Ken Family Collaborative

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
The five Ken sisters, Tjungkara Ken, Yaritji Young, Freda Brady, Maringka Tunkin and Sandra Ken, live and paint in Amata in the APY lands in remote South Australia. Their painting of The Seven Sisters was awarded the Wynne Prize in 2016, the first time this prize has been awarded for a collaborative work.
Tags: Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, Seven Sisters
exhibited at
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 2016
Description

Their painting of the Seven Sisters was awarded the Wynne Prize in 2016 and the exhibition subsequently toured NSW and Victoria

Tags
Landscape, Aboriginal, Seven Sisters
Website
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/wynne/2016/
exhibited at
Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to now Part 1
Date
14 November 2020 - 4 July 2021
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Know My Name is an exhibition in two parts at the National Gallery of Australia. It is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of work by women, presented in a thematic rather than chronological form. It reveals relationships between the present and the past, relationships between artists, and common concerns.

Tags
Women artists, Feminism, Modernism, Indigenous, Painting, Video art, Multimedia, Photo-based art-work, Sculpture, Embroidery
Website
https://knowmyname.nga.gov.au/events/australian-women-artists-1900-now/