Yvonne Koolmatrie b. 1944

  • Artist (Weaver)
Celebrated Ngarrindjeri weaver, Koolmatrie represented Australia in the 1997 Venice Biennale alongside Judy Watson and Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
exhibited at
21st Century: Art in the First Decade
Date
2010 - 2011
Place
Gallery of Modern Art - Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description

This exhibition examines current directions in art practice and also the conditions for art and exhibition making in the 21st century.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/past/2010/21st_Century
Making Tracks: A Glimpse at Two Decades of Aboriginal Art in South Australia
Date
19 October 2009 - 4 December 2009
Place
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.tandanya.com.au/nd49/making-tracks-a-glimpse-at-two-decades-of-aboriginal-art-in-sa/
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/
Our Mob
Date
2006
Place
Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au
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
Fluent: 47th Venice Biennale exhibition
Date
1997
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

An AGNSW touring exhibition. Work from the 47th Venice Biennale.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Fluent : Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Judy Watson : XLVII esposizione internazionale d’arte La Biennale di Venezia 1997. Sydney, N.S.W. : Art Gallery of New South Wales, c1997.
ISBN0731304039

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Group, Venice, Painting, Mixed media
exhibited at
Fluent: Australian art from the 47th Venice Biennale
Date
1998
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Description

Work from the 47th Venice Biennale.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
TMAG annual report; AGNSW annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Fluent : Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Judy Watson : XLVII esposizione internazionale d’arte La Biennale di Venezia 1997. Sydney, N.S.W. : Art Gallery of New South Wales, c1997.
51 p. : col. ill., map, ports. ; 33 cm.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Group, Mixed media
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
Murrundi: three River Murray stories
Date
1993
Place
Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

Woven rush baskets on simulated green riverbeds, vessel structures, sculptural forms and their implied history. Pointing to the early colonial engravings which represent aboriginal women making or holding or using similar artefacts that are not circulated or known.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Blaze, CACSA, 1990-2002;
http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/

Exhibition Catalogue:
Murrundi: three River Murray stories. Parkside, SA: Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, [1993]
1 sheet ; ill;, ports. ; 30×84 cm. folded to 30×21 cm.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Group, Installation
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/
Ngarrindjeri Basketry and Painting
Date
1989
Place
Jam Factory, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.jamfactory.com.au
Ngarrindjeri Art And Craft
Date
1987
Place
South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition