Fiona Foley

Fiona Foley (born 1964) is a contemporary Indigenous Australian artist from K'gari (Fraser Island), Queensland.[1] Foley is known for her activity as an academic, cultural and community leader and for co-founding the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative.[2]

Her practice encompasses many media including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, textiles and installation,[2][3] and her work addresses contemporary political issues facing Indigenous Australians. It is held in the public collections of many Australian state, national, and university collections, including the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art as well as the British Museum in London.[3] Foley's work has toured internationally and featured in several major exhibitions, including Global Feminisms at the Brooklyn Museum, and World of Dreamings: Traditional and modern art of Australia at Russia's Hermitage Museum, the National Gallery of Australia, and Artspace.[4]

  1. ^ "Foley, Fiona". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 31 October 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00065635.
  2. ^ a b Genocchio, Benjamin (2001). Fiona Foley: Solitaire. Piper Press. pp. 32, 83, 188, 43, 60, 57, 62, 65, 61, 90, 16, 75, 34, 39, 73, 83, 35, 76. ISBN 0958798494. OCLC 494240761.
  3. ^ a b Foley, Fiona (2009). Fiona Foley - forbidden ; [First publ. on the occasion of the exhibition Fiona Forley: Forbidden Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 12 November 2009 – 31 January 2010 ; The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 19 February - 2 May 2010]. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. pp. 135–137, 141, 61. ISBN 9781921034350. OCLC 935272016.
  4. ^ Quaill, Avril (2000). "World of Dreamings: Traditional and modern art of Australia". National Gallery of Australia. Exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg and the National Gallery of Australia, 2000, featuring the work of Fiona Foley. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.