Lily Lion Kngwarreye
Lily Lion Kngwarreye
Born:
1964
Language Group:
Alyawarre
Country:
Ngkwarlerlaneme and Arnkawenyerr, Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Medium:
Acrylic on Canvas and Linen, Batik on Silk
Subjects:
Ilyarnayt (Acacia Flower), Alhepalh (Acacia Shrub), Bird, Country, Camp Scene, Rainbow Dreaming, Tharrkarr (Sweet Honey Grevillea), Ceremonial Man, Dog, Footballer
Lily's work has featured in several group exhibitions since 1977, including shows at Utopia Art, Sydney; the Orange Regional Gallery; the Austral Gallery, St Louis, USA; the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin; and the Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs. Lily was part of the Robert Holmes à Court exhibition of batik. Lily generally paints using very fine dot work or brush strokes.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
The Holmes à Court Collection, Perth, WA
Mbantua Gallery Collection, Alice Springs, NT
1977
Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney, NSW
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
1991
8th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
1993
10th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2002-2004
Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions
2004-2006
Evolution of Utopia - opened by the Honorable Robert Hill, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
2008
Emily and Her Legacy, Hillside Gallery with Coo-ee Art Sydney, Tokyo, Japan
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
Wallace, D., Desmond, M. and Caruana, W.
(1991) Flash Pictures, exhib. Cat., National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
