Darwin, NT
Jawoyn / Kala Lagaw Ya peoples
Award winning Darwin artist Joshua Bonson, with no formal training, has exploded onto the national art stage with works in Collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Kerry Stokes and Art Bank, as do many private collections both nationally and internationally. Joshua is a painter who shares stories of his Indigenous heritage through his work.
AWARDS & PRIZES:
2015 Awarded: Scholarship by Ervin Vidor, Director of the Toga Group; Bundanon Trust, NSW
Finalist: Churchie Art Award, Brisbane, QLD
2014 Winner: Young Achievers Award NT, Artist of the Year 2014
2013 Winner: Top End NAIDOC Artist of the Year 2013
Finalist: City of Albany Contemporary Art Prize, WA
Finalist: 30th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, NT
2011 Winner: Togart Contemporary Art Award, NT
2008 Finalist: 25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, NT
2007 Finalist: 24th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, NT
COLLECTIONS:
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT - Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, WA
Toga Contemporary Art Collection - Art Bank Collection, Sydney, NSW
H.M & R.A Horton Collection, QLD & New Zealand - PricewaterhouseCoopers, Perth, WA
Duncan-Powell Collection, SA - Lindsay-Lowry Collection, SA
Somerville Community Services Inc. NT - Varga-Coombs Collection, NSW
Wheelock Properties Collection, Singapore - Arthur Roe Collection, VIC
Peter Cooke Collection, QLD - John Robinson Collection, NT
Jane Jordan Collection, SA & NT - Churchie Collection, Brisbane, QLD
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Group Exhibition, Karen Brown Fine Art Gallery, Darwin NT
Starlight Children’s Foundation Charity Ball; Darwin NT – donating a painting valued $15,000
2018 Solo Exhibition - Cooee Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Connections Exhibition: - Power House Museum, Sydney, NSW
Starlight Foundation Charity Ball; Darwin NT – donated a painting that sold for $17,000
Garrmalang Festival Darwin, Group Exhibition, Darwin Entertainment Centre
2017 Joshua Bonson & Judy Maddalozzo Exhibition, KBG Darwin, NT
Starlight Foundation Charity Ball; Darwin NT – donated a painting that sold for $10,000
2015 Finalist: Churchie Art Award, Brisbane, QLD
2014 Solo Exhibition - ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore
Group Exhibition: Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Lion Arts Centre, Adelaide, SA
2013 Finalist: 30th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award - NT
Finalist: City of Albany Art Prize, Albany, WA
Solo Exhibition Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin, NT
Group Exhibition: Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Lion Arts Centre, Adelaide, SA
2012 Solo Exhibition - Harvison Gallery, Perth, WA
2011 Winner: Togart Contemporary Art Award, Darwin, NT
Solo Exhibition - Harvison Gallery, Perth, WA
2010 Group Exhibition: Melbourne Art Fair, VIC, Karen Brown Gallery
2008 Finalist: 25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award – NT
2007 Finalist: 24th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award – NT