Kathleen Petyarre


© 2008


Born: C1940 Atnangkere
Language: Eastern Anmatyerre
Country: Alyawarre / Eastern Anmatyerre
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003
Kathleen Petyarre fireworks gallery, Brisbane
Ilyenty – Mosquito Bore, Recent Paintings, Alcaston Gallery,
Melbourne

2001

Genius of Place: The work of Kathleen Petyarre Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
New Paintings by Kathleen Petyarre Gallerie Australis & Coo-ee
Gallery, at Mary Place Gallery, Paddington
2000
Landscape: Truth and Beauty, Recent Paintings by Kathleen Petyarre
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
1999
Recent Paintings by Kathleen Petyarre Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney
1998
Arnkerrthe - My Dreaming Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
1996
Kathleen Petyarre - Storm in Aknangkerre Country Alcaston House
Gallery, Melbourne
AWARDS
1998
Finalist, Seppelts Contemporary Art Award - Visual Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Winner, People's Choice Award, Seppelts Contemporary Art Award, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1997
Winner, Visy Board Art Prize, the Barossa Vintage Festival Art Show, South Australia
1996
Joint Second Prize, Open Award Category - The Third National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Heritage Commission Art Award, Canberra
Winner, Telstra 13th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
All is Calm FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2008
From the air, fireworks gallery, Brisbane
Shalom – Gamarada, Shalom College, Sydney
Autumn Catalogue, Australian & New Zealand Works of Art, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
New Paintings by Leading Contemporary Artists, Gallerie Australis. Adelaide
2007
Parcours des Mondes Galerie Anne & Just Jaeckin, Arts d'Australie Stephane Jacob, Paris, France
The Best of the Best, Jewels of the Desert Framed Gallery, Darwin
Treasures of the Spirit, Creative Returns: Investing in Aboriginal Art Tandanya, Adelaide
Shalom Gamarda Art Exhibition Shalom College, Kensington NSW
Aboriginal Art Scott Livesy Galleries, Armadale
Utopia & Beyond Aboriginal Art from East to West Avalon Recreation Centre, Avalon
2006
Prism: Contemporary Australian Art Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
Dreaming Their Way – Australian Aboriginal Women Painters National Women in the Arts Washington DC
Recent Painting, Kathleen Petyarre & Abie Loy Framed Gallery, Darwin
Onetoeightandcounting Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
Kathleen Petyarre & Abie Loy Kemarre, Bush Leaf & Other Dreaming’s Gadfly Gallery, Dalkeith, WA
Abie Loy & Kathleen Petyarre, New Paintings Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington
2005
Aboriginal Vision in Contemporary Australian Art The Wright Exhibition Centre, Seattle USA
Utopia Women Maunsel Wicks, Paddington
New Paintings Kathleen Petyarre & Abie Loy Gadfly Gallery, Dalkeith WA
lArt Aboigene d’Australie Australian Embassy, Paris, France
2004
Arnkerthe - New Paintings Coo-ee Gallery Sydney
2003
Women in Utopia Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
Kathleen Petyarre & Abie Loy, Recent Paintings fireworks gallery, Brisbane

