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Colleen Morton Kngwarreye

Colleen Morton Kngwarreye

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Acrylic on Linen
Size
180 x 90cm
Year Painted
2023
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Artist Profile

Colleen was involved in the Utopia Women's Batik Group. Her work is represented …

Artist Profile

Artist Profile

Colleen Morton Kngwarreye
Born:

1957

Language Group:

Alyawarre

Country:

Ampilatwatja, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Medium:

Acrylic on Canvas and Linen, Batik on Silk

Subjects:

Country, Bush Medicine, Awelye (Women's Ceremony), Women Collecting Bush Medicine, Women Collecting Bush Tucker, Women Collecting Imuna (Bush Food) and Bush Medicine, Ceremony

Colleen was involved in the Utopia Women's Batik Group. Her work is represented in 'A Picture Story', a project initiated by CAAMA in the late 80's. When Colleen was a child, she was taught about bush medicines and how to collect them from her mother and grandmother.

COLLECTIONS
Mbantua Gallery Collection, Alice Springs, NT
The Holmes à Court Collection, Perth, WA
EXHIBITIONS
1989
Utopia Women's Paintings, the first Works on Canvas, A Summer Project, 1988-1989, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1988-1989
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1990
Utopia - A Picture Story, an Exhibition of 88 works on Silk by Utopian artists, Holmes à Court Collection, toured Eire and Scotland
2011
Desert Mob Exhibition, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
2012
Desert Mob Exhibition, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
2014
Desert Mob Exhibition, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
AWARDS
2024
41st Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA), Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT - Finalist
REFERENCES
Brody, A.
(1989) Utopia Women's Paintings The First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project 1988-89, exhib.cat., Heytesbury Holdings, Perth, WA
Brody, A.
(1990) Utopia: a Picture Story, 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection, Heytesbury Holdings, Perth, WA
NATSIVAD
(1997) Database

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Artist Name, Artwork Size, Medium, Year Painted,

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Artist Name:
Colleen Morton Kngwarreye
Artwork Size:
180 x 90cm
Medium:
Acrylic on Linen
Year Painted:
2023
Title:
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This painting on linen will be shipped in a cylinder to you free of charge, worldwide! An option to have this painting 'stretched' onto a wooden frame may be available. If selected, further charges will apply and will be calculated at checkout.

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Colleen's painting represents design elements associated with her country, Ampilatwatja.

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Mbantua Darwin Gallery

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