Thelma Bartman

Thelma was born in Goondiwindi on the 15th of April in 1964. She enjoys making paper and creating her artworks in any media. Thelma says "I come from a family of two, and I have four kids of my own." Thelma's mother, Stella O'Halloran, was a founding member of the Euraba Paper Company and Thelma has followed in her mothers' footsteps, being handed over the position of chief rag cutter when Stella retired. Their drawing styles and subject matter are uncannily similar, with a distinctive sketchy mark making in both of their work.

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Exhibitions:

2009

• 10 Years On, Moree Plains Gallery, March 09
  

2008

• Art Sydney 08.
• Art Brisbane 08
  

2006

• Art Sydney 2006, the Affordable Art Fair, Sydney NSW
• Euraba Paper, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW
• Goomeroi Artists from Boggabilla, Gunadah Regional Gallery NSW

2005

• Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize 2005
• 2005 Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Art Award
• Goomeroi Artists From Boggabilla, Moree Plains Gallery NSW, Tamworth City Art Gallery, NSW
• Euraba Paper Artists, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre NSW
• Paperworks, Cowra Regional Gallery

2004

• Christmas Show, Fairway Studios, Goondiwindi Qld
• Euraba Artists, Moree Plains Gallery

Publications:

2004

• Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize 2005 catalogue
  pg: 15 (ISBN: 1-875199-47-0)

Other:

2005

• Represented Euraba at The Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo, Sydney as a Part of NAIDOC week celebrations and the Sydney Drawing Festival

School attended:

2005-2006

• Certificate IV Pulp and Paper Manufacturing

2004

• Certificate II Pulp and Paper Manufacturing
• Certificate in Childcare
• Goondiwindi state school and state high school
• Toomelah public school

Work History:

2004-2006

• Euraba Paper Company