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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Name
Yvonne Koolmatrie
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Weaver)
Other Occupation
  • Weaving Instructor
  • Guest Lecuturer
  • Workshop Presenter
Birth date
1944
Birth place
Wudinna, SA
Active Period
  • 1982-
Residence
  • 1940 Meningie/Coorong, SA (Mid to late 1940's )
  • 2009 Berri, SA
Training
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Coorong, SA
Dreaming
  • Rainbow Serpent
  • Prupi - Child Stealer
  • Wuluwan - River Bunyip
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Koolmatrie, Yvonne

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References [<ExternalResource: (2009), ''Hot-air balloon' in Floating Life: Contemporary Aboriginal Fibre Art', Queensland Art Gallery, Bribane, QLD, John Kean pp122-125 & p148.>, <ExternalResource: (2009), 'ReCoil - Change & Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art'.>, <ExternalResource: Sutton, P (Ed) (1988), 'Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia', South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA in association with The Asia Society Galleries, New York, USAurl:, .>, <ExternalResource: Mellor, Doreen (2000), 'Yvonne Koolmatrie', Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, In 'Beyond the Pale' catalogue pgs 43-44.>, <ExternalResource: Kleinert, Sylvia (2002), 'What's Going On: Contemporary Indigenous Art from the Murray Darling Region', Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC, Edited by Janey Dolan.>, <ExternalResource: 'Koolmatrie, Yvonne', In 2009 correspondence with the author.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Eel trap by Yvonne Koolmatrie', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Eel trap by Yvonne Koolmatrie', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, 'Yabbie trap by Yvonne Koolmatrie', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>] [<ExternalResource: (2009), ''Hot-air balloon' in Floating Life: Contemporary Aboriginal Fibre Art', Queensland Art Gallery, Bribane, QLD, John Kean pp122-125 & p148.>, <ExternalResource: (2009), 'ReCoil - Change & Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art'.>, <ExternalResource: Sutton, P (Ed) (1988), 'Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia', South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA in association with The Asia Society Galleries, New York, USAurl:, .>, <ExternalResource: Mellor, Doreen (2000), 'Yvonne Koolmatrie', Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, In 'Beyond the Pale' catalogue pgs 43-44.>, <ExternalResource: Kleinert, Sylvia (2002), 'What's Going On: Contemporary Indigenous Art from the Murray Darling Region', Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC, Edited by Janey Dolan.>, <ExternalResource: 'Koolmatrie, Yvonne', In 2009 correspondence with the author.>]
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