Ada Petyarre Bird b. c.1930

Anmatyerre artist and a senior woman in Utopia, Bird's batiks and canvases are held in major collections in Australia and overseas. She is featured in a film by director Wim Wenders, and her work is on the cover of the publication, "Utopia -A Picture Story" (1990).
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Name
Ada Petyarre Bird
Gender
Unspecified
Birth date
c.1930
Birth place
Atnangkere, Utopia Station, Northern Territory
Active Period
  • 1988-
  • c.1977-
Residence
  • Akaye Soakage, Utopia Station, Northern Territory (Mulga Bore )
Training
  • c.1977- Utopia Women's Batik group, NT
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

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References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Atnankere Awely 2', textile by Ada Bird Petyarre', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '96/40/2 Textile length, canting and cap batik, silk twill, bush banana, honey grevillia, bush tomato, bush flower design, Ada Bird Petyarre, Utopia Awely Batik Workshop, Utopia, Northern Territory, 1995', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Brody, A. (1990), 'Utopia - A Picture Story', Heytesbury Holdings, Perth.>, <ExternalResource: Boulter, M. (1991), 'The Art of Utopia', Craftsman House.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Hodges, Chris.>] [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Atnankere Awely 2', textile by Ada Bird Petyarre', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '96/40/2 Textile length, canting and cap batik, silk twill, bush banana, honey grevillia, bush tomato, bush flower design, Ada Bird Petyarre, Utopia Awely Batik Workshop, Utopia, Northern Territory, 1995', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>]