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 (ANZSIC code: 6931)
  • Board Member - Australia Council for the Arts (ANZSIC code: 7510)
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.
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Yorta Yorta
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
  • Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery History Archive.
Copyright
  • Viscopy

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  • 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 (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 City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Artbank (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, Australia (collected in)
  • Aborigines Advancement League, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Federation University Art Collection, Ballarat, 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 (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 City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Artbank (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, Australia (collected in)
  • Aborigines Advancement League, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)