Kathleen Petyarre
Language Group Eastern Anmatyerre
Country Atnangker
Kathleen (Kweyetwemp) Petyarre was born circa 1940 at Atnangkere, an important water soakage at Utopia, approximately 300 kilometres north east of Alice Springs.
Kathleen, first beside her famous aunt, Emily Kngwarreye, initially did batik and then moved on to painting on canvas. Kathleen’s paintings refer to her country and her “Dreamings” which she inherited from her grandfather and father. Kathleen shares the Arnkerrth (the Old Woman Mountain Devil Lizard) dreaming with her sister’s Gloria Petyarre, Violet Petyarre, Ada Bird, Jean Petyarre and Myrtle Petyarre.
Selected Collections: Collection of HM Queen Elizabeth II; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Collection de Musee des Arts d’Afrique et d’Oceanie, Paris; Art Gallery of South Australia; The Kelton Foundation, USA; The Levi-Kaplan Collection, USA; Harvard University, USA.
Country Atnangker
Kathleen (Kweyetwemp) Petyarre was born circa 1940 at Atnangkere, an important water soakage at Utopia, approximately 300 kilometres north east of Alice Springs.
Kathleen, first beside her famous aunt, Emily Kngwarreye, initially did batik and then moved on to painting on canvas. Kathleen’s paintings refer to her country and her “Dreamings” which she inherited from her grandfather and father. Kathleen shares the Arnkerrth (the Old Woman Mountain Devil Lizard) dreaming with her sister’s Gloria Petyarre, Violet Petyarre, Ada Bird, Jean Petyarre and Myrtle Petyarre.
Selected Collections: Collection of HM Queen Elizabeth II; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Collection de Musee des Arts d’Afrique et d’Oceanie, Paris; Art Gallery of South Australia; The Kelton Foundation, USA; The Levi-Kaplan Collection, USA; Harvard University, USA.
