Kevin Namatjira
- Skin Name:Jungarrayi
- Language:Arrernte
- Region:Hermannsburg, Central Australia
- Dreaming:
Artist has Passed Away
1958-2018
Out of respect for Aboriginal culture Central Art has removed the artist's photograph.
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Biography
Kevin Namatjira was born in 1958 and comes from Hermannsburg Community approximately 1 hour from Alice Springs in Central Australia. He is the grandson of arguably one of the most famous Aboriginal artists of all time, Albert Namatjira. His parents Maurice and Epana were also artists.
Kevin is a skilled watercolour artist who was taught by his father. Kevin now lives in Alice Springs at the Namatjira Camp, his artworks have been acquired by the Art Gallery of South Australia, MAGNT and the Parliament House Collection in Canberra. Kevin has also participated in many exhibitions to showcase his artworks. Kevin works closely with Iltja Ntjarra.
Iltjara Ntjarra - Many Hands Art Centre.
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Exhibitions
- 2008 Indigenart, Subiaco WA
- 2008 The Namatjira circle-landscapes of Central Australia, Birrung Gallery, Sydney, NSW
- 2009 Real to Surreal, Scenes from the Centre: Journey with the new Generation of Hermannsburg watercolour artists, Tandanya, Adelaide, SA
- 2009 Beyond Batterby, Recent Watercolour by Central Australian Artists, Hobart, TAS
- 2009 The Watercolourists of Central Australia, Indigenart, Melbourne, VIC
- 2009 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
- 2010-2011 Flinders University City Gallery, SA
- 2011 Napra, Lismore, NSW
- 2011 Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, VIC
- 2012 Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney, NSW
- 2012 The Lockup, Newcastle, NSW
- 2012 Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, TAS
- 2012 Art Mob, Launceston, TAS
- 2012 Art Mob, Hobart, TAS
- 2012 Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston, VIC
- 2012 Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA
- 2012 Talapi Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
- 2012 Percy Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, NT
- 2012 The Beyond Billabong Fundraiser, QLD
- 2013 The Namatjira Legacy, Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW
- 2013 Customs House Library, NAIDOC week 2013 in collaboration with the City of Sydney and Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW
- 2013 Contemporary Aboriginal Art From Australia, Château de l’Etang, Paris
- 2013 Living Watercolours, Southbank Centre, London
- 2014 Five Generations: The Strength of Namatjira’s Legacy, Araluen Galleries, NT
- 2014 RightNow, Boomalli, Sydney, NSW
- 2014 Regeneration, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, VIC
- 2014 The Men Artists of the Hermannsburg School of Art, Talapi Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
- 2015 Hermannsburg Horizons, Wooloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
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