Aboriginal Fine Art

Tribe: Anmatyerre

Area: Utopia, Northern Territory

Born: circa 1945

Biography:

Gloria Petyarre was born at Atnangkere Soakage, Northern Territory. This country would remain the inspiration for Gloria’s work.  She later moved to Utopia, Northern Territory. Gloria Petyarre employs a unique style, using abstract methods to represent bush medicine leaves, grasses & body paint.  She was a leading member of the Utopia Women’s Batik Group in the seventies.  She produced her first canvas for CAAMA’s Summer Project exhibition

Awards:

1999 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of N.S.W.
1993 Tapestry for Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Vic
1993 Mural for Kansas City Zoo, U.S.A.
1994 Tapestry Commission for the Law Courts, Brisbane, Qld

Collections:

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane
Art Gallery of N.S.W., Sydney
Flinders University, Adelaide
Griffith University Collection
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Queensland University of Technology
Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Supreme Court, Brisbane
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Westpac Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, U.S.A.
Robert Holmes a Court Collection
Wollongong University Collection
Artbank, Sydney
Macquarie Bank
Singapore Art Museum
British Museum, London, U.K