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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Citations

  • (2009), ''Hot-air balloon’ in Floating Life: Contemporary Aboriginal Fibre Art’, Queensland Art Gallery, Bribane, QLD, John Kean pp122-125 & p148.

  • (2009), 'ReCoil – Change & Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art’.

  • 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:, .

  • 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.

    http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au

  • Kleinert, Sylvia (2002), 'What’s Going On: Contemporary Indigenous Art from the Murray Darling Region’, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC, Edited by Janey Dolan.

    http://www.milduraarts.net.au/

  • 'Koolmatrie, Yvonne’, In 2009 correspondence with the author.

Initial data sources

  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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Related people
  • Roberts, Bluey (sibling of)
  • Roberts, (child of)
  • Kartinyeri, Dorothy (associate of)
  • Roberts, Margaret Jean (associate of)
  • Hunter, Ruby (relative of)
  • Roberts, Bluey (sibling of)
  • Roberts, (child of)
  • Kartinyeri, Dorothy (associate of)
  • Roberts, Margaret Jean (associate of)
  • Hunter, Ruby (relative of)
Related person groups
  • Nalta Ruwe Aboriginal Corporation, SA (associate of)
  • Nalta Ruwe Aboriginal Corporation, SA (associate of)
Related works
  • Fish Trap (creator of)
  • Burial Basket (creator of)
  • Yabby Trap (creator of)
  • Echidna (creator of)
  • Magic Weaver (creator of)
  • Prupi - Child Stealer (creator of)
  • Yabbie trap by Yvonne Koolmatrie (creator of)
  • Eel trap by Yvonne Koolmatrie (creator of)
  • Sister basket (creator of)
  • Hot-air balloon (creator of)
  • Rainbow Serpent (creator of)
  • River Bunyip (creator of)
  • Biplane (creator of)
  • Eel Trap (creator of)
  • Bi Plane (creator of)
  • Eel trap by Yvonne Koolmatrie (creator of)
  • Eel Trap (creator of)
  • Large sedge bowl (creator of)
  • Fish Trap (creator of)
  • Burial Basket (creator of)
  • Yabby Trap (creator of)
  • Echidna (creator of)
  • Magic Weaver (creator of)
  • Prupi - Child Stealer (creator of)
  • Sister basket (creator of)
  • Hot-air balloon (creator of)
  • Rainbow Serpent (creator of)
  • River Bunyip (creator of)
  • Biplane (creator of)
  • Eel Trap (creator of)
  • Bi Plane (creator of)
  • Eel Trap (creator of)
  • Large sedge bowl (creator of)
Related events
  • Making Tracks: A Glimpse at Two Decades of Aboriginal Art in South Australia (None)
  • Floating Life (exhibited at)
  • Re Coil: Change & Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art (exhibited at)
  • Our Mob (None)
  • What's going On: Contemporary Indigenous Art from the Murray Darling Region (exhibited at)
  • Beyond The Pale (exhibited at)
  • Spinifex Runner (exhibited at)
  • Mapping Identity (exhibited at)
  • Off Shore: On Site (exhibited at)
  • fluent (exhibited at)
  • Below the Surface (exhibited at)
  • Working River (exhibited at)
  • talking.listening (exhibited at)
  • Murrundi: Three River Murray Stories (exhibited at)
  • Yanada New Moon (exhibited at)
  • Aboriginal Women's Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Two Countries, One Weave (exhibited at)
  • Look At Us Now: South Australian Aboriginal Artists (exhibited at)
  • Ngarrindjeri Basketry and Painting (None)
  • Ngarrindjeri Art And Craft (None)
  • Making Tracks: A Glimpse at Two Decades of Aboriginal Art in South Australia (None)
  • Floating Life (exhibited at)
  • Re Coil: Change & Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art (exhibited at)
  • Our Mob (None)
  • What's going On: Contemporary Indigenous Art from the Murray Darling Region (exhibited at)
  • Beyond The Pale (exhibited at)
  • Spinifex Runner (exhibited at)
  • Mapping Identity (exhibited at)
  • Off Shore: On Site (exhibited at)
  • fluent (exhibited at)
  • Below the Surface (exhibited at)
  • Working River (exhibited at)
  • talking.listening (exhibited at)
  • Murrundi: Three River Murray Stories (exhibited at)
  • Yanada New Moon (exhibited at)
  • Aboriginal Women's Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Two Countries, One Weave (exhibited at)
  • Look At Us Now: South Australian Aboriginal Artists (exhibited at)
  • Ngarrindjeri Basketry and Painting (None)
  • Ngarrindjeri Art And Craft (None)
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