Lenie Namatjira
- Skin Name:Nungarrayi
- Language:Arrernte
- Region:Hermannsburg, Central Australia
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Biography
Lenie Namatjira was born in 1951 and comes from Raggatts Well, Glen Helen Station in Central Australia. Lenie comes from the family of arguably the most well known Aboriginal artist of all time, Albert Namatjira. Her father is Oscar Namatjira the son of Albert Namatjira. Her father raised a large family with Lenie being one of ten children, all were raised in Hermannsburg Community approximately one hour from Alice Springs in Central Australia.
Lenie paints in the same watercolour style as her grandfather and father. Her watercolour artworks focus on landscapes found around Hermannsburg particularly to the west. She draws on her childhood memories to inspire her artworks. Lenie's paintings are held in collections including the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Her artworks have been exhibited all around Australia.
Iltja Ntjarra - Many Hands Art Centre
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Collections
- The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
- Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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Exhibitions
2004 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT
- 2005 Affordable Art Show, Melbourne, VIC, Courtesy Alcaston Gallery
- 2005 Art Sydney 05 Fox Studios Sydney, NSW, Courtesy Alcaston Gallery
- 2005 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT
- 2006 Watercolour Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT
- 2006 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT
- 2007 Advocate Art Award, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT
- 2007 Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
- 2007 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT
- 2008 Indigenart, Subiaco, WA
- 2008 The Namatjira circle-landscapes of Central Australia, Birrung Gallery, Sydney, NSW
- 2008 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT
- 2008 CCAE, A New Beginning Exhibition, Darwin, NT
- 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 Art Gallery of NSW
- 2010 Telstra Art award finalist
- 2011 Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
- 2011 Chapman Gallery, Canberra Collections: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
- 2011 Namatjira: Regeneration, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, VIC
- 2012 Damian 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 Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD
- 2012 Douglas Abbott and Lenie Namatjira, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
- 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, Alice Springs, NT
- 2014 RightNow, Boomalli, Sydney, NSW
- 2014 Regeneration, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, VIC
- 2014 Women Artists of the Hermannsburg School of Art, The Residency, Alice Springs, NT
- 2014 Namatjira to Now, Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
- 2014 Country in Colour, AIATSIS, Canberra, ACT
- 2015 Hermannsburg Horizons, Wooloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
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