Lydia Balbal
Artist Profile
Driving Ms Balbal, 2023
I’m painting underground. What’s underground.
Upside down: water, rockholes, lines beneath the sand-dunes. – Lydia Balbal
Lydia Balbal is a highly regarded Bidyadanga artists whose works feature in the collections of the Western Australian Art Gallery, Queensland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia, Parliament House Collection, Artbank & the Laverty Collection. Balbal has exhibited extensively in Australia, France, China, Spain, England, Belgium, Italy and America. She has been a finalist in various awards including the Telstra NATSIAA which she won in 2024 in the Painting category for her work 'Keeping up with the Balbals' and the King's School Art Prize (2026).
Exhibitions
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Summer House
11 December 2025 - 31 January 2026Read more -
Where the land meets the sky
24 July - 16 August 2025For millennia, our First Nations people have had ongoing connection to the land. ‘Where the land meets the sky’ celebrates this connection, presenting acclaimed artists including Lydia Balbal from the...Read more -
30 Years of Arthouse Gallery — Summer Edition
7 December 2024 - 1 March 2025Over the past three decades, Arthouse Gallery has distinguished itself as one of Australia's leading contemporary art galleries. Currently representing over forty artists, the gallery celebrates its 30th anniversary this...Read more -
Lydia Balbal
Little Bit Long Way 2 - 25 May 2024On a day like any other Lydia Balbal walked into Broome’s Short St Gallery and announced in brisk, determined fashion, that the time had come for her to paint. Gallerist...Read more
Available Works
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Lydia BalbalDriving Ms Balbal, 2023acrylic on metal159 x 134 cm$16,500
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Lydia BalbalMartakulu (841488)acrylic on linen150 x 102 cm$9,000
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Lydia BalbalMartakulu (841536)acrylic on linen135 x 84 cm$7,000
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