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Shane Pickett (born 1957, Quairading, Western Australia. Died 15 January 2010, Perth, Western Australia [1] ) was one of the foremost Nyoongar artists. Combining his deep knowledge and concern for Nyoongar culture with a confident and individual style of gestural abstraction, Pickett created paintings that resonated with a profound but subtle immediacy. Balancing innovation with tradition, modernity with an ancient spirituality, Pickett created a complex visual metaphor for the persistence of Nyoongar culture against the colonising tide of modernity. During his career, Pickett was selected as a finalist in numerous major art prizes including the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, for which he won the 'Best Painting in a European Medium' category prize in 1986. In 2006 he was awarded first prizes at the Sunshine Coast Art Prize and the Joondalup Invitation Art Award, and in 2007 he was awarded the major prize at the inaugural Drawing Together Art Award. He has exhibited in every state and territory in Australia, as well as in the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia. His works are held in major private and public collections throughout Australia and internationally.

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Pickett died suddenly in Perth, Western Australia on 15 January 2010. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "Service honours Pickett". The West Australian. Retrieved 2010-06-06.

Bevis, S. 2010, 'Service Honours Pickett', 'The West Australian', Perth, 22 January 2010,

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