Born: 1945 Bundy River Station NT
Language: Alyawarre/Anmatyerre
Country: Atnwengerrp
Region: Utopia, north-east of Alice Springs NT

Born to acclaimed artist Minnie Pwerle and an Irish father, Barbara was taken from her birthplace of Utopia at age nine and sent to live in a foster home in accordance with assimilation policies of the time. She later returned to Utopia and reconnected with the stories, ceremonies and languages of her Country. Barbara’s practice reflects this reconnection, often depicting the Grass Seed dreaming of her country. Barbara has exhibited extensively throughout Australia, Europe and the US and her work is held in several major private and public collections, including the National Gallery of Victoria.

EXHIBITIONS—SOLO
2010 In the footprints of Barbara Weir Central Art Deloraine Tasmania
Desert Journeys DACOU
2006 Recent Paintings Gallery Savah Sydney
2002- 04 Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne
2002 Quadrivium Gallery Sydney
1999 Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne
Gathering the Past Redback Art Gallery Brisbane
1998 Chapman Gallery Canberra.
1997 Aboriginial Gallery of Dreamings Melbourne
Barry Stern Gallery Sydney
DACOU Gallery Adelaide
1996 fireworks gallery Brisbane

EXHIBITIONS—GROUP
2010-2011 New Beginnings, Brits Art & Promotion, Übach-Palenberg, Germany
2010 Utopia Colour, Salt Contemporary Art VIC
Desert Art from Utopia, DACOU
Latest works by Barbara Weir, Mantua Gallery, NT
Tradition to Modernity: A Showcase of Unique Contemporary Indigenous work from Central Desert Regions, Central Art, Deloraine TAS
Artitja: The Gift Collection – Art + Objects: small and affordable 2010, Artitja Fine Art Gallery
The Imprint Utopia Collection, Central Art TAS
McCulloch’s Aboriginal Art @ Flinders 2010: A Summer Exhibition from The Lands, Salt Contemporary Art VIC
2008 Blue: a group exhibition fireworks gallery Brisbane
Utopia Revisited NG Art Gallery Chippendale Sydney
Utopia Discoveries Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne
EWB Elements Travelling exhibition to capital cities of Australia Dacou in conjunction with Dreamtime Art
2007 Robert Steele Gallery New York USA
Standing on Ceremony Tandanya Cultural Institute Adelaide
Robert Steele Gallery New York USA
Australian Embassy Washington USA
Desert Diversity Flinders Lane Melbourne
Treasures of the Spirit – Investing in
Aboriginal Art Tandanya Cultural Institute Adelaide
APS Bendi Lango Art Exhibition with Rio Tinto fireworks gallery Brisbane
Best of the Best Gallery Framed Darwin
Blowing in the Wind Artmob Hobart
New Works from Utopia Space Gallery Pittsburgh USA
1997-07 DACOU Adelaide
2006 Utopia Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne
APS Bendi Lango Art Exhibition Rio
Tinto Offices Melbourne
2005-06-07 Annual Group Exhibition Shalom Insititute University of New South Wales Kensington
2005-06 Utopia exhibitions Gallery Savah Sydney
2004-05-06 Gallery Savah Sydney
2003-2004 Framed - The Darwin Gallery Darwin
2002 Alison Kelly Gallery Armadale Victoria
Knut Grothe Galeri Charlottlenlund Copenhagen
Paintings From Utopia Framed - The Darwin Gallery Darwin
Mixed Utopia exhibition at Galeri a Le Temps Du Reve France
Contemporary Aboriginal Art From The Utopia Region”- combined exhibition at BMGART Adelaide SA
Generations Utopia”- combined exhibition at Japingka Gallery, Perth, Western Australia.
19th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Museum and Gallery of the Northern Territory Darwin
A Collectable Aboriginal Art Event Raintree Gallery Darwin
2001 Out of Utopia Chapman Gallery Canberra
Alison Kelly Gallery Armadale
YPO Conference in conjunction with Mbantua Gallery Alice Springs
Painting Country Tandanya Cultural Institute Adelaide
Desert Colour, My Country combined exhibition
Raintree Aboriginal Art Gallery Darwin
Women Artists of the Australian Desert
Gallery 2021 Auckland New Zealand
Two Women Dreamings Dreamtime Gallery
Santa Fe New Mexico USA
2001 An Art Odyssey The West End Precinct Adelaide
Nangara The Ebes Collection Japanese Museum Tokyo
2000 An Affair to Remember ArtSauce Singapore
Discovery Gallery Savah Sydney NSW
Quadrivium Gallery Sydney NSW
Tandanya Cultural Institute Adelaide
Gordes Vaucluse France
AMP building Sydney Olympics
Mary Place Gallery Sydney
Redlands Westpac Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery Sydney
Women’s Business at The Australian Exhibition Centre Chicago USA
1999 Utopia BMG Art Adelaide
Bush Garden Japingka Gallery Fremantle
Utopia V Quadrivium Gallery Sydney
Caring For Country Tandanya Cultural Institute Adelaide
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Museum and Gallery of the Northern Territory Darwin
Gallery Savah Sydney
North Shore Fine Art Sydney
Dream Works Gallery Savah Sydney
1998 Women Painters Of The Desert fireworks gallery Brisbane
ARTEXPO New York in association with Mandurah Ltd New York
Utopia IV Quadrivium Gallery Sydney
SCECGS Redlands Sydney
15th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Museum and Gallery of the Northern Territory Darwin
Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne
The Adelaide Festival Theatre
Art Felchlin Zurich Switzerland
Gallery Griffiouen Belgium
Boomerang Gallery Amsterdam
Kunsdcentoum Aalst Belgium
Kunsdcentoum Dendermonde Belgium
Frank Popko Gallery Rees Germany
1997 Quadrivium Gallery Sydney NSW
DACOU Gallery in Adelaide
Dreamings of the Desert Art Gallery of South Australia
Hogarth Gallery in Sydney
Flinders Lane Gallery in Melbourne
Ten Years On Sutton Gallery Melbourne
Quadrivium Gallery Sydney
14th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Museum and Gallery of the Northern Territory Darwin
fireworks gallery Brisbane
1996 Framed Darwin
Gallery Woo Mang and Partners Paris France
Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne
Quadrivium Gallery Sydney
1995 DACOU Gallery Adelaide
Davis Avenue Gallery Melbourne

COLLECTIONS
The Art Gallery Of South Australia
Queensland College Of Art Griffith University
The University Of Adelaide
AMP Collection
Fred Torres Collection
Ebes Collection-Workum Netherlands