Jack Green (artist)

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Jack Green (born 1953) is an Garrwa artist and environment activist from the Northern Territory of Australia.[1] He uses his art to campaign for land rights and the protection of his traditional Country and region, particularly against the adverse impacts of mining.[2]

Biography[edit]

Green is a Mambaliya man. His father was Garrwa and his mother was Marra. Born under a coolabah tree on Soudan Station in 1953 on the Barkly Tablelands, he has lived in Borroloola since the 1970s.[1]

He has worked as the Mabunji Indigenous Corporation and Northern Land Council.[3]

Green ran for Northern Territory Parliament in the Barkly electorate in 2016[4] as an independent,[5] receiving 11.4% of the vote.[6]

Green paints at Waralungku Arts and is particularly focused on depicting the impacts of Glencore's McArthur river mine, one of the world's biggest open cut lead, zinc, and silver mines, on the Garrwa, Gudanji and Marra owners.[2] In 2023, he joined other Traditional Owners and local environment groups to lodge a legal challenge over the reduction of the mine's rehabilitation bond.[7]

He had his first solo exhibition in 2013 and work is now held in private and public collections.[1] He recently contributed to Lead in my grandmother’s body that examined the history of colonial violence around Borroloola.[8]

In 2020, Green submitted a series of paintings to the parliamentary inquiry into the destruction of Juukan Gorge, which is estimated to be at least 46,000-years old. They were exhibited at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House.[9]

Awards[edit]

Green received the national Peter Rawlinson Award for outstanding achievement in caring for the environment in 2015.[10]

He was a finalist for the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2016 and 2022.[11][12]

He also received a lifetime achievement award at the 2020 TNRM Conference.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "JackGreen – Waralungku Arts". Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  2. ^ a b Daley, Paul; @ppdaley (2015-03-30). "Jacky Green: 'Nothing has really changed since whitefellas came. First it was horses now bulldozers'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  3. ^ a b "Jack Green receives lifetime achievement award". Northern Land Council. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  4. ^ Davidson, Helen (2016-04-07). "Aboriginal campaigner and artist Jack Green to stand in Northern Territory election". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  5. ^ "McArthur River Mine campaigner stands as NT candidate". ABC News. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  6. ^ "Barkly - NT Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  7. ^ "Traditional owners challenge Supreme Court decision on McArthur River Mine". ABC News. 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  8. ^ Allam, Lorena (2020-12-19). "Lead in my grandmother's body: damage from mining reflected in Northern Territory exhibition". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  9. ^ "Statement: Jack Green's Paintings". www.moadoph.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  10. ^ "ACF Conservation Award past winners". Australian Conservation Foundation. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  11. ^ "Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards NATSIAA". MAGNT. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  12. ^ Eccles, Jeremy (2022-04-28). "NATSIAA Finalists Announced » Aboriginal Art Directory". Aboriginal Art Directory. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
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