Rosie Kunoth Ngwarai b. 1935

Also known as Rosie Kunoth Kngwarreye
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
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Name
Rosie Kunoth Ngwarai
Also known as Rosie Kunoth Kngwarreye
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Birth date
1935
Active Period
  • c.1984-
Residence
  • Soakage Bore Camp, Utopia, NT
Indigenous Australian
 

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Rosie painted first with women’s batik group (Hunting Perentie – in book ‘Utopia. A Picture Story’, by Anne Marie Brody), then commenced painting acrylic on canvas. Her art is characterized by very fine dotting and she uses two different styles in painting – free-flowing bands of color or a very restrained style with a centrally-placed design. ¶
Rosie was painting with Artists of Ampilatwatja in 2001.
 Selected exhibitions: ¶
1988 Aboriginal “Dot” Painting, Melbourne ¶
1992 “Modern Art – Ancient Icon”, World Bank, Washington ¶
2003 ‘Women’s stories from Utopia’, Indigenart, Sydney ¶