Emily Kame Kngwarreye b. 1910

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
One of the best known desert artists and a senior woman in Utopia (NT), Kngwarreye's work is distinctive for its expressive abstract style. The recipient of awards such as the Australian Artists Creative Fellowship (1992), her work is recognised internationally and is included in major public and private collections in Australia and overseas.

Citations

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’95/112/1 Textile length, batik / silk, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Utopia, Northern Territory, Australia, 1988’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

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  • Boulter, M. (1991), 'The Art of Utopia : a new direction in contemporary Aboriginal art’, Craftsman House, Sydney, NSW.

  • Batty, P. & Sheridan, N. (1990), 'Utopia Artist in Residence Project’, Holmes à Court Foundation, Perth, WA.

  • Artist interview.

  • Holt, Janet (Delmore Downs), Information supplised by.

  • Hodges, Chris (Utopia Arts Sydney), Information supplised by.

  • Neale, Margo; with Benjamin, Roger; Hodges, Christopher; Weight, Greg (et al) (1998), 'Kngwarreye : Alhalkere : paintings from Utopia’, Brisbane, Qld : Queensland Art Gallery ; South Yarra, Vic : Macmillan.

Initial data sources

  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary