Blak Douglas

Born Adam Douglas Hill at Bungarrabee ‘Blacktown’, NSW (1970) to an Aboriginal Father & Australian Mother carrying a proud mixed ancestry and with Aboriginal origins from the Dhungutti Culture of ‘Kempsey’, NSW.

Blak Douglas won the Mil-Pra Award 2003, Kilgour Prize 2019, the STILL Award 2020 and the Archibald Prize 2022. Blak has exhibited extensively including at the 3rd National Indigenous Triennial at National Gallery of Australia, TARNANTHI festival in Adelaide, AAMU in Netherlands.

Public collections include: Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies, AAMU Utrecht- Holland, Artbank, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Blacktown, Campbelltown, City of Sydney, Lane Cove & Liverpool Councils, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Grafton Regional Gallery, Maitland Regional Gallery, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, National Gallery of Australia, National Museum of Australia, Newcastle University Art Gallery, NSW Parliament House Collection, Penrith Regional Gallery, QAGOMA, Sydney Grammar School, Sydney Living Museums, The Art Gallery of NSW, Taipei Museum, Town Hall Collection, University of Western Sydney