Shirley Macnamara | |
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Born | 1949 |
Known for | Sculpture, Painting |
Shirley Anne Macnamara (born 1949) is an Australian Indigenous artist from the Indjilanji/Alyewarre language group of North West Queensland best known for her woven spinifex sculptures.
Macnamara grew up on a cattle station near Camooweal, Queensland, where her family worked. She began her education at Camooweal State School.[1] From 1989 she attended Australian Flying Arts School workshops in Queensland, working in watercolour.[1] She also worked with mixed media, installation and sculpture before turning to weaving local spinifex to create organic forms.[1]
Using the abundant spinifex grass in her people's country in northwest Queensland her weavings reflect the environment, intertwining the landscape with her personal and ancestral stories.[2]
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