Harold Thomas

Harold Thomas

Harold Thomas was born in 1947 in Alice Springs, Central Australia. Harold was taken from his family and placed at St John's Hostel. When Harold has eleven he was sent to South Australia's St.Frances House, an Anglican institution for Aboriginal boys. Shortly after this Harold was fostered to a white family. At school he exceeded in sports and this is where his interest began in painting.

After high school Harold won a scholarship to study at the South Australia School of Art and later studied social anthropology at the University of Adelaide. During his studies Harold also became actively involved in Aboriginal Civil Rights movement and designed the Aboriginal Flag in 1971.

The flag remain still today a strong and unifying symbol for Aboriginal rights and justice.

Harold Thomas has lived in Darwin for more than thirty five years. He has a deep spiritual love within for his country, its environment and wildlife.

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Collections:

Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Northern Territory Chief Ministers Department, Darwin
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

Exhibitions:

1968 Adelaide, solo exhibition, opened by Don Dunstan, South Australia
1977 Arnhem land Aboriginal Art Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory
1978 Heritage Aboriginal Art Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory
1985 Esplanade Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory
1986 The Parap Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory
1986 Raintree Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory
1987 Birukmarri Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia
1987 Esplanade Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory
1988 The Showcase Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory
1988 Caz Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1989 Masterworks Exhibition, Raintree Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory

Awards:

1984, Third Prize, Inaugural National Aboriginal Art Award, Northern Territory
Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin

Commissions: 1992 Portraits of Parliamentarians, Darwin, Northern Territory

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Artist: Harold Thomas

Language: Luritja, Wombaya

Region: Central Desert

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