Ruby Morton Biography

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Ruby Morton Ngwarai (Kngwarrey, Ngwarrey). Ruby is part of the original group of women to be taught batik. Her work is included in the ‘Robert Holmes a Court’ collection. Ruby has established herself as a painter in the same tradition as her mother, Mary Morton, her sisters and aunties. Ruby Morton work is in high demand and her paintings are represented in major private throughout the world.

Ruby Morton 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

COLLECTIONS:
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Museum of Australia
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Homes a Court Collection, Perth
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Bank, Sydney
Mbantua Museum, Alice Springs, NT Australia

EXHIBITIONS
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 Holmes a Court Collection by Utopia artists which toured Eire And Scotland
1990 Balance 1990: views, visions, influences QAG, Brisbane
1991 Flash Pictures, National Gallery of Australia
1998 Dreamings, Spazio Pitti Arte, Florence
1998 Dreamings, Vlaams- Europeesch Conferentiecentrum, Brussels, Bulgium
1998 Art Centre Meerzigt, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
1998 Art Gallery ‘Culture Store’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1999 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs N.T. Australia.
2004-2006 Evolution of Utopia, Mbantua Gallery Cultural Museum, Alice Springs

Ruby has painted designs that represent all of her Dreamtime stories. The stories that are featured in this painting include Rainbow (boor-la-da), Ilyarn and Ilyarnayt, Tharrkarr (sweet honey grevillea), Yerramp (Honey ant) and also a variety of Alpeyt (flowers). All of Ruby's Dreamtime stories belong to her countries Ngkwarlerlanem and Arnkawenyerr.

Artist: Ruby Morton Ngwarai (Kngwarrey, Ngwarrey) Born 1968
Language: Alyawarr
Country: Ngkwarlerlanem and Arnkawenyerr Utopia Region, N E of Alice Springs
Medium: Acrylic on canvas and linen, Silk Batik, Wood Carving

Subjects:
Awelye (Women’s Ceremonial Body Paint Design),
Rainbow Dreaming, Alhepalh (type of wattle),
Ilyarn and Ilyarnayt,
Camp Dog (Carving),
Bush Seed (Ilyarnaty and Ilyarn),
Camp Scenes, Country

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.

Water and Flames

Water and Flames

Ruby Morton

Acrylic on Linen on board
Image Size: 35 x 35cm
Framed Size: 45 x 45 cm

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Water and Flames

Ruby Morton

Acrylic on Linen on board
Image Size: 35 x 35cm
Framed Size: 45 x 45 cm

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Water and Flames

Ruby Morton

Acrylic on Linen on board
Image Size: 35 x 35cm
Framed Size: 45 x 45 cm

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Ruby Morton

Acrylic on Linen on board
Image: 93 x 33 cm
Framed: 125 x 45 cm

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