Anna Petyarre a very talented artist and niece to the late Emily Kame Kngwarreyewas, her work is in high demand. View Australian Encyclopedia Aboriginal Artists dictionary of biographies Anna Petyarre Curriculum Vitae page 315. AWARDS: 1998 the 15th prestigious National Australian Aboriginal Arts Award (selected)

BIOGRAPHY

Artist:    Anna Petyarre (B. 1965-)
Title:     Medicine Leaves galap0708-2 DETAIL
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian linen on board
Image Size: 94.5 x 74.5cm
Framed Size: 97.5 x 87.5cm inc. a contemporary gold frame
Sold with a Certificate
Price:  $3,500 -  BUY

NOTES:
This very modern and an inspiring work of art has fascinating accuracy with microscopic dots and intricate details, subtle shades of colour that moves with the viewer’s eyes and floats in air, it has the three dimensional physical presence of the much contemporary work of art. The painting is housed in a modern frame showcasing the state-of-the-art expression.

DETAIL galap0708-2

Artist:    Anna Petyarre (B. 1965-)
Title:     Medicine Leaves - sold with a Certificate
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian linen
Image Size: 165.5 x 125.5 cm
Sold with a Certificate
Price :  $15,000

BUY

AWARDS: 1998 the prestigious 15th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Award (selected)

NOTES:
This very modern and an inspiring work of art has fascinating accuracy with microscopic dots and intricate details, subtle shades of colour that moves with the viewer’s eyes and floats in air, it has the three dimensional physical presence of the much contemporary work of art. The painting is housed in a modern frame showcasing the state-of-the-art expression.

Prices may change without a prior notice. To purchase please contact us 

Artist:    Anna Petyarre (B. 1965-)
Title:      Medicine Leaves galap0708-1
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian linen on board
Image Size: 94.5 x 74.5cm
Framed Size: 97.5 x 87.5cm
Price:    SOLD

DETAIL

Anna Petyarre Biography:

COLLECTIONS:  Art Bank (Sydney) Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide) Powerhouse Museum  (Sydney) Museum & Art Gallery Northern Territory (Darwin) Homes a Court Gallery and gallery Collection (Perth) Art Gallery of Western Australia (Perth) Queensland Art Gallery (Brisbane) The Kerry Stokes Collection; Anthropology Art Museum Perth; also private and corporate collections in USA, Singapore, Ireland, India, Poland, Denmark and France.

Anna Petyarre was born in 1965, and is the daughter of the late Glory Ngarla and niece to the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Her country is Alhalkere and her language is Anmatyerre. Anna is a very talented artist and paints ‘Yam”, ‘Wildflower”, ‘Emu’ ‘Wild Potato” and ‘Campsite Dreaming. Earlier in her career, Anna depicted these dreamings using a bright bold linear style; however, recently Anna has made use of intricate dot work with very small blocks of colour. Anna’s paintings have been exhibited extensively throughout Australia and is a well established young Utopian artist. DACOU regards Anna as an artist on the rise who will certainly make her mark in the world of Utopia art. She resides at Mulga Bore Utopia Australian Northern Territory approximately 220 km from Alice Springs. This is the place where she currently paints. Anna has painted on and off since early childhood. Anna Petyarre (Pitjara) commenced full-time painting in the early 1980s when the medium of canvas and acrylic paints was introduced to the community of Utopia. Prior to painting she produced batik. Her main Dreamings, which she depicts in her paintings are: Yam, Wild Potato, Wildflowers, Emu and Campsite. At first Anna Petyarre used very bright colours with minimal dotting; her recent works display a technique of intricate dot work, with small blocks of colour. View Anna Petyarre Curriculum Vitae  page 315 Encyclopedia Aboriginal Artists dictionary of biographies. 

Anna speaks Anmatjere and is fluent in English.  Anna essentially paints the Bush Yam. This is the dreaming of her grandfather and father's country. She also paints some body painting and women's ceremony as well. She paints on a whole range of canvas sizes and also paints on to ancient Aboriginal utensils such as the wira and coolamon. These utensils are used for carrying water, fruit, berries and even babies through the bush. Anna has other dreamings as well but she does not paint them. Under the careful guidance of Gloria Petyarre, Anna began to paint her own work. Over the last few years, Anna has been learning further skills from the Women painters in Utopia. Anna actively takes part in ceremonies and paints the bodies of the dancers prior to the commencement of each ceremony. She takes the utmost care and pride in her work and endeavors to bring the sensitivity of her culture to canvas. Anna Petyarre has been painting for the Michael Hollow Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery - Alice Springs - Melbourne - Sydney since 1997.

Selected exhibitions:
1996 Utopia Dreaming, Soho Gallery, Sydney;
1997 Dacou Gallery, Adelaide;
1997 Sutton Gallery, Melbourne;
1998 Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney;
1998 Selected entrant for the the 15th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Award, Darwin;
1999 Tandanya, Adelaide;
1999 BMG Art, Adelaide;
2000 Tandanya, Adelaide;
2000 Dacou (in association with AMP), Mary Place Gallery, Sydney;
2001 Women's Business, Australian Exhibition Centre, Chicago, USA;
2001 Japingka Gallery, Perth; 2001 Raintree Aboriginal Art Gallery, Darwin;
2002 Galerie Le Temps du Reve, France; 2002 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney;
2002 Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne.

AWARDS:
1998 Selected entrant for the 15th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Award, Darwin

COLLECTIONS:  Art Bank (Sydney) Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide) Powerhouse Museum  (Sydney) Museum & Art Gallery Northern Territory (Darwin) Homes a Court Gallery and gallery Collection (Perth) Art Gallery of Western Australia (Perth) Queensland Art Gallery (Brisbane) The Kerry Stokes Collection; Anthropology Art Museum Perth; also private and corporate collections in USA, Singapore, Ireland, India, Poland, Denmark and France.

Source & FURTHER REFERENCES:
         "Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert - A Biographical Dictionary" by Vivien Johnson, published by Craftsman House 1994,
         "The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture" edited by Sylvia Kleinert and Margo Neale published by OUP 2000,
         “Australian Aboriginal Artist Encyclopedia” – dictionary of biographies” Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.):
         Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004).
        Brody, A. 1989 Utopia women’s Paintings: the First Works on Canvas, A summer Project, 1988-89 exhib. Cat. Heytesbury Holdings, Perth Brody, A. 1990 Utopia, a picture Story, 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Homes a Court Gallery and gallery Collection, Heytesbury Holdings LTD Perth NATSIVAD database;  Latz, P. 1995, Bushfires & Bushtucker, IAD Press, Alice Springs.