Biography  Judy was involved with the Utopia movement featured in exhibitions since 1977

Judy Greeny Purvis Biography

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Judy is the eldest daughter to Greeny Purvis Petyarre and Kathleen Kemarre. Greeny is senior custodian for Alhalkere country, Judy and her sisters paintings are associated with this country. Artist Judy (also known as Judith) Kngwarreye, Other surnames: Greeny, Purvis, Born 1962.

Judy was involved with the Utopia Batik movement and her work features in the Holmes á Court collection. Judy has featured in several group exhibitions since 1977 including shows at the Orange Regional Gallery, Utopia Art Sydney, the Austral Gallery.

Judy uses soft dot work and beautiful colours in this painting to represent the 'kame' background designs are inspired by the leaf and root system of the 'atnwelarr'.

COLLECTIONS
Orange Regional Gallery
Louis collection, USA
Homes a Court Collection, Perth
Art Bank, Sydney
Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin
Utopia Art Sydney
Australia Gallery Sydney
the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs
the Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
Mbantua Gallery , Alice Springs
Private Collection around the world

EXHIBITIONS
since 1977 at Utopia Art, Sydney; the Orange Regional Gallery; the Austral Gallery
1989 Utopia Women’s Paintings, the First Works On Canvas, A Summer Project
1988-89, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1990 Utopia - A Picture Story, an exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Robert Holmes á Court Collection by Utopia Artists which toured Eire and Scotland
2002 Mbantua Gallery - Art and Soul Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2002 Mbantua Gallery - 'The Cove Gallery' Portland, Oregon USA (Benefit - OHSU Heart Research Centre)
2002 Mbantua Gallery - Urban Wine Works, Portland, Oregon USA (Benefit – OHSU Heart Research Centre)
2002 Mbantua Gallery - Mary's Woods, Portland, Oregon USA (Benefit – OHSU Heart Research Centre)
2004 Mbantua Gallery USA exhibition; Knoxville, Tennessee March
2005 Yam Dreaming – Atnwelarre, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT

Judy Purvis Kngwarreye Dreamtime story for this seed belongs to Judy’s country Alhalkere in the Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs. "Kame", the seed of the atnwelarr (pencil yam), is the subject of Judy’s painting.Subject(s) Bush Tucker, Bush Scene and Kame, (Pencil Yam Seed Dreaming), Awelye (women’s ceremony and body paint designs)

Language Anmatyerre
Country Alhalkere
Medium Silk Batik, Acrylic on canvas and linen

In the Dreamtime there are two parts to the Kame story, one that belongs to Alhalkere and Atnangkere countries, and the other that belongs to Arnumarra country. Two different seeds were born that created two different species of pencil yam; one called Atnwelarr which belongs to Judy’s country, and the other called Arlatyeye which belongs to Arnumarra country. The Kame story is a major Dreamtime story for Judy’s country and ceremonies by her people are performed to ensure its productivity as a food source and life form of the ancestors.

FURTHER REFERENCES
Brody, A. 1989, Utopia Women’s Paintings: the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project,
1988-89, exhib. cat, Heytesbury Holdings Ltd, Perth
Brody, A. 1990, Utopia A Picture Story, 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Holmes á Court
Collection Heytesbury Holdings Ltd, Perth,
 "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.

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Image Size: 123 x 33cm
Framed Size: 140 x 45cm

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NOTES

Judy creates inspiring paintings with fascinating accuracy and intricate details, subtle shades of colour that moves with the viewer’s eyes and floats in air that have multi-dimensional physical presence of the much contemporary work of art

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