Kathleen Petyarre b. c.1938

Also known as Kwementyaye Petyarre
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
After first working in batik, Kwementyaye (Kathleen) Petyarre turned to painting in 1987. Her precise paintings of her country and her culture led to her becoming one of the most celebrated artists from the country around Utopia station.
exhibited at
Genius of place: the work of Kathleen Petyarre
Date
2001
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description

Sponsored by American Express; MCA Ambassadors; free admission courtesy telstra.com. The first major survey of the work of Aboriginal artist Kathleen Petyarre featuring over 40 paintings, batiks and works on paper from almost 25 years of the artist’s career.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
MCA archive printout; Nicholls, Christine and North, Ian, Kathleen Petyarre: Genius of place. Kent Town, South Australia: Wakefield Press, 200

Exhibition Catalogue:
Nicholls, Christine and North, Ian, Kathleen Petyarre: genius of place. Kent Town, South Australia: Wakefield Press, 2001
ISBN 18625472

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Painting, Mixed media