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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Name
Ellen Trevorrow
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Weaver)
Birth date
1955
Birth place
Tailem Bend, SA
Active Period
  • 1982-
Residence
  • Meningie, SA
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Murray River, SA
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Ngarrindjeri
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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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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