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The Artists - Norman Miller (Munganbana) |
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Norman Miller (Munganbana) |
Norman Miller (Munganbana) displays a unique style combining traditional Aboriginal themes with contemporary techniques and striking colour. Seascapes, riverscapes, rainforest and wildlife feature in is work. Munganbana means "Mountain Water" in Jirrbal, one of the rainforest tribes of the Atherton Tableland from which he draws his heritage and inspiration. The name Mountain Water aptly describes his work - powerful and peaceful - and the land from which he comes - crystal cascades and volcanic lakes.
Munganbana is of the Jirrbal, Bar-Barrum and Yidinji tribes of the North Queensland rainforest, a World Heritage listed area.
He specializes in limited edition lino prints, acrylic on canvas, greeting cards, batik dress lengths, wall hangings and men's and women's clothing etc, silk scarves, screenprinted T shirts, placemats and bags. Munganbana has a workshop in his own gallery in Cairns, one of the few Aboriginal artist owned galleries in the region and his work is very popular with international tourists.
Munganbana is a graduate of the Associate Diploma of Art (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) course at Cairns TAFE. His art was featured in a book called "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Contemporary Art" put out by Cairns TAFE and University of Central Queensland (Qld) Press in 2000. He won a Qld Government Arts Fellowship in 1992 and has had his designs on the cover of the Aboriginal Law Bulletin, Barfly, Aboriginal Co-ordinating Council research reports, Strikeforce College lecture notes and inside the Aboriginal Health Worker.
He has produced logos for conferences held by the Qld Museum and the Australian Psychological Society and letterheads and posters for organizations such as YACCA. He won the prize for designing the logo for the Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Education Program at Cairns TAFE in 1990 and his art was featured in a recent publication by Arts Queensland and the Australia Council for the Arts promoting Aboriginal art as an investment.
Munganbana's art has been exhibited at the Hamburg Museum, Germany in 1991 as part of the Contemporary Australian Visions Exhibition of Aboriginal artists and he has been a sole exhibitor at the Emerald Hill Gallery, Melbourne 1991 and the Lander's prestigious home Cairns 1994. He opened his art gallery in Cairns with a solo exhibition in 1996 and has held them regularly in his gallery since then. Munganbana's work was also exhibited at the First World Christian Gathering of Indigenous People at Rotorua, New Zealand 1996, Sacred Assembly Conference, Sagkeeng, Manitoba, Canada 1997 and Reconciliation 97 Conference, Coventry England in 1997.
He has been a joint exhibitor at the Pacific International Hotel Cairns 1989, 1990 and 1992, the Gallery of the Australian Landscape Broadway Brisbane 1990, Warana Festival Brisbane 1990, Cairns International Hotel 1990, the Tableland Aboriginal Cultural Association Atherton 1990, Paronella Park Gallery Innisfail 1990, Cairns Trinity Anglican Art Exhibition 1992 and 1993, Qld Aboriginal Creations Gallery Brisbane 1992, Inala Community Art Gallery and Cultural Centre Brisbane 1995, Bundaberg State School 1995 (where he was artist in residence), Fire and Rain Conference Brisbane 1996, and the Marina Gallery, Port Douglas1998,1999 and 2000.
His work was exhibited at the Goodwill Games Brisbane 2001 and Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) "Gatherings Exhibition" in Brisbane in 2001. His work is in the "Gatherings" book published by the Queensland government. He was artist-in-residence at Radisson Treetops in Port Douglas in 2001 and had a "Homecoming" Exhibition at Atherton Shire Foyer Gallery in Feb 2002. |
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