Vera Mbitjana Williams b. 1966

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Pitjantjatjara speaker also fluent in five other Central Australian languages. A dedicated artist in the media of screenprint and fabric design, and more recently, canvas lithography and etching. She was the "Best Developing Artist in SA" in 1989 and, since then, her work has been widely exhibited in Australia and overseas.
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Name
Vera Mbitjana Williams
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Birth date
1966
Birth place
Alice Springs, NT
Active Period
  • c.1984 - c.1994
  • 1988-
  • 1984
Residence
  • 1987- Ernabella, SA
  • Alice Springs, NT
  • Hermannsburg, NT
  • Amoongana (Amoonguna), NT
Training
  • 1993 University of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
  • Ernabella Arts, Ernabella, SA
  • Alice Springs, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

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References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '95/319/2 Textile length, 'Maku' (Witchetty Grub), cotton, designed by Vera Mbitjana Williams, printed by Marie Warren, Ernabella, South Australia, Australia, 1989-1995', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>]
Trainings
  • 1993 University of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
  • Ernabella Arts, Ernabella, SA
  • Alice Springs, NT
  • July 1993 University of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
  • Ernabella Arts, Ernabella, SA
  • Alice Springs, NT
Related person groups
  • Ernabella Arts (associate of)
  • Ernabella Arts (associate of)
Related works
  • Cattle Dogs and Snakes (creator of)
  • 95/319/2 Textile length, 'Maku' (Witchetty Grub), cotton, designed by Vera Mbitjana Williams, printed by Marie Warren, Ernabella, South Australia, Australia, 1989-1995 (contributor to)
  • untitled (creator of)
  • Cattle Dogs and Snakes (creator of)
  • untitled (creator of)
Related recognitions
  • Best Developing Artist in SA (received)
  • Best Developing Artist in SA (received)
Related events
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Look at us Now (exhibited at)
  • Lizards Snakes and Cattledogs (exhibited at)
  • Desert Impressions (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Look at us Now (exhibited at)
  • Lizards Snakes and Cattledogs (exhibited at)
  • Desert Impressions (exhibited at)