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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Initial data sources

  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

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Heritage countries
  • Atnangkere
  • Atnangkere
Related people
  • Petyarre, Kathleen (associate of)
  • Petyarre, Violet (associate of)
  • Kngwarreye, Emily Kame (associate of)
  • Petyarre, Myrtle (associate of)
  • Kemarre, Nancy (associate of)
  • Petyarre, Jeanna (associate of)
  • Wenders, Wim (associate of)
  • June, (parent of)
  • Hilda, (parent of)
  • Colin, (parent of)
  • Steven, (parent of)
  • Paddy, (parent of)
  • Ronnie, (parent of)
  • Petyarre, Kathleen (associate of)
  • Petyarre, Violet (associate of)
  • Kngwarreye, Emily Kame (associate of)
  • Petyarre, Myrtle (associate of)
  • Kemarre, Nancy (associate of)
  • Petyarre, Jeanna (associate of)
  • Wenders, Wim (associate of)
  • June, (parent of)
  • Hilda, (parent of)
  • Colin, (parent of)
  • Steven, (parent of)
  • Paddy, (parent of)
  • Ronnie, (parent of)
Related person groups
  • Utopia Women's Batik group (associate of)
  • CAAMA (Central Australian Media Association) (associate of)
  • Utopia Women's Batik group (associate of)
  • CAAMA (Central Australian Media Association) (associate of)
Related works
  • 'Atnankere Awely 2', textile by Ada Bird Petyarre (creator of)
  • 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 (creator of)
  • not titled [Lizard] [No.16] (creator of)
  • not titled [Lizard] [No.16] (creator of)
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia (collected in)
Related events
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Ada Bird Petyarre (exhibited at)
  • A Picture Story (None)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Ada Bird Petyarre (exhibited at)
  • A Picture Story (None)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
Indigenous notes