Harold Thomas












Harold Thomas
"Brolgas"
Cat No. 9081
Size = 98 x 136 cm.
Acrylic on canvas



Harold Thomas
"Creation"
Cat No. 8152
Size = 130 x 153 cm.
Acrylic on linen



Harold Thomas
"Sunset"
Cat No. 10342
Size = 90 x 90 cm.
Acrylic on canvas








Harold owns the copyright of the Aboriginal flag



Born:
Region:
Community Centre:
Language Bloc:
Language:
1947
Alice Springs, Western Desert
Darwin
Western Desert
Luritja, Wombaya,



Medium/ Form: 
Water colors on arches paper, Acrylic on canvas


Designs:
The National Aboriginal flag. (Harold owns the copyright).


Awards:		
1984, Third Prize, Inaugural National Aboriginal Art Award, Northern Territory 
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin


Commissions:
1992, Portraits of Parliamentarians, Darwin NT

          
Collections held:	
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide.
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.
Northern Territory Chief Ministers Department.
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.

  
Exhibitions:	
1968, Adelaide, solo exhibition, opened by Don Dunstan, SA
1977, Arnhemland Aboriginal Art Gallery, Darwin, NT
1978, Heritage Aboriginal Art Gallery, Darwin, NT
1985, Esplanade Gallery, Darwin, NT
1986, The Parap Gallery, Darwin, NT
1986, Raintree Gallery, Darwin, NT
1987, Birukmarri Gallery, Fremantle, WA
1987, Esplanade Gallery, Darwin, NT
1988, The Showcase Gallery, Darwin, NT
1988, Caz Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1989, Masterworks Exhibition, Raintree Gallery, Darwin, NT


Group Exhibitions:
1984, The First National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery 
of NT, Darwin
1985, The Second National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery 
of the NT, Darwin
1990, Balance 1990: views, visions, influences, QAG, Brisbane.
1993, The Tenth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery 
of the NT, Darwin


Select Bibliography 
ATSIC News Spring 1991. 
West, M., 1984, 'The first national Aboriginal art Award', in Australian Aboriginal 
Studies, Journal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Studies, 1984, No. 1.


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