1993 Awelye, Utopia Art Sydney 1989 Aboriginal Art: The Continuing Tradition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Consequently, her paintings were acquired by major galleries such as the National Gallery of Victoria and The National Gallery in Canberra. Aboriginal Australian artist Gloria Petyarre is best known for her paintings of undulating abstract fields of lines, which variously reference leaves, grass, and traditional bodypaint.
Elkin, Professor of Anthropology, 1920’s-1930’s, Artist: Gloria Petyarre Skin name: PetyarreLanguage group: Anmatyerre Country: Atnangkere Area: Utopia Region, Central AustraliaBorn: 1945 AIAM career rank: 11. 1988 Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Utopia Art, Sydney.
Country: Atnangkere, Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Linen and Paper, Batik on Silk, Subjects: Leaves, Awelye (Women's Ceremony and Body Paint Designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain Devil Lizard), Alpeyt (Wild Flowers), Ntyerrm (Seed of the Dogwood Tree), Ntang (Seed). In its neck it holds a sac of ochre that Gloria and her people use for ceremonies. Over the years, Gloria has applied many methods of enhancing the simple linear work in her Awelye paintings, including using sponges, hand work and even a brand new toilet brush. Over the years Gloria has applied many methods of enhancing the simple linear work in her Awelye paintings, including using sponges, hand work and a toilet brush. Gloria Petyarre is noted as one of the most famous of Aboriginal artists from the Utopia Homelands. 1989 Art From Utopia, Austral Gallery, St Louis, USA. This knowledge has not just been planted in their minds, it is taught and structured through initiation and ceremony.” - A.P. Looks like leaf, and I been put another one and another one and 'ah yeah'. Her more recent paintings have focused on Bush Medicine Dreaming, which depicts the leaves of a particular type of shrub with powerful medicinal qualities. 'That first one. One of Gloria’s most significant Dreamtime stories is that of Arnkerrthe, the Mountain Devil Lizard. Gloria was born around 1945 on Atnangkere country at Utopia in Central Australia. 1990 Tagari Lia:My Family, Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1990-from Australia, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, UK.
Subscribe to receive your exclusive preview of exhibitions prior to opening. Gloria Petyarre has participated in both group and solo exhibitions since the 1980’s.
1993 Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery. She has travelled to Ireland, London, Paris, USA, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries exhibiting her works. This life energy attributed to the success of Leaves, winning Gloria the very prestigious Wynne Prize in 1999, and highly recommended in 2004.
Subscribe to our VIP group for new arrivals, exhibition previews + special features ♥. Aboriginal art status – Highly regarded artist. 1984 1st National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of NT, Darwin. Gloria Petyarre uses a range of different brush strokes in her artworks to represent the growth of the leaves at certain times of the year. The artwork of the Petyarre sisters share the same Dreamings, including Arnkerrth, the Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard, Awelye, the women’s body design and stories related to a variety of bush foods. In April 1994 at Mosquito Bore in Utopia, Gloria began doing something new on her canvas. 1985 2nd National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of NT, Darwin. 1991 Aboriginal Women’s Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Sat & Sun 12pm - 5pm. The Wynne prize is awarded annually for the best landscape painting of Australian scenery or for the best example of figure sculpture by Australian artists. The source of life! Gloria's Leaves design was selected by Hermes for their 2009 collection and was released internationally. 1999 Red Desert Gallery, Eumundi, Qld Gloria became the first Australian artist commissioned by Hermes, the international fashion brand based in Paris.