email: artplace@iinet.net.au

Age: 78 years
Subsection Skin: Jungurra
Language: Gija
Born: Warmun (Turkey Creek)

Biography
Also known as Hector Jandaloo, Hector Sundaloo, Hector Chundun
Hector was born in Warmun (Turkey Creek), along the banks of Turkey Creek. His father was a Mirriwoong man from Newry. Hector never knew his father because he died when Hector was a baby. Hector’s mother was a Gija woman who was born at Warmun and who belonged to Ngarrgoorroon, country north of Purnululu (the Bungle Bungles). This is the country that Hector often paints. Hector worked for many years on Texas Downs Station, mustering cattle and working as a camp cook.

Exhibitions

• Munumburra (old Men of Warnum)

Hector has been painting in Warmun since the establishment of the Bough Shed School in 1979. The school was built with the help of the catholic church, Hector returned to Warmun and became the chairman of the school. Hector and many others had a strong input into the school, ensuring that Gija language and Culture be part of the school curriculum. Hector and others did a lot of paintings and drawings to be used in the teaching of the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) at school. Hectors work is known for its restrained use of colour and sombre tones. He paints the country of his mother, Ngarrgooroon- the traditional estate just north of Purnululu Hector has exhibited consistently since 1990. While working at Warmun Art Centre he is an inspiration to many young and emerging artists.

EXHIBITIONS
1990
Dreamtime Gallery, Perth

1991
Aboriginal Art and Spirituality, High Court, Canberra
Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
The Eighth National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin, NT
VM Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
Gallery Sanyo, Tokyo, Japan
Lindsay Street Gallery, Darwin, NT

1992
Chapman Gallery, Canberra
The Ninth National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin, NT
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
Broome Fringe Festival

1993
Images of Power, Aboriginal Art of the Kimberely, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Indigenart, Perth

1994
Kimberley Art, Melbourne
Gallery Jila, Broome
Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
Fremantle Arts, Perth
Tandanya, Adelaide
Canberra Grammar School
Australian Heritage Commission, ACT
Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
Australian Heritage Commission National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award, Old Parliament House, Canberra
Power of the Land- Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

1995
Savode Gallery, Qld
William Mora Galleries, Melbourne

1997
Imaging the Land- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Contemporary Australia Aboriginal Paintings, Songlines Aboriginal ArtGallery, Amsterdam, San Francisco

1998
Span Gallery, Melbourne
Martin Browne Fine Art

1999
Hogarth Galleries, Sydney

2000
Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS

2001
Robert Lindsay Gallery ( Seca Frangos) with Billy Thomas and Queenie McKenzie, Melbourne, VIC.
Fireworks Gallery "New Paintings from Warmun Art Centre" - Group Show. Brisbane.
Short Street Gallery- "Ochres", Group exhibition with Maningrida, Tiwi Island, Kununurra and Warmun artists.
Michael Nagy Gallery, 'Whorled Art- an exhibition of tapas, kilims and paintings", Sydney, NSW
Bett Gallery- ‘Collectors Show", Launceston and Hobart, TAS

2002
Artplace- "Munnubudda- Old men of Warmun"- Perth, WA.
Bett Gallery- Easter Show, Hobart, TAS

Group Exihibitions
Framed Gallery- Group Show, Darwin, NT
Flinders University Art Museum- Warmun Group Show, Adelaide, SA

COLLECTIONS, AWARDS, BIBLIOGRAPHY
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, University of Western Australia, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, Northern Territory University, The Kerry Stokes Collection, The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth, Australian National Gallery, Canberra,National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne,University of Western Australia, Berndt Museum of Anthropology
Northern Territory University, Private Collections

Awards
2001