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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Citations

  • (28 July 2006), 'Murray, Life + Death – ABC TV program transcript’, Message Stick, ABC Television, Accessed 26/3/09.

    http://www.abc.net.au/tv/messagestick/stories/s1694560.htm

  • Trevorrow, Ellen (1998), 'Ellen Trevorrow’, Aboriginal Artists in South Australia, Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Adelaide, SA, compiled by Adele Pring.

  • Rowley, Sue (1997), 'Ellen Trevorrow’, The Somatic Object, University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts, Paddington, NSW, Catalogue edited by Rowley, Sue.

  • Conroy, Diana Woods (2000), 'Trevorrow, Ellen’, Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, VIC, pp. 721-722, Book edited by S. Kleinert and M. Neale.

  • Conroy, Diana Wood with Ellen & Tom Trevorrow (1997), 'Both Ways: Yolngu and Ngarrindjeri Weaving in Australian arts practice’, Craft & Contemporary Theory, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, pp. 155-170, Book edited by Sue Rowley.

  • 'Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute Archive’.

  • Parkes, Brian (ed) (2005), 'Woven forms : contemporary basket making in Australia’, Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Surry Hills, NSW, See 'Ellen Trevorrow’ page 95, written by Lindy Allen.

  • Adelaide Festival Centre (1994), 'Talking. listening’, Adelaide Festival Centre Trust, Adelaide, SA.

  • Lamb, Jennifer (ed) (1996), 'Below the surface’, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn, NSW.

  • Mellor, Doreen (1996), 'Below The Surface: Disclosures from a reflexive illusionist’, Periphery, issue no. 26, february 1996, pp. 28-30.

Initial data sources

  • 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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