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Therese Ritchie

b. 1961

Australian artist, writer, portrait photographer and graphic designer (born 1961)

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Born 1961. Therese Ritchie is an Australian artist, photographer and graphic designer.

Therese Ritchie (born 1961) is an Australian contemporary artist, writer and graphic designer, based in Darwin in the Northern Territory. She is known for her collaborations with Chips Mackinolty and Peter Cook, including founding Green Ant Research Arts and Publishing in 1990, and for her representation of Aboriginal Australian issues.

Early life and education Ritchie was born in Newcastle in New South Wales in 1961.

Career Ritchie co-founded, with Chips Mackinolty and Peter Cook, Green Ant Research Arts and Publishing in 1990.

She later founded her own commercial graphic design business, Black Dog Graphics.

Selected work Ritchie produced a range of publications and exhibitions known as LittlePricks from 2012 to 2014, featuring work by many Top End artists in response to comments by Rob Knight, the then Northern Territory Minister for Young Territorians, who called Indigenous children "little pricks" for burning the Australian flag during the Australia Day demonstrations in Canberra.

She collaborated with artists from the Borroloola region in 2016 on Open Cut: Jacky Green, Sean Kerins, Therese Ritchie an exploration of the complex relationship between Aboriginal people and the mining companies working on their land.

Exhibitions A retrospective of her work with renowned artist Chips Mackinolty, Not Dead Yet, was exhibited at the CDU Art Gallery in 2010.

Collections Ritchie's work is featured in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Araluen Arts Centre, Gallery of Modern Art Queensland, Artbank, Flinders University and Charles Darwin University.

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1961, Newcastle
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Education
Charles Darwin University

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Who is Therese Ritchie?

Australian artist, writer, portrait photographer and graphic designer (born 1961)

When was Therese Ritchie born?

Therese Ritchie was born in 1961 in Newcastle.

What is Therese Ritchie's occupation?

Therese Ritchie is an artist, photographer and graphic designer.

What nationality is Therese Ritchie?

Therese Ritchie is Australian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Therese Ritchie

· Wikidata: Q86402299

· DBpedia: Therese Ritchie

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