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{{Short description|Australian Aboriginal artist (1948–2020)}}
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{{Infobox artist
{{Infobox artist
| name = Digby Moran
| name = Digby Moran
| birth_name = Albert Digby Moran
| birth_name = Albert Digby Moran
| birth_date = 1948
| birth_date = 1948
| birth_place = [[Cabbage Tree Island]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]
| birth_place = [[Cabbage Tree Island (John Gould Nature Reserve)|Cabbage Tree Island]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]
| death_date = {{death date|2020|1|14}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|1|14|1948}}
| death_place = [[Lismore]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]
| death_place = [[Lismore, New South Wales|Lismore]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]
| nationality = Australia
| nationality = Australian
| field = [[Painting]]
| field = [[Painting]]
| training = [[New South Wales TAFE]]
| training = New South Wales TAFE
| movement = [[Australian Indigenous Art]]
| movement = [[Australian Aboriginal Art]]
| works = {{plainlist}}
| works = {{plainlist}}
* ''[[Berlin Aboriginal Art Gallery]]'' (2001/2)
* ''[[Berlin Aboriginal Art Gallery]]'' (2001/2)
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* ''[[Museum Hamelyn, Germany: Energy of the Earth]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Museum Hamelyn, Germany: Energy of the Earth]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Duisburg, Germany]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Duisburg, Germany]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Emmerich, Germany]]'' (2009
* ''[[Emmerich, Germany]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Memories of the Island]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Memories of the Island]]'' (2006)
* ''[[I Saw The Sun - East Coast]]'' (2007)
* ''[[I Saw The Sun - East Coast]]'' (2007)
* ''[[New South Wales Parliament Exhibition]]'' (2016)
* ''[[New South Wales Parliament Exhibition]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Growing Up on the Island]]'' (2018)
* ''[[Growing Up on the Island]]'' (2018)
{{endplainlist}}
}}
}}


'''''Albert Digby Moran''''' (1948-2020) was an Australian Aboriginal artist. His work derived inspiration from his Bundjalung ancestors in the north of [[New South Wales|New South Wales,]] Australia, where he remains one of the [[Northern Rivers]]' most recognised artists.
'''Albert Digby Moran''' (1948–2020) was an Australian Aboriginal artist. His work derived inspiration from his [[Bundjalung people|Bundjalung]] ancestors in the north of [[New South Wales]], Australia, where he remains one of the [[Northern Rivers]]' most recognised artists.


== Life ==
== Life ==
Digby Moran grew up on [[Cabbage Tree Island]] on the [[Richmond River]] in [[New South Wales]], Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lismoregallery.org/cp_themes/default/page.asp?p=DOC-XBR-37-12-83#.XjzFfWgzaUk|title=Albert (Digby) Moran in conversation with Brett Adlington|last=|first=|date=20 September 2018|website=Lismore Regional Gallery|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref> His father was a member of the [[Dhanggati language|Dunghutti]] race and his mother a [[Bundjalung people|Bundjalung]]. His grandfather, Robert Moran, was a wood carver and from an early age Digby worked with him, making boomerangs and walking sticks. In his early adult years he worked as an agricultural cane cutter and also as a boxer with [[Jimmy Sharman|Jimmy Sharman's]] touring troupe. Eventually Digby returned to that first love of his people's art and completed a [[Technical and further education|TAFE]] arts course in 1991. After a nationally and internationally recognised career as a visual artist<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34113107|title=Identity : Indigenous art of the North Coast : showcasing leading Indigenous artists of North Coast NSW|last=Williams|first=Alison|last2=Gallery (N.S.W.)|first2=Grafton Regional|date=2008|publisher=Grafton, N.S.W. : Grafton Regional Gallery|isbn=978-0-9802876-4-6|language=English}}</ref>, Digby Moran died in [[Lismore, New South Wales|Lismore]] in January 2020.<ref name="ABC North Coast">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-14/first-nations-artist-digby-moran-dies/11867144|title=World famous Bundjalung artist Digby Moran dies|last=Farrow-Smith|first=Elloise|date=2020-01-14|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref>
Digby Moran grew up on [[Cabbage Tree Island (John Gould Nature Reserve)|Cabbage Tree Island]] on the [[Richmond River]] in [[New South Wales]], Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lismoregallery.org/cp_themes/default/page.asp?p=DOC-XBR-37-12-83#.XjzFfWgzaUk|title=Albert (Digby) Moran in conversation with Brett Adlington|date=20 September 2018|website=Lismore Regional Gallery|language=en|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref> His father was a member of the [[Dhanggati language|Dunghutti]] race and his mother a Bundjalung. His grandfather, Robert Moran, was a wood carver and from an early age Digby worked with him, making boomerangs and walking sticks. In his early adult years he worked as an agricultural cane cutter and also as a boxer with [[Jimmy Sharman|Jimmy Sharman's]] touring troupe. Eventually Moran returned to that first love of his people's art and completed a [[Technical and further education|TAFE]] arts course in 1991. After a nationally and internationally recognised career as a visual artist,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34113107|title=Identity : Indigenous art of the North Coast : showcasing leading Indigenous artists of North Coast NSW|last=Williams|first=Alison|last2=Gallery (N.S.W.)|first2=Grafton Regional|date=2008|publisher=Grafton, N.S.W. : Grafton Regional Gallery|isbn=978-0-9802876-4-6|language=en}}</ref> Moran died in [[Lismore, New South Wales|Lismore]] in January 2020.<ref name="ABC North Coast">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-14/first-nations-artist-digby-moran-dies/11867144|title=World famous Bundjalung artist Digby Moran dies|last=Farrow-Smith|first=Elloise|date=2020-01-14|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref>


