Emily Kame Kngwarreye b. 1910

  • Artist
One of the best known desert artists and a senior woman in Utopia (NT), Kngwarreye's work is distinctive for its expressive abstract style. The recipient of awards such as the Australian Artists Creative Fellowship (1992), her work is recognised internationally and is included in major public and private collections in Australia and overseas.
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exhibited at
Crossroads Toward a New Reality
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National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
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exhibited at
Crossroads Toward a New Reality
Place
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
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Exhibition
exhibited at
Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Date
2008
Place
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Description

THEN: The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan

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Exhibition
Website
http://www.arts.australia.or.jp/english/events/0802/emily/
exhibited at
Dreaming their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters
Date
2006
Place
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C, USA
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Exhibition
Website
http://www.nmwa.org/exhibition/detail.asp?exhibitid=141
exhibited at
Aratjara - Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art
Date
1993
Place
Dusseldorf, Germany
Description

ALSO: London, UK; Humleaek, Denmark; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.

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Exhibition
exhibited at
Joan and Peter Clemenger Triennial Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Art
Date
1993
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
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Exhibition
exhibited at
Aboriginal Art from Australia
Date
1992
Place
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
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Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1992
Place
Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW
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ALSO: 1991

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Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Aboriginal Art
Date
1991
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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Exhibition
exhibited at
Aboriginal Paintings from the Desert
Date
1991
Place
Union Gallery, Moscow, Russia
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ALSO TOURED: St Petersburg, Russia; Ukraine; Minsk, Byelorussia (Republic of Belarus); Riga, Latvia

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Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Aboriginal Art
Date
1990
Place
Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USA
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Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
A Picture Story
Date
1990
Place
Royal Hibernian Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
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Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1990
Place
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic.
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ALSO: 1991

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Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1990
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description

two solo shows

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Exhibition
Abstraction
Date
1990
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
A Summer Project: Utopia Women's Paintings (the First works on Canvas)
Date
1989
Place
Orange Regional Art Gallery, Orange, NSW
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Exhibition
A Summer Project: Utopia Women's Paintings (the First works on Canvas)
Date
1989
Place
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
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Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '95/112/1 Textile length, batik / silk, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Utopia, Northern Territory, Australia, 1988', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Boulter, M. (1991), 'The Art of Utopia : a new direction in contemporary Aboriginal art', Craftsman House, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Batty, P. & Sheridan, N. (1990), 'Utopia Artist in Residence Project', Holmes à Court Foundation, Perth, WA.>, <ExternalResource: Artist interview.>, <ExternalResource: Holt, Janet (Delmore Downs), Information supplised by.>, <ExternalResource: Hodges, Chris (Utopia Arts Sydney), Information supplised by.>, <ExternalResource: Neale, Margo; with Benjamin, Roger; Hodges, Christopher; Weight, Greg (et al) (1998), 'Kngwarreye : Alhalkere : paintings from Utopia', Brisbane, Qld : Queensland Art Gallery ; South Yarra, Vic : Macmillan.>] [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '95/112/1 Textile length, batik / silk, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Utopia, Northern Territory, Australia, 1988', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>]