildura Art Centre Collection, [[Mildura|Mildura, Victoria]]
[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:21st-century Australian women]]
=== Awards and nominations ===
[[Category:21st-century Australian people]]

[[Category:Women's Art Register artists]]





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Latest revision as of 17:03, 5 September 2024

Maree Clarke (born 1961) is an Australian multidisciplinary artist and curator from Victoria, renowned for her work in reviving south-eastern Aboriginal Australian art practices.

Early life and education

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Maree Clarke was born in 1961 at Swan Hill, Victoria, of Mutti Mutti, Yorta Yorta, BoonWurrung, and Wemba Wemba descent.[1] She grew up in and around Mildura in North Western Victoria.[2]

Career

[edit]

Clarke began working as an educator in her home town in 1978, which provided her with a solid base from which to develop her career in promoting and supporting South-East Aboriginal histories, culture and knowledge.[3] Along with her brother and sister, Clarke established Kiah Krafts, an Aboriginal arts enterprise, in Mildura.[4]

The City of Port Phillip became the first Victorian local government to establish a centre dedicated to actively promoting Aboriginal arts and culture, creating the first Koori Arts Unit in St Kilda. Clarke was the first Koori Arts Officer from 1994 to 1998, and instrumental in its success.[3] In 1996, Clarke curated, with Kimba Thompson and Len Tregonning, the We Iri We Homeborn Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Festival.[citation needed] Her collaborations with these two artists as well as Sonja Hodge can be seen in public artworks around the city of Melbourne.[4]

Art practice

[edit]

Clarke works across a range of mediums including photography, sculpture, painting, and jewellery.[5][4]

Research and revival of cultural practices which have been lost as a result of colonisation form an important part of Clarke's art practice. Clarke goes to museums to research and work with objects in their collections.[6] Her work has seen her become a pivotal figure in the reclamation of cultural and artistic practices of South Eastern Australian Aboriginal peoples.[7][3] Her work has included eel traps, kopis, possum skin cloak-making, and kangaroo tooth necklaces (Thung-ung Coorang). She is committed to preserving intergenerational memories of cultural practices.[4]

Recognition and awards

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Made from Memory (Nan's house) (2017) was purchased by the National Gallery of Australia in 2017 in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum.[8]

In 2021. Clarke was the first living Aboriginal artist to be featured in a solo exhibition in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.[4]

In 2022, a major retrospective of Clarke's works titled Ancestral Memories was shown at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.[9]

In 2023, Clarke won the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture,[10] "for her recent experimental work in glass as well as the pivotal role she has played in the Victorian Indigenous art scene over the past three decades".[11]

Personal life

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Clarke has lived in Melbourne since 1988 and as of 2021.[4]

Collections

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Clarke's work is included in the following galleries and collections:

Exhibitions

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Solo exhibitions

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Group exhibitions

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Maree Clarke | Artists | NGV". www.ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Maree Clarke Bio". Vivien Anderson Gallery. 2021. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Fran Edmonds with Maree Clarke". Centre for Indigenous Story. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Clark, Maddee (13 July 2021). "Artist Maree Clarke's extraordinary practice celebrated in first solo show by a living Victorian Aboriginal artist at the NGV". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Maree Clarke, Thung-ung Coorang (Kangaroo teeth necklace) 2013". Monash University Museum of Art. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Linear Artists: Maree Clarke". Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Maree Clarke: Bunjilaka". museumsvictoria.com.au. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  8. ^ a b Clarke, Maree. "Made from Memory (Nan's house)". Item held by National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Maree Clarke Connects Country, Culture, and Place". ocula.com. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Melbourne Prize Trust » Urban Sculpture". Melbourne Prize Trust. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  11. ^ Burke, Kelly (15 November 2023). "Maree Clarke wins $60,000 Melbourne urban sculpture prize for detailed glass renderings of nature". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Maree Clarke". Vivien Anderson Gallery. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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