Ruby is one of the original group of women who learnt and practised batik and her work can be found in the 'Holmes à Court' collection.#url#
Born: 1968
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, Wood Carving
Subjects: Country, Awelye (Women's Ceremony), Alhepalh (Acacia Shrub), Ilyarnayt (Acacia Flower), Rainbow Dreaming, Camp Scene, Camp Dog
Ruby is part of the original group of women to be taught batik. Her work is included in the 'Robert Holmes à Court' collection. Ruby has established herself as a painter in the same tradition as her mother, the late Mary Morton, her sisters and aunties.
Collections
Mbantua Gallery Collection, Alice Springs, NT
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
The Holmes à Court Collection, Perth, WA
Exhibitions
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
1990
Balance 1990 - Views - Visions - Influences, QAG, Brisbane, QLD
1991
Flash Pictures, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
1998
Dreamings, Spazio Pitti Arte, Florence, Italy
1998
Dreamings, Vlaams-Europeesch Conferentiecentrum, Brussels, Belgium
1998
Art Centre Meerzigt, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
1998
Art Gallery Culture Store, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1999
Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
2004-2006
Evolution of Utopia - opened by the Honorable Robert Hill, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
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