Selected Artist CV
David Doyle
Barkindji/Malyangapa Artist and Cultural Practitioner
Menindee Barkindji Country / Far West NSW, Australia
Practice
Multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, carving, installation, metal, timber, natural and found materials, painting, printmaking and culturally informed contemporary practice.
Art practice: 2017–present
2026
2025
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi — Selected Artist, Sydney, NSW
The Familiar in the Foreign (Das Vertraute im Fremden) — Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together) — Flinders University Museum of Art / Tarnanthi, Adelaide, SA
2024
Homage — An Ode to the Ancestors — Solo Exhibition, Stockroom, Kyneton, VIC
Treasures — Australian Design Centre 60th Anniversary Exhibition, Sydney, NSW
Wampa-Waru (Quail) — Curator & Exhibiting Artist, Broken Hill City Art Gallery, NSW
2023
ngaratya — Bunjil Place, Narre Warren, Victoria
Shades of Blak — Curator & Exhibiting Artist, Broken Hill City Art Gallery, NSW
2022
Cementa RAMP — Firstdraft, Sydney, NSW
GLAMfest Residency Exhibition — Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW
23rd Biennale of Sydney: rīvus — Participating Artist, Sydney, NSW
2021
2020
2019
Emu Sky — University of Melbourne, Victoria
Darling Baaka Project Exhibition — West Darling Arts, Far West NSW
Fresh Bark — Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Selected Exhibitions
Commissions & Public Art
2025
Senator Neville Bonner AO Commemoration
Pavement Artwork Artist — Old Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
Ngaratya Kirra-thika (Together on Country)
Commissioned Artwork — Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, UK
Awards & Recognition
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2019
Pro Hart Outback Art Prize - Finalist - Eternal Registry
Fisher’s Ghost Art Award - Aboriginal Art Award, Winner - Eroded
Hornsby Art Prize - Sculpture Award, Winner - Eroded
Maari Ma Indigenous Art Award - Open Section Winner - Values
Pro Hart Outback Art Prize - People’s Choice Award - Wealth
Pro Hart Outback Art Prize - Finalist - Wealth
Outback Archies - 3D Art Prize, Winner - Birthing Tree
Blacktown City Art Prize - Finalist — Wontanella (Menindee Lakes)
Pro Hart Outback Art Prize - Finalist
Fellowships & Residencies
2024
2022
Encounters Fellowship — National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Cementa Regional Artist Mentoring Program — Firstdraft / Cementa, NSW
GLAMfest Artist Residency — Broken Hill City Art Gallery / West Darling Arts, Broken Hill, NSW
Selected Cultural & Creative Projects
2026
2023
2021
2020
More Than a Fish Kill — European Cultural Exchange & Documentary Program — London, Cambridge & Edinburgh, UK
Pangala — Coming Home — The Cad Factory / NSW Fisheries / National Museum of Australia
Connecting to Country — Australian Museum, Sydney
Barka: The Forgotten River — Cultural Art Activation, Australian Museum, Sydney
Caring for Country — Australian Museum × Vivid / ABC Awaye!
Outback Carvers — Web Documentary
untitled (maraong manaóuwi) — Emu Egg-Carving Demonstration, Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
Collections
2025
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, UK
Ngaratya Kirra-thika (Together on Country)