short biography
"This is my land, this is my sea, this is who I am."
Sally Gabori
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (born 1924 on Bentinck Island/Australia; died 2015, Mornington Island/Australia) was a Kaiadilt woman. Sally Gabori began painting in 2005, at over eighty years of age. Her paintings, although abstract in appearance, are as much topographical references as they are stories with a deep signification for her, her family, and her people. Her paintings, although abstract in appearance, are as much topographical references as they are stories with a deep signification for her, her family, and her people. They are a celebration of different places on her native island, some of which Sally Gabori and members of her family linked to these places through their names, did not visit for almost forty years. The places she paints are also associated with the political struggle for the recognition of Kaiadilt land rights. (Extrait exhibition text: Mirdingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 2022)
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03. Jul 06. NovMirdingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori Fondation Cartier, Paris
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01. Jun 24. Nov55. Venice Biennale 2013 - Collateral Events Venice Biennale
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18. Dec 25. Apr 201121st Century: Art in the First Decade Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
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08. Dec 18. Apr 2010Almanac: The Gift of Ann Lewis AO Museum of Contemporary Art Australia Sydney