Anna Petyarre
Born:
c.1965
Region: Utopia
Language Group: Anmatyerre
Anna Price Petyarre was born on Utopia, c. 1965. Anna Petyarre commenced painting in the early 1980s when the medium of canvas and acrylic paints was introduced to the community of Utopia. Prior to painting she produced batik. Her main Dreamings, which she depicts in her paintings are: Yam, Wild Potato, Wildflowers, Emu and Campsite. At first Anna Petyarre used very bright colours with minimal dotting; her recent works display a technique of intricate dot work, with small blocks of colour.
2002
Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne
Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
Galerie Le Temps du Reve, France
2001
Raintree Aboriginal Art Gallery, Darwin
Japingka Gallery, Perth
"Women's Business", Australian Exhibition Centre, Chicago, USA
2000
Dacou (in association with AMP), Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
1999
BMG Art, Adelaide
2000 Tandanya, Adelaide
1998
Selected entrant for the 15th NATSIAA
Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney
1997
Sutton Gallery,
Melbourne
Dacou Gallery, Adelaide
1996
"Utopia Dreaming", Soho Gallery, Sydney
Information taken from: Birnber, M. & Kreczmanski, J.B. (2004) Aboriginal Artists: dictionary of bibliographies, J.B. Publishing, Australia.