== Work ==
== Work ==
An early work, 'Lizard and Snake' was made for the Lismore branch of the Aboriginal and Torres State Islander Commssion, depicting the creation story of the Goanna headland at Evans Head.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/object/146726|title=Dot painting of a lizard and snake by Albert (Digby) Moran|last=|first=|date=1996|website=National Museum of Australia|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> In 2006, Moran held an exhibition ''Memories of the island'' exhibited at the Tweed River Art Gallery.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19702854|title=Digby Moran : memories of the island|last=Tweed River Art Gallery|first=|date=2006|publisher=Murwillumbah, N.S.W. : Tweed River Art Gallery|year=|isbn=978-0-9756704-7-7|location=|pages=|language=English}}</ref> Moran's work was represented in the ''I saw the sun - east coast'' exhibition at the Lismore Regional Gallery in 2007 together with Jenny Fraser, Frances Belle Parker, [[Fiona Foley]], [[Ian Abdulla]] and Vincent Serico.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/43503650|title=I saw the sun - east coast : Jenny Fraser, Digby Moran, Frances Belle Parker, Fiona Foley, Ian Abdulla, Vincent Serico|last=Mundine|first=Djon|last2=Gallery|first2=Lismore Regional|date=2007|publisher=[Lismore, N.S.W.] : Lismore Regional Gallery|language=English}}</ref>
An early work, 'Lizard and Snake' was made for the Lismore branch of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, depicting the creation story of the Goanna headland at Evans Head.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/object/146726|title=Dot painting of a lizard and snake by Albert (Digby) Moran|date=1996|website=National Museum of Australia}}</ref> In 2006, Moran held an exhibition ''Memories of the island'' exhibited at the Tweed River Art Gallery.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19702854|title=Digby Moran : memories of the island|last=Tweed River Art Gallery|date=2006|publisher=Murwillumbah, N.S.W. : Tweed River Art Gallery|isbn=978-0-9756704-7-7|language=en}}</ref> Moran's work was represented in the ''I saw the sun - east coast'' exhibition at the Lismore Regional Gallery in 2007 together with Jenny Fraser, Frances Belle Parker, [[Fiona Foley]], [[Ian Abdulla]] and Vincent Serico.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/43503650|title=I saw the sun - east coast : Jenny Fraser, Digby Moran, Frances Belle Parker, Fiona Foley, Ian Abdulla, Vincent Serico|last=Mundine|first=Djon|last2=Gallery|first2=Lismore Regional|date=2007|publisher=[Lismore, N.S.W.] : Lismore Regional Gallery|language=en}}</ref>


