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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Name
Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • Stockhand
Birth date
1910
Death date
1996
Active Period
  • 1988-
  • 1977-
Residence
  • Utopia, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Alhalkere
Dreaming
  • Emu
  • Wild Orange
  • Sand Goanna
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

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  • Aratjara - Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art (exhibited at)
  • Joan and Peter Clemenger Triennial Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Art (exhibited at)
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  • 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)
  • Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye (exhibited at)
  • Dreaming their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters (exhibited at)
  • A Summer Project: Utopia Women's Paintings (the First works on Canvas) (exhibited at)
  • Aratjara - Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art (exhibited at)
  • Joan and Peter Clemenger Triennial Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Crossroads Toward a New Reality (exhibited at)
  • Crossroads Toward a New Reality (exhibited at)
  • Aboriginal Art from Australia (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Aboriginal Art (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Aboriginal Art (exhibited at)
  • Aboriginal Paintings from the Desert (exhibited at)
  • A Picture Story (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Abstraction (None)
  • A Summer Project: Utopia Women's Paintings (the First works on Canvas) (None)