Irene Namok
Language: Kanthanapu.
Irene Namok is a senior painter from the celebrated Lockhart River Art Community, far northern Queensland and mother of renowned artist Rosella Namok, one of the original Lockhart River Art Gang members. Although she came to painting later in life she has already received much acclaim. Her very first series of nine works sold out as part of a group Lockhart River exhibition at emerge ART SPACE in 2009 in Perth and she is becoming highly sought after.
"I was born on Thursday Island and my grandfather was a church minister at the Old Site. I was going to get married but the man I was going to marry died. I had six kids, four boys and two girls but one of my kids died so now i only have one daughter, Rosella.
I like to paint about my culture now because it's all I know. The old ones have taught me and shown me everything. I paint about the bush fires and water holes. I also paint the lagoons because we like to swim in the lagoons. I also paint about meeting times and festival times and meeting places. We dress the kids all up and paint them all and we sit together and we yarn around the fireplace under the moonlight. My paintings show my emotions about these times and places."
Exhibitions
- May 20th - June 5th, 2009 - 'My Country My Place' - Moira Macumboy (Lockhart River Art Community) QLD. The first solo exhibition in Australia of this highly collectable artist who has already shown in group exhibitions in Italy and the United States. Moira's quietly confident use of line and a restrained but powerful colour palette explore the themes of water and bush life in and around Lockhart River, 850km north of Cairns.
Showing simultaneously is the group exhibition 'New Works from Lockhart River' featuring new paintings by Adrian King in his signature naive style, artist/acclaimed dancer Josiah Omeenyo's fluid and lyrical work, the small-scale renditions of the swamps and swimming holes of the community by Irene Namok (mother of Rosella Namok) and paintings of the head and arm bands asociated with dance in the area by Elizabeth "Queenie" Giblet .
- November 4th - November 20th, 2009 - 'The Affordable/Collectable Lockhart River Show' - Silas Hobson , Fiona Omeenyo , Irene Namok
Featuring affordable yet highly collectable works from these acclaimed artists from the Lockhart River Art Community - Silas Hobson , Fiona Omeenyo , Adrian King , Irene Namok , Lawrence Omeenyo & Josiah Omeenyo
- May 12th - May 28th, 2010 - 'Nyiikumu Kiikana - New looking' - Cheryl Accoom and Irene Namok
This is the important joint first solo exhibition of rising star young artist Cheryl Accoom and her mentor, senior painter Irene Namok from the acclaimed Lockhart River art Community, far northern Queensland.
- November 30th - 11th December, 2010 - 'The Affordable/Collectable Lockhart River Show 2010' - The second in our annual series of 'Affordable/Collectable' Group exhibitions from the highly acclaimed Lockhart River Art Community. Featured will be dynamic new works by the currently highly sought after Patrick Butcher , Cheryl Accoom , 'Old Girls' Susie Pascoe , Doris Platt & Elizabeth 'Queenie' Giblet , Irene Namok and Fiona Omeenyo and Josiah Omeenyo.
Irene Namok: Works Available
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