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Solo exhibition by Indigenous artist at USC Gallery
The University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery has started its new exhibition year with "sacred ground, beating heart: works on paper by Judy Watson 1990-2003", a solo exhibition which opened on Thursday 1 March.
This exhibition displays works by one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists and presents works on paper selected from the first survey exhibition of Judy Watson’s work at Curtin University in 2003.
Watson is a Brisbane-based indigenous artist from north-west Queensland. Her grandmother’s country is around Lawn Hill Gorge. Over the past 15 years, she has won national and international acclaim for her work including winning the Moet and Chandon Fellowship in 1995 and co-representing Australia in the 1997 Venice Biennale.
She recently was awarded the prestigious National Gallery of Victoria’s Clemenger Contemporary Art Award and she is one of eight indigenous artists commissioned to make work for the new Musee du Quai Branly in Paris that opened in 2006.
USC Gallery curator Dawn Oelrich said "sacred ground, beating heart" presented works produced over 15 years, focusing on her highly-personal vision of the land – her country – the physical and conceptual framework that underpins her practice.
"Watson offers a rich landscape to explore in images that document her connections with her grandmother’s country, her travels through other countries and her exploration of the country of the body," she said.
“This is a complex and beautiful exhibition that everyone should see. Judy Watson is one of Australia’s most exciting and evocative artists.”
The "sacred ground, beating heart" exhibition will continue until 31 March.
The USC Gallery, located at the University campus on Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, is open to the public from 10am to 4pm Monday to Saturday. The Gallery is closed Sundays and public holidays.
The 2007 USC Gallery Exhibition Program is proudly supported by Sajen Legal.