Yvonne Koolmatrie b. 1944

  • Artist (Weaver)
Celebrated Ngarrindjeri weaver, Koolamtrie represented Australia in the 1997 Venice Biennale alongside Judy Watson and Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
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exhibited at
Floating Life
Date
2009
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://qag.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/floating_life
exhibited at
Re Coil: Change & Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art
Date
2009
Place
Curated by Artback NT Arts Development, Darwin and Alice Springs, NT
Description

Australian National touring exhibition Website accessed on 23/03/2009

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.artbacknt.com.au/base.htmlart/
exhibited at
What's going On: Contemporary Indigenous Art from the Murray Darling Region
Date
2002
Place
Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
Description

Curated by Carolyn Sanders and toured nationally

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.milduraarts.net.au/
exhibited at
Beyond The Pale
Date
2000
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au
exhibited at
Spinifex Runner
Date
1998 - 9 April 2011
Place
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iNavCatId=1&iSubCatId=124
exhibited at
Mapping Identity
Date
1997 - 9 April 2011
Place
Centre for Contemporary Craft, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Off Shore: On Site
Date
1997
Place
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.casulapowerhouse.com/
exhibited at
fluent
Date
1997
Place
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Description

Then 1998 Australian national tour

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.labiennale.org/en/
exhibited at
Below the Surface
Date
1996
Place
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.goulburn.nsw.gov.au/community/1037/1095.html
exhibited at
Working River
Date
1995
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.qag.qld.gov.au
exhibited at
talking.listening
Date
1994
Place
Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au
exhibited at
Murrundi: Three River Murray Stories
Date
1993
Place
Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.cacsa.org.au/
exhibited at
Yanada New Moon
Date
1993
Place
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, Paddington, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/galleries/idg/
exhibited at
Aboriginal Women's Exhibition
Date
1991 - 2 April 2011
Place
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Description

toured to National Gallery of Victoria and Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Insititute.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
exhibited at
Two Countries, One Weave
Date
1991
Place
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.tandanya.com.au
exhibited at
Look At Us Now: South Australian Aboriginal Artists
Date
1990
Place
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.tandanya.com.au/

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Related stub people
  • Roberts, Margaret Jean (Connie) (child of)
  • Kartinyeri, Dorothy (associate of)
  • Roberts, Margaret Jean (associate of)
  • Hunter, Ruby (relative of)
Related stub person groups
  • Nalta Ruwe Aboriginal Corporation, SA (associate of)
Related people
  • Roberts, Bluey (sibling of)
Related works
  • Sister basket (creator of)
  • Hot-air balloon (creator of)
  • Fish Trap (creator of)
  • Burial Basket (creator of)
  • Yabby Trap (creator of)
  • Eel Trap (creator of)
  • Large sedge bowl (creator of)
  • Bi Plane (creator of)
  • Eel Trap (creator of)
  • Rainbow Serpent (creator of)
  • Echidna (creator of)
  • Magic Weaver (creator of)
  • Prupi - Child Stealer (creator of)
  • River Bunyip (creator of)
  • Biplane (creator of)
Related collections
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan (collected in)
  • Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Kate Challis RAKA Award (received)
Related events
  • Floating Life (exhibited at)
  • Mapping Identity (exhibited at)
  • Spinifex Runner (exhibited at)
  • Off Shore: On Site (exhibited at)
  • Below the Surface (exhibited at)
  • talking.listening (exhibited at)
  • Working River (exhibited at)
  • Aboriginal Women's Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Look At Us Now: South Australian Aboriginal Artists (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1c4f7b538b73d93025687')) (exhibited at)
  • Re Coil: Change & Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art (exhibited at)
  • What's going On: Contemporary Indigenous Art from the Murray Darling Region (exhibited at)
  • Beyond The Pale (exhibited at)
  • fluent (exhibited at)
  • Murrundi: Three River Murray Stories (exhibited at)
  • Yanada New Moon (exhibited at)
  • Two Countries, One Weave (exhibited at)