Violet Petyarre
- Skin Name:Petyarre/ Petyarr
- Language:Eastern Anmatyerre
- Region:Utopia, Central Australia
- Dreaming:Arnkerrthe (Mountain Devil Lizard)
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Biography
Violet Petyarre was born c.1946 at Atnagkere Soakage at Utopia in central Australia. Violet Petyarre is sister to artists Kathleen, Gloria, Ada Bird (passed away 2010), Nancy Kunoth (passed away 2010), Myrtle and Jean Petyarre. Like her sisters, she was involved in the batik movement that established the women artists of Utopia. Her work is represented in the Holmes a Court collection.
- © Artist image taken by Arts Photographer and Gallerist Sabine Haider, Central Art 2009
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Collections
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
- Holmes á Court, Perth
- Artbank
- Kelton Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
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Exhibitions
- 1989 S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
- 1989 Coventry Gallery, Sydney
- 1989 Orange Regional Gallery
- 1989 Tandanya, Adelaide
- 1990 Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
- 1990 James Ford Bell Museum, University of Minnesota, USA
- 1996 Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
- 1996 Gallerie Australis, Adelaide
- 1997 Songlines Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 1997 Dreampower, Adelaide
- 2003 Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne
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