Most of Moran's work was lost in the Lismore floods of 2017. However in 2018 the Lismore Art Gallery presented an exhibition of his work, 'Growing Up on the Island'<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wolff|first=Sharne|date=2014|title=Lismore Regional Gallery: Past, present, future.|url=|journal=Art Monthly Australia|volume=272|pages=19-23|via=}}</ref> which enhanced his reputation as one of Australia's foremost Indigenous artists. He was commissioned to paint murals by Woolworths in River Street, [[Ballina, New South Wales|Ballina]], in 2014; and at St Joseph's School, Woodburn, in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/devastated-community-mourns-death-of-bundjalung-ar/3920521/|title='Devastated': Community Mourns Death of Bundjalung artist|last=|first=|date=January 2020|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> He was granted a solo exhibition at the [[Parliament of New South Wales|New South Wales Parliament]] in 2010.
Most of Moran's work was lost in the Lismore floods of 2017. However in 2018 the Lismore Art Gallery presented an exhibition of his work, 'Growing Up on the Island'<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wolff|first=Sharne|date=2014|title=Lismore Regional Gallery: Past, present, future.|journal=Art Monthly Australia|volume=272|pages=19–23}}</ref> which enhanced his reputation as one of Australia's foremost Indigenous artists. He was commissioned to paint murals by Woolworths in River Street, [[Ballina, New South Wales|Ballina]], in 2014; and at St Joseph's School, Woodburn, in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/devastated-community-mourns-death-of-bundjalung-ar/3920521/|title='Devastated': Community Mourns Death of Bundjalung artist|date=January 2020}}</ref> He was granted a solo exhibition at the [[Parliament of New South Wales|New South Wales Parliament]] in 2010.


Internationally, Digby Moran exhibited at:
Internationally, Digby Moran exhibited at:
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* Museum Hamelyn, Germany: 'Energy of the Earth' (2004)
* Museum Hamelyn, Germany: 'Energy of the Earth' (2004)
* Duisburg, Germany (2009)
* Duisburg, Germany (2009)
* Emmerich, Germany (2009
* Emmerich, Germany (2009)


Digby was a frequent guest at schools, working with children in art education. In later years he worked in a support role at the Namatjira Haven, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre.
Digby was a frequent guest at schools, working with children in art education. In later years he worked in a support role at the Namatjira Haven, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre.
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== Awards ==
== Awards ==
* People's Choice Award, National Aboriginal and Islander Telstra Art Award , Northern Territory Art Gallery, Darwin (2000)
* People's Choice Award, National Aboriginal and Islander Telstra Art Award , Northern Territory Art Gallery, Darwin (2000)
* Finalist, The New South Wales Parliament Aboriginal Art Prize 2011<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/179475420|title=Parliament of New South Wales Aboriginal Art Prize 2011|last=Dagostino|first=Michael|last2=New South Wales. Parliament|first2=publisher.|date=2011|publisher=[Sydney, N.S.W.] : Paliament of New South Wales|isbn=978-1-875199-86-0|language=English}}</ref> and 2012
* Finalist, The New South Wales Parliament Aboriginal Art Prize 2011<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/179475420|title=Parliament of New South Wales Aboriginal Art Prize 2011|last=Dagostino|first=Michael|last2=New South Wales. Parliament|first2=publisher.|date=2011|publisher=[Sydney, N.S.W.] : Parliament of New South Wales|isbn=978-1-875199-86-0|language=en}}</ref> and 2012


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:20th-century Australian painters]]
[[Category:20th-century Australian painters]]
[[Category:Australian contemporary artists]]
[[Category:Australian contemporary artists]]
[[Category:Australian Aboriginal artists]]

Latest revision as of 14:40, 8 May 2024

Digby Moran
Born
Albert Digby Moran

1948
Cabbage Tree Island, New South Wales, Australia
DiedJanuary 14, 2020(2020-01-14) (aged 71–72)
Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationNew South Wales TAFE
Known forPainting
Notable work
MovementAustralian Aboriginal Art

Albert Digby Moran (1948–2020) was an Australian Aboriginal artist. His work derived inspiration from his Bundjalung ancestors in the north of New South Wales, Australia, where he remains one of the Northern Rivers' most recognised artists.

