Barney Ellaga

Barney Ellaga was born c.1941 and is a senior custodian and lawman for Alawa country.

His artwork represents Alawa terrains and ceremonial rituals.

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Exhibitions:

1989 Utopia & Ngukurr, Alcaston House Gallery, Melbourne
1991 Alcaston House Gallery, Melbourne
1992 Tandanya Aboriginal River Calender, South Australia
1992 Gulf Country, Christine Abrahams Gallery in conjunction with Alcaston House Gallery, Melbourne
1992 Ngundungunya Artists, Hogarth gallery, Sydney in conjunction with Alcaston House, Melbourne
1993 Alcaston House Gallery, Melbourne
1994 Galleries Australis, Adelaide in conjunction with Alcaston House Gallery Melbourne
1994 Australian Heritage Commission Art Award and Exhibition, Canberra
1995 The 12th National Aboriginal Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Darwin
1995 Hogarth Gallery, Sydney in conjunction with Alcaston House Gallery, Melbourne
1996 All About Art, Alcaston House Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Cafe Alcaston in conjunction with Alcaston House Gallery, Melbourne
1997 Ngundungunya Art for Everyone, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1997 Bent-Strit – Art of South East Arnhem Land, Alcaston House Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1999 Alawa Country, Alcaston House, Melbourne
2000 All Alawa, Alcaston House, Melbourne
2001 Spirituality and Australian Aboriginal Art, Department of Culture, Madrid, Spain
2002 Mia Mia Gallery, Melbourne
2002 “The Contemporaries”, Contemporary Artspace, Brisbane
2003 “Bush Gardens of Roper River”, Japingka Gallery, Perth
2004 “Two Senior Men”, Art Mob Gallery, Tasmania