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.
Mbantua Gallery Collection, Alice Springs, NT
The Holmes à Court Collection, Perth, WA
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
2024
41st Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA), Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
- Finalist
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
