Emily Kame Kngwarreye b. 1910

  • Artist
One of the best known desert artists and a senior woman in Utopia (NT), Kngwarreye's work is distinctive for its expressive abstract style. The recipient of awards such as the Australian Artists Creative Fellowship (1992), her work is recognised internationally and is included in major public and private collections in Australia and overseas.
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associate of
Jacob William Jones
1816
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Ada Petyarre Bird
1910
Artist
associate of
Julius Bokor
1910
Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Christopher Hodges
1910
Artist (Painter), Curator
associate of
Dale Jones-Evans
1910
Artist (Installation Artist), Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Artist (Video Artist), Artist (Theatre / Film Designer), Artist (Performance Artist), Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Industrial / Product Designer), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Lily Kngwarreye
1910
Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer), Artist (Painter)
sibling of
Lily Kngwarreye
1910
Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Louis Pwerle
1910
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Judy Watson
1910
Artist, Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Installation Artist), Artist (Digital Artist/Designer), Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter)

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  • Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye (exhibited at)
  • Dreaming their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters (exhibited at)
  • Aratjara - Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art (exhibited at)
  • Joan and Peter Clemenger Triennial Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Aboriginal Art from Australia (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Aboriginal Art (exhibited at)
  • Aboriginal Paintings from the Desert (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Aboriginal Art (exhibited at)
  • A Picture Story (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Abstraction (None)
  • A Summer Project: Utopia Women's Paintings (the First works on Canvas) (exhibited at)
  • A Summer Project: Utopia Women's Paintings (the First works on Canvas) (None)
  • Fluent: 47th Venice Biennale exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Utopia: Ancient cultures/new forms (exhibited at)
  • Fluent: Australian art from the 47th Venice Biennale (exhibited at)
  • Emily Kame Kngwarreye: Alhalkere: paintings from Utopia (exhibited at)