Vincent Namatjira | |
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Born | Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia | 14 June 1983
Known for | Painting, portraiture |
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Website | www |
Vincent Namatjira OAM (born 14 June 1983) is an Aboriginal Australian artist living in Indulkana, in the APY lands in South Australia. After being a finalist for the Archibald Prize three times, he became the first Indigenous artist to win the prize in 2020 for his work Stand strong for who you are, and his work selected as a finalist or winning entry in a number of other significant art awards. He is the great-grandson of the famous Arrente watercolour artist Albert Namatjira.