'Body Painting' by Abie Loy Kemarre
“Born
into a family of celebrated indigenous Australian artists, Abie Loy
Kemarre is making her mark on the international art scene with her
enthralling renditions of totemic ancestral stories from her Aboriginal
heritage.
Abie
Loy Kemarre is arguably one of Australia’s most exciting younger talents
in the indigenous women’s art movement. She uses her painting to portray
the strength and power she feels for the land where she and her family
live. Her work has been exhibited in Australia, Indonesia, Spain, the
Netherlands, Germany and the US. The first solo show in Sydney of
Kemarre’s work was held at Coo-ee Gallery in 2004.”
Excerpt taken from “Abie Loy Kemarre” by Marie Geissler, Craft Arts International No. 65, 2005.
Solo
Exhibitions
2006
Abie Loy, Bush Leaf & Other Dreaming’s, Gadfly Gallery,
Dalkeith, WA., 5th July – 23rd July
2005
Abie Loy Kemarre, New Paintings, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA, 22nd July
– 14th August
Abie Loy Kemarre, Solo Exhibition, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
5th May – 28th May
2004
Abie Loy Kemarre, Solo Exhibition, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA, July
30th – 31 August
Abie Loy Kemarre, Solo Exhibition, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney, NSW, April
29 – May 23
2003
Abie Loy Kemarre, First Solo Exhibition, Alcaston Gallery, Vic.,
Melbourne, September 17 – October 14th
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Group
Exhibitions
2006
Recent Painting, Kathleen Petyarre & Abie Loy, Framed Gallery,
Darwin, N.T., 12th August – 4th September.
Abie Loy & Kathleen Petyarre, New Paintings, Maunsell Wickes
Gallery, Paddington, NSW.,12th June
2005
Utopia & Beyond, Maunsell Wicks, Paddington, NSW.1st October
Dreamings, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA, 22nd July
2004
Arrnkerthe, New Paintings, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney, NSW., 11th
November
2003
Abie Loy - Recent Paintings, Fire-works Gallery, Brisbane, Qld., June
27 – July 28
2002
Abie Loy & Violet Petyarre, Recent Paintings, Mary Place Gallery,
Paddington, NSW, 17 – 22 November
2001
15th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art
Exhibition, Darwin, NT, Australia, 17th, August
2000
The Collection, Gallerie Australis, Adelaide, South Australia, 4
March - 30 April
Utopia, Framed Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory, 10 - 27th March
1999
North by North East, Landscape & Ceremonial paintings from
Utopia, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Vic., Australia, 8 - 30 July
SALA Week, Gallerie Australis, Adelaide, SA., 1st - 8th August
Joint Indonesian - Utopia Batik Workshop for Third Pacific Arts
Utopia Recent Works, King Street Gallery, Perth, WA., 12th Nov. - Feb.
1998
Our Country Then and Now, Gallerie Australis, Adelaide, SA.,
Australia, 1st March - 30th April
Raiki Wara: Long Cloth from Aboriginal Australia and the Torres
Strait, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic., Australia, 3rd
September.
15th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art
Exhibition Darwin, NT, Australia, 18th September - 29th November.
Utopia Dreamings, Japingka Gallery, Perth, W.A. Australia, 11th Dec -
28th Jan, 1999.
1997
Schilderijen uit Utopia, Songlines Gallery, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, April 20 - 7 June.
Dreampower, Art of Contemporary Aboriginal Australia, Museum Puri
Lukisan, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, June 1 - 26.
Dreampower, Art of Contemporary Aboriginal Australia, Galeri
Ardiyanto, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, July 5 - 20.
Documenta, Kasel, Germany, July
Dreampower, Art of Contemporary Aboriginal Australia, The National
Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, 4 -16 August
14th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Touring
Art Exhibition, August
Japingka Gallery, Desert Designs, Perth, W.A. Australia, Nov.
The Alice Prize Art Exhibition, Alice Springs, NT., Australia, 9th
November
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Art
Fairs
2004
Melbourne Art Fair, 29th Sept., - 3rd Oct., Melbourne
2003
Art Miami 2003, January 10 – 14, Miami, Florida, USA
ARCO Art Fair Madrid, February 13 – 17th, Madrid, Spain
Aboriginal Art Fair, 2003, July, Sydney. Australia
Collections
The Art Gallery of South Australia, South Australia.
Festival of Arts Foundation Collection, Adelaide, South Australia.
The Adelaide University Art Collection, South Australia.
The Levi-Kaplan Collection, Seattle, USA.
The Kelton Foundation, Los Angeles, USA.
The Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission Collection.
The National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria.
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, Western Australia.
Private Collections