One Small Pebble, 2022, Acrylic on Canvas, 80X80cm
Dr. Bronwyn Bancroft is a proud Bundjalung (aboriginal people of the Bundjalung region of Australia) Woman and Artist.
Bronwyn’s professional career as an artist began following her graduation from the Canberra School of Arts in 1980. Bronwyn’s career has included both national and international exhibitions, and her work has been acquired by all major Australian galleries, state libraries and private collections.
Bronwyn’s contribution to Aboriginal children’s literature has been immense and has included the publication of 45 books. Throughout the 1960s and 70s, Aboriginal oral histories and stories were compiled almost exclusively by European anthropologists and writers. There were very few Aboriginal contemporary writers and illustrators at the time of Bronwyn’s first publication in 1992, with the exception of Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Sally Morgan. Along with these two incredible women, Bronwyn has been a trailblazer in the field of Australian literature and has contributed significantly to the representation of Aboriginal storytellers.
Bronwyn received the Dromkeen Medal for her contribution to Australian literature and has been nominated for prestigious international children’s literature awards including the Hans Christian Andersen and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards.
In 2010 Bronwyn received the Dromkeen Medal for her contribution to Australian Literature and in 2016 was the Australian Finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award (Illustrator). Bronwyn is nominated for the 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the largest international children’s literature award in the world.
Bronwyn has a Diploma of Visual Arts from Canberra School of Art, 2 Masters degrees, one in Studio Practice and the other in Visual Art, University of Sydney. Bronwyn was awarded her Doctor of Philosophy in 2018. Bronwvn was the recipient of the University of Sydney’s Alison Bush Graduate Medal for her contribution to the Indigenous Community and she is the currently completing the inaugural NSW Aboriginal Creative Fellowship at the State Library of NSW.
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