Benjamin Landara Kemarre

Born: 1921

Deceased: 1985

Language Group: Western Arrernte (Aranda)

Country: Ntaria (Hermannsburg), West of Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Medium: Watercolour on Board

Subjects: Landscapes, Untitled Landscape, Mt Hermannsburg

Benjamin is the son of August and Naomi Ebatarinja.

Collections

Mbantua Gallery Collection, Alice Springs, NT

Hermannsburg Art Gallery, NT

Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA

Christensen Collection held Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, USA

Exhibitions

1963

The Melbourne Moomba Festival - Exhibition of Aboriginal Art, presented by the Aborigines Advancement League, Melbourne, VIC

1974-1976

Art of Aboriginal Australia, touring Canada, Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd, Canada

1989

Aboriginal Art: The Continuing Tradition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

1991

Heritage of Namatjira, Flinders University Art Museum, Bedford Park, SA

1995

Namatjira Ilakakeye, kinship, creativity and the continuing traditions of the Hermannsburg artists, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA