John Prince Siddon
Born 1964, Great Sandy Desert, Australia
Language – Walmajarri
Lives & Works – Fitzroy Crossing (Walmajarri)
John Prince Siddon is a Walmajarri man who lives in the remote township of Fitzroy Crossing in the West Kimberley. Prince’s psychedelic surrealist paintings bring some of the most urgent themes of our time into piercing view. His ironic combination of Australian narratives, current affairs and ancestral creation stories articulate some of the complexities of the present-day Australian experience.
Prince challenges traditional notions of Indigenous painting. Combining diverse influences drawn from television, the traditional Kimberley craft of boab nut carving, desert iconography and the epic characters of Narrangkarni (Dreamtime), he creates a ground breaking style of painting and sculpture that is eclectic, gothic and psychedelic. His vibrant paintings, 3D printed, painted bull skulls and kangaroo hides explore his Country and history. They engage with issues of national and global significance, from the recent floods, endangered species, destruction of Indigenous landmarks and global warming to the war in Ukraine, gun control and the shortcomings of our politicians.
John Prince Siddon has been a finalist in the Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (2023), Fisher's Ghost Art Award (2022) and the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) at the Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018). He was also a featured artist at the Tarnanthi 2021 festival at the Art Gallery of South Australia and at Melbourne Art Fair in 2024. His solo exhibition ‘All Mixed Up’ at the Fremantle Arts Centre, presented in conjunction with the Perth Festival 2020, was heralded as the ‘stand-out exhibition’ of the festival by John McDonald of the Sydney Morning Herald. His works are included in the collections of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia and Artbank.
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30 Years of Arthouse Gallery
7 - 21 December 2024Over 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 -
Off–Site Exhibition
Cement Fondu – John Prince Siddon 16 March - 5 May 2024Cement Fondu 36 Gosbell St, Paddington NSW 2021 Opening Hours: Thursday – Sunday, 11am – 5pm In partnership with Mangkaja Arts Resource Centre, Disco Dreamtime Drums is a new exhibition...Read more -
Melbourne Art Fair
John Prince Siddon 22 - 25 February 2024The extraordinary work of John Prince Siddon is a physical experience as much as a visual one, where the traditions of Indigenous and Contemporary art shift and transform into Prince’s...Read more -
John Prince Siddon
My Painting is My Voice 23 July - 13 August 2022John Prince Siddon is a Walmajarri man who lives in the remote township of Fitzroy Crossing in the West Kimberley. Prince’s psychedelic surrealist paintings bring some of the most urgent...Read more
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John Prince SiddonFew Of Our Aussie Stars Can Be Like Our Animals, 2020acrylic on canvas120 x 240 cm$12,500
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John Prince SiddonRussian Why Bomb Hospital Small Farms, 2022acrylic on canvas120 x 120 cm$8,900
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John Prince SiddonWill the Lion Still Be King?, 2022acrylic on canvas120 x 120 cm$8,900
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John Prince SiddonEnough is Enough, 2020acrylic on canvas120 x 120 cm$8,900
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John Prince SiddonNumbat Night, 2024acrylic on canvas120 x 150 cm$8,600
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John Prince SiddonButterfly & Bee, 2024acrylic on canvas120 x 120 cm$7,500
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John Prince SiddonThis Is How They Hunt Us, 2024acrylic on canvas120 x 120 cm$7,500
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John Prince SiddonYirriki Weaving, 2024acrylic on canvas120 x 120 cm$7,500
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John Prince SiddonHide The Young, 2024acrylic on canvas120 x 120 cm$7,500
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John Prince SiddonWeaving, 2023acrylic on canvas120 x 120 cm$7,500
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John Prince SiddonMilky Way, 2023acrylic on 44 gallon drum87.5 x 58 x 58 cm$6,990
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John Prince SiddonPilhie Ghost, 2023acrylic on 44 gallon drum87.5 x 58 x 58 cm$6,990
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John Prince SiddonSomewhere Over The Rainbow, 2023acrylic on 44 gallon drum87.5 x 58 x 58 cm$6,990
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John Prince SiddonMix It With Pride, 2023acrylic on 44 gallon drum87.5 x 58 x 58 cm$6,990
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John Prince SiddonPulkartu (spider), 2024acrylic on 3D print50 x 50 x 18 cm$5,500
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John Prince SiddonPulkartu (spider), 2024acrylic on 3D print50 x 50 x 18 cm$5,500
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John Prince SiddonWeather, 2023acrylic on kangaroo pelt166 x 102 cm$5,500
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John Prince SiddonDingo, 2023acrylic on kangaroo pelt184 x 93 cm$5,500
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John Prince SiddonSave our Barrier Reef, 2023acrylic on canvas60 x 60 cm$2,990
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John Prince SiddonSky God, 2023acrylic on canvas60 x 60 cm$2,990
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John Prince SiddonOur Ancestor, 2023acrylic on canvas59 x 59 cm$2,990
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John Prince SiddonThis is my Land, 2023acrylic on canvas60 x 60 cm$2,990
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John Prince SiddonGold Rush, 2023acrylic on canvas60 x 60 cm$2,990
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Exhibition Calendar 2024
2024ARTHOUSE GALLERY ANNOUNCES A DYNAMIC AND EXCITING EXHIBITION CALENDAR FOR 2024 Arthouse Gallery is delighted to announce our dynamic exhibition program for 2024. This coming...Read more -
John Prince Siddon Selected as a Finalist in Sulman Prize
Art Gallery of NSW 6 May – 3 September 23John Prince Siddon has been selected as a finalist in the Sulman Prize for his thought provoking work 'Russia, why bomb hospitals and small farms'....Read more -
John Prince Siddon & Belinda Fox featured in Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art
Nillumbik Shire Council 21 April – 11 June 23The 2023 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art features a captivating array of diverse works from artists both local and from right across Australia responding to...Read more -
Fishers Ghost Award 2022
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John Prince Siddon featured in Dreamhome at AGNSW
3 December 2022Dreamhome: Stories of Art and Shelter 3 December 2022 - late 2023 Art Gallery of New South Wales North Building – Lower Level 2 Dreamhome:...Read more