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Bevan Hayward Pooaraar

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Name

Bevan Hayward Pooaraar

Other names

Hayward, Bevan.

Pooaraar.

Culture

Aboriginal Australian

Gender

Male

Birth date

16 June 1939

Birth place

Gnowangerup, Western Australia, Australia View on map Close map

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Death date

2004

Death Place

Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia View on map Close map

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Occupations

Decorative / design artist | Printmaker

Summary

Worked: Australia (ACT, WA). Etchings, lithographs

NGA IRN

12814

Context

Australia

Biography

Pooaraar is the tribal name for Bevan Hayward. He was born at Gnowangerup, Western Australia on 16th June 1939. After studying at the Western Australia Institute of Technology in 1986 he undertook the Vocational Arts and Crafts Certificate Course for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders at the Cairns College of Technical and Further Education. He studied printmaking at the Canberra Institute of the Arts graduating in 1991 and won the 1990 Mitchelton National Prize.

Affiliation

Goreng/Minang/Nyoongar people

ATSI region

Southwest

Language

Charnuk

Last Updated

24 Jan 2024