Judy Watson

standing stone, ochre net and spine 245 5 x 181 cm 2020, Acrylic and graphite on canvas, 245 x 181 cm
moreton bay rivers, australian temperature chart, freshwater mussel shells, net, spectrogram 2022, Indigo, graphite, acrylic, pastel, waxed linen thread on eco dyed cotton, Installation view, 'Reclaim the Earth', Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Photo by Aurélien Mole.
standing stone, kangaroo grass red and yellow ochre 2020, Acrylic and graphite on canvas, 250 x 181 cm
Judy Watson – 'Artists are Strange Creatures' | Artist Interview | TateShots 2019, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/introducing-judy-watson
resistance pins 2020, Acrylic graphite indigo on canvas, 192 x 180 cm
rivers of the gulf with casuarina 2022, Indigo, acrylic, graphite, pastel, waxed linen thread on canvas, Exhibition Reclaim the Earth, Palais de Tokyo (15.04.2022 – 04.09.2022).
Photo : Aurélien Mole
spine and teeth (mundirri banga mayi) 2019, Acrylic and graphite on canvas, 262 x 181 cm
Installation view of great artesian basin springs, the gulf (jiwil, wanami) at Milani Gallery 2019, Indigo, acrylic, graphite on canvas, 212 x 169 cm
Installation view for bodies of water and melting snow at Milani Gallery 2019
the names of men 2017, Pigment, chalk and acrylic on canvas, 225 x 157 cm
boodjamula wanami 2019, Video, 5:41 min, https://vimeo.com/339267830/4e49119038
a preponderance of aboriginal blood 2005, Etchings with chine collé, Page 6 from artist's book, Printers: Suzanne Danaher and Tricia Hatcher, numero uno publications, Grahame Galleries + Editions
the confetti of empire 1995, Pigments, acrylic and pastel on canvas, 240 x 150 cm
under the act page 1 2007, Twenty etchings with chine collé, 42 x 30.5 cm in folio 43 x 32 cm
under the act page 18 2007, Twenty etchings with chine collé, 42 x 30.5 cm in folio 43 x 32 cm

Judy Watson was born in Mundubbera, Queensland. Judy Watson’s Aboriginal matrilineal family is from Waanyi country in north-west Queensland. The artist’s process evolves by working from site and memory, revealing Indigenous histories, following lines of emotional and physical topography that centre on particular places and moments in time.

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