All About Art Alcaston Gallery, Sydney
Big Country: Masters Exhibition Gallery Gondwana
2002
Sisters/Yakkananna, Kahui Mareikura Exhibition Tandanya, Adelaide
SALA Festival Gallerie Australis, Adelaide
All About Art Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
2001
Seattle Collects Seattle ART Museum, Seattle, Washington State, USA
All and About Art Alcaston Gallery Melbourne
2000
Strong Spirit, New Directions in Contemporary
Aboriginal Painting
Songlines Gallery, San Francisco
The Return of Beauty Jam Factory, Adelaide,
Beyond The Pale Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
The Collection Gallerie Australis, Adelaide
1999-00
Utopia Framed Gallery, Darwin
The Return of Beauty Object Galleries, Sydney
SALA Week Gallerie Australis, Adelaide
Chemistry, Art in South Australia 1990 – 2000, The Faulding Exhibition Adelaide
Two Women Dreaming: The Emergence of International Style Indigenous Painting (Kathleen Petyarre & Gloria Petyarre) Songlines
Gallery, San Francisco
All About Art Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
Spirituality and Australian Aboriginal Art Madrid & regional Galleries, Spain
Utopian Visions: Emily Kngwarreye and the Women of Utopia Songlines Gallery, San Francisco, California
Odyessy: A Journey into World Art, Bicentennial Exhibition Peabody –
Essex Anthropology and Ethnology Museum, Harvard University,
Salem, MASS., USA
1999
15th NATSIAA Touring Exhibition Gold Coast City Gallery; Tandanya, Adelaide;
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Raiki Wara: Long Cloth from Aboriginal Australia and the Torres Strait Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
North by North East, Landscape & Ceremonial Paintings from Utopia Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
SALA Week Gallerie Australis, Adelaide
Utopia: Ancient Cultures/New Forms Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1998
Recent Acquisitions National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Our Country - Then & Now Gallerie Australis;
Chapman Gallery, Canberra
Expanse Art Museum, University of South Australia, Adelaide
Raiki Wara: Long Cloth from Aboriginal Australia and the Torres Strait National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
15th NATSIAA Touring Exhibition Museums and Art Galleries of the
Northern Territory, Darwin
The Rodney Gooch Utopia Collection Riddock Regional Art Gallery,Mount Gambier, SA
Belonging to Mother Earth - Indigenous Wisdom and Healing Conference Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
The Seppelts Contemporary Art Award Group Exhibition Museum of
Contemporary Art, Sydney
Utopia Dreamings Japingka Gallery, Perth
1997
14h NATSIAA Touring Exhibition Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld; Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra; Campbell town Gallery; Westpac Gallery, Melbourne
Schilderijen uit Utopia Songlines Gallery Amsterdam, Netherlands
Utopia Exhibition Adjunct to Documenta Kasel Germany
Group Exhibition fireworks gallery Brisbane
Dreampower, Art of Contemporary Aboriginal Australia Museum Puri
Lukisan, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia; Galeri Ardiyanto, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta
Dreamings from the Home of the Mountain Devil Lizard Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney
Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming Japingka Gallery, Perth
1994
Utopia Mixed Exhibition Festival of Arts, Gallerie Australis, Adelaide
The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians
from the Kelton Foundation Collection
Pacific Asia Art Museum, Pasadena, California, USA
1990
Contemporary Aboriginal Art from The Robert Holmes a Court
Collection
Carpenter Centre for the Visual Arts Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA; James Ford Bell Museum, University of Minnesota, USA
Lakewood Centre for the Arts, Lake Oswego, USA
CAMMA / Utopia Artist’s in Residence Project The Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
Utopia - A Picture Story 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
1989
Utopia Women’s Paintings: The First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney;Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, N.S.W
Utopia Women Coventry Gallery Paddington, Sydney
Utopia - A Picture Story 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide
COMMISSIONS
1997
The John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Collection of H. M. Queen Elizabeth II
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
The Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, WA, Australia.
The Museum & Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT., Australia.
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, S.A. Australia.
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, S.A. Australia
The Kluge-Rhue Collection, University of West Virginia, VA, USA.
The Kelton Foundation, Los Angeles, CA., USA.
The Levi-Kaplan Collection, Seattle, WA., USA
A.T.S.I.C. Collection, Adelaide, S.A. Australia.
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. Australia.
Museum Puri Lukisan, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
University of South Australia Art Museum, Adelaide, S.A. Australia.
Riddoch Regional Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, S.A. Australia.
Edith Cowan University, Perth, W.A. Australia.
Collection de Musée de Quai Branly, Arts d’Afrique et d’Oceanie, Paris, France.
Peabody – Essex Anthropology and Ethnology Museum, Harvard University, Salem, Mass., USA.
Adelaide Festival Centre Trust Collection, Adelaide, South Australia.