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Rover Thomas Joolama #5,681

personAustralian, 1926–1998
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Selected Works22

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Previous Sales 10

For Sale 1

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$7.8K – $141K
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$43.4K
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$26.2K
7 priced paintings lots
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Mar 2024 · $32.5K
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Paintings: $26.2K medianWorks on paper: — medianEditioned prints: $1.3K medianUnclassified lots: $21.3K median
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Sotheby'sLawson-MenziesDeutscher-MenziesLeonard JoelBonhams
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Prizes & Awards1

John McCaughey Prize
Winner 1990
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Recent News6

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This week's Arts Scene Around Freo highlights several community arts events in Fremantle, Australia. The Great Kimberley Wilderness VR experience retu…
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Art Leven, a Sydney-based gallery focused on First Nations art, is opening its First Nations and Australian Fine Art Auction and Exhibition, headlined…
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Fondation Opale in Lens, Switzerland, has unveiled "ROOTS," a major exhibition that bridges Australian Aboriginal art with Western contemporary master…
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SmithDavidson Gallery has partnered with London-based Unit gallery to present “Tjukurrpa: The Dreaming,” an exhibition timed to the Tate Modern survey…
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An exhibition titled "65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art" opens at Melbourne University’s Potter Museum of Art on 30 May, celebrating the…
exhibitionsMay 29, 2025
Two years after the death of pioneering Aboriginal art dealer Tim Klingender in a boating accident, his widow Skye McCardle-Klingender is organizing a…
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Past Exhibitions2

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The Stars Before Us All: Australian First Nations Art

Djirrirra Wunungmurra, Emily Kame Kngwarrey, Rover Thomas Joolama, Regina Pilawuk Wilson, Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula, Vicki Cullinan, Betty Chimney and Raylene Walatina, Betty Chimney, Timo Hogan

6516 N Figueroa St A, Los Angeles, CA 90042, United States

Feb 12, 2026 — Mar 28, 2026

“Be Brave, Make Change”

Roy B Wiggan, Danie Mellor, Irenie Ngalinba, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Pepai J Carroll, John Prince Siddon, Mulkun Wirrpanda, Robert Campbell Jnr, Lin Onus, Paji Honeychild Yankarr, Rover Thomas, Ian W Abdulla

Unit 1/222 Young St, Waterloo NSW 2017, Australia

Jan 1, 2023

Artbank Window “Be Brave, Make Change” National Reconciliation Week May 2023

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Art Fair Appearances1

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The Armory Show — New York
2024
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Recent Activity13

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Art Fair
The Armory Show 2024
Sep 6, 2024
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Exhibition
“Be Brave, Make Change”
Jan 1, 2023
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Rover Thomas dies
Jan 1, 1998
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death
Rover Thomas Joolama dies
Jan 1, 1998
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John McCaughey Prize 1990
Dec 1, 1990
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Rover Thomas born
Jan 1, 1926
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Rover Thomas Joolama born
Jan 1, 1926
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