Ellen Trevorrow b. 1955

  • Artist (Weaver)
Ngarrindjeri weaver and educator who has exhibited widely throughout Australia. She regards herself as a 'cultural weaver' and is dedicated to sharing her knowledge of the practice, and Ngarrindjeri culture and ecology.
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Our Mob
Date
2006
Place
Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au
exhibited at
Woven Forms: Contemporary basket making in Australia
Date
2005
Place
Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

toured nationally 2006-2007.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.object.com.au/home.html
Tactility: two centuries of Indigenous objects, textiles and fibre
Date
2003
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/Tactility/Default.cfm?MnuID=1
exhibited at
The Fifth Australian Heritage Commission National Indigenous Heritage Art Award
Date
2000
Place
Old Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Somatic Object
Date
1997
Place
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Description

Toured to The National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/galleries/idg/
exhibited at
Below the Surface
Date
1996
Place
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn, NSW
Description

toured to regional galleries throughout Australia

Type
Exhibition
talking.listening
Date
1994
Place
Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au
Aboriginal Women's Exhibition
Date
10 September 1991 - 10 November 1991
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Dissonance
Website
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
Two Countries, One Weave
Date
1991
Place
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.tandanya.com.au
Look At Us Now: South Australian Aboriginal Artists
Date
1990
Place
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.tandanya.com.au/
exhibited at
Ngarrindjeri Basketry and Painting
Date
1989
Place
Jam Factory, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.jamfactory.com.au
exhibited at
River
Date
1989
Place
Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/
exhibited at
From the Centre
Date
1988
Place
David Jones Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Reflections of the Dreaming
Date
1988
Place
Hilton Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Description

NADOC week show

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Ngarrindjeri Art And Craft
Date
1987
Place
South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition

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Heritage countries
  • Murray River, SA
  • Murray River, SA
Related people
  • Koolmatrie, Yvonne (associate of)
  • Kartinyeri, Dorothy (associate of)
  • Trevorrow, Tom (spouse of)
  • Koolmatrie, Yvonne (associate of)
  • Kartinyeri, Dorothy (associate of)
  • Trevorrow, Tom (spouse of)
Related works
  • Sister Basket (creator of)
  • Sister Basket (creator of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Immigration Museum, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia (collected in)
  • Migration Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Immigration Museum, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia (collected in)
  • Migration Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
Related events
  • Our Mob (None)
  • Woven Forms: Contemporary basket making in Australia (exhibited at)
  • Tactility: two centuries of Indigenous objects, textiles and fibre (None)
  • The Fifth Australian Heritage Commission National Indigenous Heritage Art Award (exhibited at)
  • The Somatic Object (exhibited at)
  • Below the Surface (exhibited at)
  • talking.listening (None)
  • Aboriginal Women's Exhibition (None)
  • Two Countries, One Weave (None)
  • Look At Us Now: South Australian Aboriginal Artists (None)
  • Ngarrindjeri Basketry and Painting (exhibited at)
  • River (exhibited at)
  • From the Centre (exhibited at)
  • Reflections of the Dreaming (exhibited at)
  • Ngarrindjeri Art And Craft (exhibited at)
  • Our Mob (None)
  • Woven Forms: Contemporary basket making in Australia (exhibited at)
  • Tactility: two centuries of Indigenous objects, textiles and fibre (None)
  • The Fifth Australian Heritage Commission National Indigenous Heritage Art Award (exhibited at)
  • The Somatic Object (exhibited at)
  • Below the Surface (exhibited at)
  • talking.listening (None)
  • Aboriginal Women's Exhibition (None)
  • Two Countries, One Weave (None)
  • Look At Us Now: South Australian Aboriginal Artists (None)
  • Ngarrindjeri Basketry and Painting (exhibited at)
  • River (exhibited at)
  • From the Centre (exhibited at)
  • Reflections of the Dreaming (exhibited at)
  • Ngarrindjeri Art And Craft (exhibited at)
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