Life

[edit]

Digby Moran grew up on Cabbage Tree Island on the Richmond River in New South Wales, Australia.[1] His father was a member of the Dunghutti race and his mother a Bundjalung. His grandfather, Robert Moran, was a wood carver and from an early age Digby worked with him, making boomerangs and walking sticks. In his early adult years he worked as an agricultural cane cutter and also as a boxer with Jimmy Sharman's touring troupe. Eventually Moran returned to that first love of his people's art and completed a TAFE arts course in 1991. After a nationally and internationally recognised career as a visual artist,[2] Moran died in Lismore in January 2020.[3]

Work

[edit]

An early work, 'Lizard and Snake' was made for the Lismore branch of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, depicting the creation story of the Goanna headland at Evans Head.[4] In 2006, Moran held an exhibition Memories of the island exhibited at the Tweed River Art Gallery.[5] Moran's work was represented in the I saw the sun - east coast exhibition at the Lismore Regional Gallery in 2007 together with Jenny Fraser, Frances Belle Parker, Fiona Foley, Ian Abdulla and Vincent Serico.[6]

Most of Moran's work was lost in the Lismore floods of 2017. However in 2018 the Lismore Art Gallery presented an exhibition of his work, 'Growing Up on the Island'[7] which enhanced his reputation as one of Australia's foremost Indigenous artists. He was commissioned to paint murals by Woolworths in River Street, Ballina, in 2014; and at St Joseph's School, Woodburn, in 2019.[8] He was granted a solo exhibition at the New South Wales Parliament in 2010.

Internationally, Digby Moran exhibited at:

  • Berlin Aboriginal Art Gallery (2001/2)
  • Vienna New Media Gallery (2003)
  • Museum Hamelyn, Germany: 'Energy of the Earth' (2004)
  • Duisburg, Germany (2009)
  • Emmerich, Germany (2009)

Digby was a frequent guest at schools, working with children in art education. In later years he worked in a support role at the Namatjira Haven, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre.

Awards

[edit]
  • People's Choice Award, National Aboriginal and Islander Telstra Art Award , Northern Territory Art Gallery, Darwin (2000)
  • Finalist, The New South Wales Parliament Aboriginal Art Prize 2011[9] and 2012

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Albert (Digby) Moran in conversation with Brett Adlington". Lismore Regional Gallery. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ Williams, Alison; Gallery (N.S.W.), Grafton Regional (2008). Identity : Indigenous art of the North Coast : showcasing leading Indigenous artists of North Coast NSW. Grafton, N.S.W. : Grafton Regional Gallery. ISBN 978-0-9802876-4-6.
  3. ^ Farrow-Smith, Elloise (14 January 2020). "World famous Bundjalung artist Digby Moran dies". ABC News. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Dot painting of a lizard and snake by Albert (Digby) Moran". National Museum of Australia. 1996.
  5. ^ Tweed River Art Gallery (2006). Digby Moran : memories of the island. Murwillumbah, N.S.W. : Tweed River Art Gallery. ISBN 978-0-9756704-7-7.
  6. ^ Mundine, Djon; Gallery, Lismore Regional (2007). I saw the sun - east coast : Jenny Fraser, Digby Moran, Frances Belle Parker, Fiona Foley, Ian Abdulla, Vincent Serico. [Lismore, N.S.W.] : Lismore Regional Gallery.
  7. ^ Wolff, Sharne (2014). "Lismore Regional Gallery: Past, present, future". Art Monthly Australia. 272: 19–23.
  8. ^ "'Devastated': Community Mourns Death of Bundjalung artist". January 2020.
  9. ^ Dagostino, Michael; New South Wales. Parliament, publisher. (2011). Parliament of New South Wales Aboriginal Art Prize 2011. [Sydney, N.S.W.] : Parliament of New South Wales. ISBN 978-1-875199-86-0.
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