Lin Onus b. 4 December 1948

Also known as Burrinja
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
The award-winning artist Lin Onus (b.1948 d.1996) was self taught. He was the Victorian representative of the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council in 1986 and co-founder of the Aboriginal Arts Management Association in 1990.
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Name
Lin Onus
Also known as Burrinja
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Aboriginal Arts Managment Association
  • Board Member - Australia Council for the Arts
Birth date
4 December 1948
Death date
24 October 1996
Death place
Victoria
Active Period
  • 1974 - 1996
Residence
  • 1948 - 1996 Victoria
Training
  • Self-taught.,
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Barmah Forest, Vic.
  • Cummeragunja, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Viscopy

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Other occupations
  • Aboriginal Arts Managment Association
  • Board Member - Australia Council for the Arts
  • Aboriginal Arts Managment Association (Aboriginal Arts Managment Association co-founder, 1990)
  • Board Member - Australia Council for the Arts (Board Member - Australia Council for the Arts Victorian representative, 1986)
Copyright agents
  • Viscopy
  • Viscopy
Alternative names
  • Burrinja
  • Burrinja
Heritage countries
  • Barmah Forest, Vic.
  • Cummeragunja, Vic.
  • Barmah Forest, Vic.
  • Cummeragunja, Vic.
Related people
  • Onus, Bill (child of)
  • Pizzi, Gabrielle (associate of)
  • Wunuwun, Jack (associate of)
  • McLintock, Mary Kelly (child of)
  • Briggs, Aaron (relative of)
  • Onus, Eric (relative of)
  • Onus, Bill (child of)
  • Pizzi, Gabrielle (associate of)
  • Wunuwun, Jack (associate of)
  • McLintock, Mary Kelly (child of)
  • Briggs, Aaron (relative of)
  • Onus, Eric (relative of)
Related person groups
  • Aboriginal Enterprises, The Dandenongs, Vic. (associate of)
  • Aborigines Advancement, League, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)
  • Australia Council for the Arts (associate of)
  • Aboriginal Arts Managment Association (associate of)
  • Aboriginal Enterprises, The Dandenongs, Vic. (associate of)
  • Aborigines Advancement, League, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)
  • Australia Council for the Arts (associate of)
  • Aboriginal Arts Managment Association (associate of)
Related works
  • (fish, ferns and rocks) (creator of)
  • Barmah Forest (creator of)
  • A stronger spring for David ... Toas for a modern age (creator of)
  • Ginger and my third wife approach the roundabout (creator of)
  • Michael and I are just slipping down to the pub for a minute (creator of)
  • Fruit bats (creator of)
  • Manataulawuluni (Toas at Lake Eyre) (creator of)
  • Maralinga (creator of)
  • Birth of two pups (creator of)
  • Dingo proof fence (creator of)
  • John Bulun Bulun (creator of)
  • Three super new swimming pools (creator of)
  • Jimmy's Billabong (creator of)
  • Portrait of Jack Wunuwun (creator of)
  • Kaptn Koori (creator of)
  • (fish, ferns and rocks) (creator of)
  • Barmah Forest (creator of)
  • A stronger spring for David ... Toas for a modern age (creator of)
  • Ginger and my third wife approach the roundabout (creator of)
  • Michael and I are just slipping down to the pub for a minute (creator of)
  • Fruit bats (creator of)
  • Manataulawuluni (Toas at Lake Eyre) (creator of)
  • Maralinga (creator of)
  • Birth of two pups (creator of)
  • Dingo proof fence (creator of)
  • John Bulun Bulun (creator of)
  • Three super new swimming pools (creator of)
  • Jimmy's Billabong (creator of)
  • Portrait of Jack Wunuwun (creator of)
  • Kaptn Koori (creator of)
Related collections
  • Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan (collected in)
  • Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Bunjilaka Aboriginal Centre, Melbourne Museum, VIC (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Kerava Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • City of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Aborigines Advancement League, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan (collected in)
  • Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Bunjilaka Aboriginal Centre, Melbourne Museum, VIC (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Kerava Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • City of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Aborigines Advancement League, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Best Work in Introduced Media, Fifth National Aboriginal Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (received)
  • Purchase Award, Maude Vizard Wholohan Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia (received)
  • 1994 - Open Art Award and People's Choice Award (received)
  • Member of the Order of Australia, AM (received)
  • Kate Challis RAKA Award (Ruth Adeney Koori Award), Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne (received)
  • 1991 - Community Services Award for culture and Achievemnet, Shire of Sherbrooke, Victoria (received)
  • Streeton and Roberts Awards (received)
  • Best Work in Introduced Media, Fifth National Aboriginal Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (received)
  • Purchase Award, Maude Vizard Wholohan Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia (received)
  • 1994 - Open Art Award and People's Choice Award (received)
  • Member of the Order of Australia, AM (received)
  • Kate Challis RAKA Award (Ruth Adeney Koori Award), Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne (received)
  • 1991 - Community Services Award for culture and Achievemnet, Shire of Sherbrooke, Victoria (received)
  • Streeton and Roberts Awards (received)
Related events
  • Urban Dingo: the art and life of Lin Onus 1948 - 1996 (exhibited at)
  • Eternal (exhibited at)
  • Animal Instincts: An Exhibition of Animals in Art (exhibited at)
  • Acquisitions 1995 (exhibited at)
  • The Second Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Seven Deadly Australians (exhibited at)
  • The Urban Aboriginal (exhibited at)
  • Yiribana. An Introduction to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collection (exhibited at)
  • True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Raise the Flag (exhibited at)
  • Power of the Land (None)
  • Aratjara: Art of the First Australians (exhibited at)
  • Confess and Conceal: 11 insights into Contemporary South East Asia and Australia (exhibited at)
  • Aboriginal Art from Australia (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta (None)
  • Balance (None)
  • Aboriginal Art: The Continuing Tradition (exhibited at)
  • Nothing to Celebrate? Australian Aboriginal Political Art and the Biecentennial (exhibited at)
  • Bulawirri/Bugaja - A Special Place (exhibited at)
  • Urban Aboriginal Art: A Selective View (exhibited at)
  • The Maningrida Experience: Recent Paintings by Lin Onus (exhibited at)
  • Art and Aboriginality (None)
  • The First National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Koori Art '84 (None)
  • An Exhibition of Paintings by Lin Onus (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Urban Dingo: the art and life of Lin Onus 1948 - 1996 (exhibited at)
  • Eternal (exhibited at)
  • Animal Instincts: An Exhibition of Animals in Art (exhibited at)
  • Acquisitions 1995 (exhibited at)
  • The Second Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Seven Deadly Australians (exhibited at)
  • The Urban Aboriginal (exhibited at)
  • Yiribana. An Introduction to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collection (exhibited at)
  • True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Raise the Flag (exhibited at)
  • Power of the Land (None)
  • Aratjara: Art of the First Australians (exhibited at)
  • Confess and Conceal: 11 insights into Contemporary South East Asia and Australia (exhibited at)
  • Aboriginal Art from Australia (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta (None)
  • Balance (None)
  • Aboriginal Art: The Continuing Tradition (exhibited at)
  • Nothing to Celebrate? Australian Aboriginal Political Art and the Biecentennial (exhibited at)
  • Bulawirri/Bugaja - A Special Place (exhibited at)
  • Urban Aboriginal Art: A Selective View (exhibited at)
  • The Maningrida Experience: Recent Paintings by Lin Onus (exhibited at)
  • Art and Aboriginality (None)
  • The First National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Koori Art '84 (None)
  • An Exhibition of Paintings by Lin Onus (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
Indigenous notes