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'''Doreen Reid Nakamarra''' (? - October 20, 2009) was an [[Australia]] [[Aboriginal]] [[artist]] and [[painter]].<ref name=ta> {{cite news |first=Ashleigh |last=Wilson |title=TCelebrated Aboriginal artist dead at 50 |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/celebrated-aboriginal-artist-dead-at-50/story-e6frg6pf-1225792639963 |work=[[The Australian]]|publisher=|date=2009-10-30 |accessdate=2009-11-18}}</ref> Reid was considered an important artist within the [[Western Desert cultural bloc]].<ref name=ta/> She was a leading painter at the [[Papunya Tula]] [[artist cooperative]] in [[Central Australia]].<ref name=ta/> |
'''Doreen Reid Nakamarra''' (? - October 20, 2009) was an [[Australia]] [[Aboriginal]] [[artist]] and [[Painting|painter]].<ref name=ta> {{cite news |first=Ashleigh |last=Wilson |title=TCelebrated Aboriginal artist dead at 50 |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/celebrated-aboriginal-artist-dead-at-50/story-e6frg6pf-1225792639963 |work=[[The Australian]]|publisher=|date=2009-10-30 |accessdate=2009-11-18}}</ref> Reid was considered an important artist within the [[Western Desert cultural bloc]].<ref name=ta/> She was a leading painter at the [[Papunya Tula]] [[artist cooperative]] in [[Central Australia]].<ref name=ta/> |
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Reid was originally from [[Kiwikurra]], a remote town located approximately |
Reid was originally from [[Kiwikurra]], a remote town located approximately 600 km west of [[Alice Springs]].<ref name=ta/> In 2007, Reid's work was displayed at the [[National Gallery of Australia]]'s ''Culture Warriors'' [[exhibition]] in 2007. The exbibit, including Reid's pieces, toured Australia state galleries before opening at the [[Katzen Arts Center]] in [[Washington D.C.]] in September 2009.<ref name=ta/> |
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Additionally, Reid's work was featured at the [[Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art]] in 2009.<ref name=ta/> She was awarded the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award general painting prize for an untitled [[painting]].<ref name=ta/> |
Additionally, Reid's work was featured at the [[Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art]] in 2009.<ref name=ta/> She was awarded the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award general painting prize for an untitled [[painting]].<ref name=ta/> |
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Revision as of 23:28, 2 December 2009
Doreen Reid Nakamarra (? - October 20, 2009) was an Australia Aboriginal artist and painter.[1] Reid was considered an important artist within the Western Desert cultural bloc.[1] She was a leading painter at the Papunya Tula artist cooperative in Central Australia.[1]
Reid was originally from Kiwikurra, a remote town located approximately 600 km west of Alice Springs.[1] In 2007, Reid's work was displayed at the National Gallery of Australia's Culture Warriors exhibition in 2007. The exbibit, including Reid's pieces, toured Australia state galleries before opening at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington D.C. in September 2009.[1]
Additionally, Reid's work was featured at the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2009.[1] She was awarded the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award general painting prize for an untitled painting.[1]
In September 2009, Reid travelled to New York City for the opening of a Papunya Tula art exhibition which included her work.[1] The New York exhibition had been headed by Hetti Perkins, the curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney.[1]
On October 18, 2009, Reid was admitted to the hosiptal for treatment of pneumonia.[1] She was flown from Alice Springs to Adelaide, where she died in the hospital on October 20, 2009, at the age of 50.[1]
Paul Sweeney, the general manager of Papunya Tula, praised Reid as an important artist and spokesperson.[1]