Australian Aboriginal artist
Jimmy Pike (c1940-2002) was a Walmatjarri Aboriginal artist.
Life
Born east of Japingka, an important jila or permanent waterhole in the Great Sandy Desert, he grew up as a hunter-gatherer. Like many of his people he drifted north toward the river valleys and the sheep and cattle stations where food was more plentiful. Living as a fringe-dweller around Cherrabun Station he eventually joined relatives at the station camp and worked as a stockman.[1] He was named Jimmy Pike, after Phar Lap's jockey, by a cattle station manager.[2]
Pike learned to use western art materials while in Fremantle Prison.[2] Even before he was released from prison his work was exhibited in major Australian galleries.[3]
In 1989 Pike featured in a documentary The Quest of Jimmy Pike.[4]
He illustrated a book Jimmy and Pat meet the Queen with his wife Pat Lowe.[5] Pike has collaborated on a number of other books with his wife.
He held exhibitions in United Kingdom, Philippines, China, Namibia and Italy.[1]During an exhibition of his paintings in London in 1998, Pike and his wife Pat Lowe attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace.[3]
He held a joint exhibition with Zhou Xiaoping in the National Gallery of China, Beijing, called "Through the Eyes of Two Cultures".[6] He was the first Australian painter to show there.[3]
Pike died from a heart attack in 2002.[2][3]
Individual exhibitions[7]
- 1985 Aboriginal Artists Gallery, Melbourne.
- 1986 Aboriginal Artists Gallery, Sydney.
- 1986 Black Swan Gallery, Fremantle.
- 1987 Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra.
- 1987 Tynte Gallery, Adelaide.
- 1987 Craft Centre Gallery, Sydney.
- 1987 Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo.
- 1988 Birukmarri Gallery, Fremantle.
- 1988 Capricorn Gallery, Port Douglas.
- 1988 Tynte Gallery, Adelaide.
- 1988 Blaxland Gallery, Sydney and Melbourne.
- 1991 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
- 2000 Museo d'arte contemporanea AM International Bivongi, provincia di Reggio Calabria, Italy.
- 2000 Museo dell'Aeronautica G. Caproni, Trento, Italy.
Group exhibitions[7]
- 1984 Her Majesty's Theatre, Perth.
- 1985 Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Praxis, Fremantle.
- 1987 Print Council Gallery, Melbourne.
- 1987 Recent Aboriginal Art of WA, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
- 1987 The Fourth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the NT, Darwin.
- 1987 Galerie Exler, Frankfurt.
- 1987 Art and Aboriginality, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, UK.
- 1988 Addendum Gallery, Fremantle.
- 1998 Australian Aboriginal Graphics from the Collection of the Flinders University Art Museum.
- 1989, Prints by Seven Australian Aboriginal Artists, International Touring Exhibition through the Print Council and Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade.
- 1998 Aboriginal Art. The Continuing Tradition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
- 1990 i'ete Australien a' Montpellier, Musee Fabre Gallery, Montpeliler, France.
- 1990 Balance 1990, Views, Visions, Influences, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
- 1990 Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Harvard University, University of Minnesota, Lake Oswego Centre for the Arts, USA.
- 1990 Tagari Lia. My Family, Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Australia, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, UK.
- 1991 Flash Pictures, National Gallery of Australia.
- 1991 The Eighth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.V 1992 Working in the Round, Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide.
- 1992 Crossroads - Towards a New Reality, Aboriginal Art from Australia, National Museums of Art, Kyoto and Tokyo.
- 1992 The Ninth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.
- 1992 Kimberley Creations, Broome. WA.
- 1992/3 New Tracks Old Land: An Exhibition of Contemporary Prints from Aboriginal Australia, Touring USA and Australia.
- 1993 The Tenth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.
- 1993 Galerie im Vinyard Berlin.
- 1994 New Tracks Old Land Touring USA.
- 1994 Contemporary Visions Melbourne.
- 1994 Artmove Claremont.
- 1995 Art Gallery of WA, Major Retrospective.
- 1996 NATSI Art Award NTMG Darwin.
- 1996 Friendship Gallery Hefei, People's Republic of China.
- 1997 Durack Gallery Broome.
- 1997 Fireworks Gallery Brisbane.
- 1997 Framed Gallery Darwin.
- 1998 Rebecca Hossack Gallery London.
- 1999 "Through the eyes of two cultures", National Gallery of China, Beijing.[6]
- 1999 NATSI Art Award NTMG Darwin
- 2000 Japingka Gallery Perth.
Collections[7]
- Australian Museum, Sydney
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney[8]
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
- Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide
- Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin[9]
- Museum Victoria, Melbourne[10]
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra[11]
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne[12][13]
- National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney
- Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra[14]
- Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
- Queensland University of Technology Collection
- Queensland Museum[15]
- The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth
- BHP Collection
- Christensen fund Collection
- Oodgeroo Collection
References
- ^ a b "Jimmy Pike". Jimmy Pike Trust. 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b c "Artist Jimmy Pike (Kurntikujarra)". Virtual Reading Room. Education Services Australia Ltd and National Archives of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d Stephens, Tony (20 November 2002). "Painter recaptured his land in art". Obituaries. Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Tristram, John (1989). "The Quest of Jimmy Pike". Ronin Films. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ Lowe, Pat (1997). Jimmy and Pat meet the Queen. Broome, W.A.: Backroom Press. p. 30. ISBN 1876332069.
- ^ a b "Through the eyes of two cultures". Exhibition Catalog.
- ^ a b c "The Australian Art Print Network". Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fine Art Prints and sculpture. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013.
- ^ "Jimmy Pike". Art Gallery of NSW.
- ^ Rainbow Serpent Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
- ^ "Jimmy Pike, Artist". Museum Victoria. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013.
- ^ "Jimmy Pike". National Gallery of Australia.
- ^ "Kuntika Jimmy Pike". National Gallery of Victoria. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Kurnti Jimmy Pike". National Gallery of Victoria.
- ^ Parliament House Art Collection Australian Parliament House
- ^ Pike, Jimmy. "Desert Psychedelic". Queensland Museum.
External links
- Jimmy Pike desert designs Craft Australia.
- The Jimmy Pike Experience World printmakers.
- Jimmy Pike Trust.
