Shirley Dixon Kemarre
Shirley Dixon Kemarre
Born: c. 1970's
Language Group: Arrernte (Aranda)
Country: Angootuna, Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas and Linen
Subjects: Ntyemeny (Ruby Saltbush), Awelye (Women's Ceremony) for Ngkweyang (Kurrajong Seed), Imuna (Bush Food), Yerrampe (Honey Ant) Dreaming, Camping, Women Collecting Imuna (Bush Food) and Ntyemeny (Ruby Saltbush), Women Collecting Ntyemeny (Ruby Saltbush), Country, Women Collecting Bush Medicine, Family Collecting Ntyemeny (Ruby Saltbush) and Bush Medicine
Shirley began painting for Mbantua Gallery in 1999. Her mother, Elsie Dixon, and many of her extended family members are talented dot painters. Shirley grew up at Alcoota as the eldest child of five girls; Thelma, Elizabeth, Maureen and Dianne Dixon. She paints both the stories that belong to her father's country and her mother's. Like her mother, she speaks the Arrernte language but she also speaks Alyawarre.
Shirley was married to George Club Petyarre (deceased),Lena Pwerle's son and they have two sons.
Collections
Mbantua Gallery Collection, Alice Springs, NT
Exhibitions
2000
Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
2001
Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
2002
Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions
2004
Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions