Philomena Yeatman b. 1960 Queensland

  • Maker (Jewellery Designer)
  • Artist (Printmaker), (Weaver)
Philomena Yeatman is a traditional weaver of baskets but began her artistic career working in screenprinting and jewellery making. She weaves her baskets from natural materials such as the leaves from pandanas and cabbage palms.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 2007
Name
Philomena Yeatman
Birth date
1960
Birth place
Queensland
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Maker (Jewellery Designer)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Weaver)
Active Period
  • 2000-
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

Philomena Yeatman of the Gunganji people of Yarrabah, North Queensland was born in 1960. Yeatman is a traditional weaver of baskets but began her artistic career working in screenprinting and jewellery making. She weaves her baskets from natural materials such as the leaves from pandanas and cabbage palms. Her baskets were included in the 2001 Brisbane exhibition “Gatherings, Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from Queensland, Australia”. She states in the accompanying catalogue that “to make these baskets is a skill passed on through the generations and shows the patience that has been part of Aboriginal culture for centuries.” In 2003, Yeatman participated in Queensland Art Gallery’s “Story Place” exhibition.

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Writers:
Allas, Tess
Date written:
2007
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Yarrabah Arts and Crafts
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Yugal Basket
Date
2001
Collections
Storyplace, Indigenous Art of Cape York and the Rainforest
2003
Exhibition ()
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
Gatherings
2001
Exhibition ()
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, QLD
Citations:
  • (2003), Story Place, (Place: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.)
  • Demozay, Marion, (2006), Gatherings II, (Place: Keeaira Press, Southport, Qld.)
  • Demozay, Marion, (2001), Gatherings, Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from Queensland, Australia, (Place: Keeaira Press, Southport, Qld.)