Betty Mpetyane Club
Betty Mpetyane Club
Born:
1957
Deceased:
2023
Language Group:
Anmatyerre
Country:
Ahalpere, Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Medium:
Acrylic on Canvas and Linen, Batik on Silk
Subjects:
My Mother's Story, Ahakeye (Bush Plum) Dreaming, Anwekety (Conkerberry)
Betty was involved with the Batik work at Utopia and had been painting for a long time. She is represented in the Holmes à Court Collection and her work is represented in the catalogue 'Utopia - A Picture Story'.
Betty painted 'My Mother's Story', awelye (women's ceremonial body paint designs) for the ancestral dreamtime stories of the anemangkerr (bush melon or tomato) which belonged to her mother's country, Atnwengerrp, in the Utopia Region. Betty inherited the permission to paint the design by her mother, the late Minnie Pwerle.
Betty travelled to Adelaide with Julia Murray and Jenny Green and had painted for Rodney Gooch, DACOU Gallery Adelaide and Mbantua Gallery. Betty was sister to Barbara Weir.
Mbantua Gallery Collection, Alice Springs, NT
The Holmes à Court Collection, Perth, WA
1990
Utopia - A Picture Story, an Exhibition of 88 works on Silk by Utopian artists, Holmes à Court Collection, toured Eire and Scotland
2002
Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions
2003
Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions
2004
Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions
2008
Self Representing Artists, Central Art - Aboriginal Art Store, Alice Springs, NT
2012
Heirs and Successors, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2012
Little Gems, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2012
Desert Gold, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2013
I colori del deserto, Galleria Isarte (in collaboration with Japingka), Milan, Italy
2014
Desert Song, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
