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Latitude
-28.816667
Longitude
153.283333
Start Date
1963-01-01
End Date
1963-01-01

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ID
tb9a93

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/gilbert-laurie
Birth Place
Lismore, NSW, Australia
Biography
Gilbert was born in Lismore in 1963 and belongs to the Yaegl and Widjibal tribes of the Bundjalung nation. He grew up with his grandparents around Yamba and Lismore and later moved to the base of Nimbin Rocks. In the mid 1980s, Gilbert and Oral Roberts set up an artists’ studio at The Chocolate Factory in Lismore where they worked for many years. Gilbert has done several public artworks, has sold his work to hospitals in England and Germany and more recently to the Woodstock Museum in New York. His work has also appeared in group exhibitions, including 'Aquarius 08’ at Lismore Regional Gallery. He was the winner of the 'People’s Choice Awards’ for the 2005 and 2006 National Parks and Wildlife Indigenous Art Award. Gilbert is a musician and a dancer with the Bundjalung Custodians and teaches art. Writers: Arts Northern Rivers Date written: 2009 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 1963
Summary
Gilbert Laurie is an Indigenous artist living in Nimbin and belongs to the Yaegl and Widjibal tribes of the Bundjalung nation.
Gender
Male
Died
None listed
Age at death
None listed