Billy Petyarre

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Painter and leading sculptor in carved wood from Utopia. Lives in the Ngkwarlerlaneme community. His work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria.

Citations

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’91/409 Coolamon (carrying dish), wood/acrylic paint, Billy Petyarre, Utopia Station, Northern Territory, 1990-1991’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/116970

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’91/411 Figure, dog, 'Devil Dog’, wood, Billy Petyarre, Utopia Station, Northern Territory, Australia, 1991’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/116973

  • Information sourced from Hodges, Chris (Utopia Arts).

Initial data sources

  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary