Jake Soewardie b. 1948

Also known as Robert Soewardie
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Jake Soewardie is a Kamilaroi landscape oil painter whose work is inspired by mountain caves and the environments of The Blue Mountains and Kangaroo Valley. Practicing art since the late 1960s, Soewardie has also worked as an arts teacher and co-ordinator in conjunction with the NSW Department of Education and the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Citations

  • Soewardie, Jake (2005), 'Jake Soewardie’, Parliament of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Catalogue Artist Statment. Also in 2006 catalogue.

Initial data sources

  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW