I learned to make solely from working with my mother … It was my mother who was very keen for us to work together and this has been the important cultural lesson I learnt from her – teaching respect for one another.In addition to her art practice, Greeno trained as a Curator of Aboriginal Art at the University of Tasmania and completed an internship as a Regional Indigenous Curator at the National Gallery of Australia. From 2003 to 2013 Greeno worked as a Program Officer for Arts Tasmania, facilitating cross-cultural exchanges between Tasmanian, Australian and international indigenous people. In 2014, Greeno was the first Indigenous person to be recognised by the Australian Design Centre's Living Treasure Master of Australian Art Award. In 2015 she was entered on the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women for service to Aboriginal Affairs and the Arts. A touring exhibition of her work, ''Lola Greeno: Living Treasure'' has been showing in galleries across Australia from 2014 to the present. Lola Greeno’s exhibition Cultural Jewels, exhibiting fifty of her works, was part of the 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art. During the Biennial, on 27 February in Bradley Forum, Level 5, Hawke Building, UniSA, a panel discussion on Animism and Object Behaviour, facilitated by West Australian curator and writer Gemma Weston, focused on the work of Lola Greeno.Weekend events program, "Magic Object: 2016 Biennial of Australian Art", 27–28 February 2016. Held by the National Gallery of Australia Research and Archive Collection. The panelists, who were also 2016 Adelaide Biennial artists, included Louise Haselton,
Exhibitions
1992, ''The Quilt Form'', Collaborative work of six Tasmanian artists and five students from the Textiles Department.Resume, "Lola Greeno", 1992-2004. Lola Greeno : Art & Artist Files, held in the National Gallery of Australia Research and Archive Collection 1992, ''Parlevar Art'', Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre. 1993, ''Trouwerner'', Tasmanian Aboriginal Artists Exhibition, Gallery B, University of Tasmania. 1995, ''Nuini: Our culture is alive'', Tasmanian Aboriginal Artists Exhibition, Gallery A, University of Tasmania. 1996, ''Diverse Matters'', Gallery B, University of Tasmania. 1996, ''Guddhabungan: A Festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art'', Australian National University, Drill Hall, Canberra. 1997, ''Aboriginal Art'', Savode Gallery, Brisbane. 1997, ''Cultural Forms - curated an exhibition of Tasmanian Aboriginal Baskets'', Gallery B, University of Tasmania Launceston. 1997, ''Boxed In'', Gallery B, University of Tasmania Launceston. 1997, ''Circles around the Body'', Gallery A, University of Tasmania Launceston. 1998, ''Ecology of Place and Memory'', Gallery A, University of Tasmania Launceston. 1998, ''Many Voices'', Tamworth City Gallery, Tamworth, NSW. 1998, ''Mapping Identity'', Centre for Contemporary Craft, Circular Quay, Sydney. 1998, ''Ways of Being'', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney. 1999, ''Island to Island'', Forestry Tasmania, Hobart. 2000, ''Beyond the Pale'', Telstra Adelaide Festival, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. 2000-01, ''Across'', Australian National University, Canberra. 2001, ''Response to the Island'', Long Gallery, Hobart Tasmania. 2001, ''A Survey of Indigenous Jewellery and Body Adornment'', Redback Gallery, Brisbane. 2001, ''Tribal'', Handmark Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart. 2001, ''Strings Across Time'', Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery.Awards
Australia Council for the Arts
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