Annie Hunter Petyarre

Born: c. 1967

Language Group: Alyawarre

Country: Arawerre (Soapy Bore), Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas and Linen, Batik on Silk

Subjects: Sugarbag (Native Honey), Awelye (Women's Ceremony), Country, Awelye (Women's Ceremony) for Sugarbag (Native Honey)

Annie 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. Annie also began painting in the late 80's and has been involved in many group exhibitions, including the Robert Holmes à Court touring exhibition of silk batiks.

Annie is from a family of artists. Her mother, Molly Pwerle, sisters Jessie and Susan, and also her older brother, Sandy Hunter, are all renowned artists. All have a refined style. Often their whole painting will consist of patterns of individual fine dots, reflecting their story and Arawerre country. They also paint stories associated with Atnwengerrp and Irrweltye, their mother's country.

Collections

Mbantua Gallery Collection, Alice Springs, NT

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

The Holmes à Court Collection, Perth, WA

Exhibitions

1989

Alcoota, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC

1989

A Myriad of Dreaming: Twentieth Century Aboriginal Art, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

1989

Utopia Women's Paintings, the first Works on Canvas, A Summer Project, 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

1999

Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT

2006

Utopia, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2007

Standing on Ceremony, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA

2007

Eastern Desert Dreaming - Artists from Utopia, Gallery G, Brisbane, QLD

2008

Power of Place, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA

2010

Aboriginal Artists in London, London, UK

2011

Utopian Aboriginal Art, Without Pier Gallery, Chelthenham, VIC

2011

Desert Visions, Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, SA

2013

Aboriginal Artists in London, London, UK

2014

Indigenous Group Show, Without Pier Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

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

Diggins, L.

(1989) A Myriad of Dreaming: Twentieth Century Aboriginal Art, exhibit. Cat., Malakoff Fine Art Press, North Caulfield, VIC