Our Artists

Violet Petyarre (left) with Gloria Petyarre, photographed by Sabine Haider.

Central Art proudly represents over 200 Aboriginal artists from the Central and Western desert regions of Central Australia. One particular region Central Art specialises in are works from Utopia; homeland to many established artists like Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Gloria Petyarre, Barbara Weir, Kudditji Kngwarreye. Utopia is also an important place in the movement of Indigenous art.

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Respects Aboriginal Art and Culture
Supports and Nurtures Indigenous artists
Protects Indigenous artists and their artwork
Promotes ethical and transparent business practices
Member of the Indigenous Art Trade Association
Member of the Art Code

Utopian artists and their Dreamings
The themes in Utopian works follow traditional Dreaming stories. However, unlike the art in adjoining regions, the stories are not represented in an iconic or figurative sense, but more in a spatial sense. At times ‘the whole story’ is produced and at other times the artists may focus on just one element. Female Utopian artists are at the forefront in Australian Aboriginal Contemporary Art . These women continue to maintain their traditional culture in Awelye (women’s ceremony), in which the traditional body painting done during ceremony is transferred onto canvas. Other artists pay homage in their art to their traditional role as food gatherers, as well as their respect for the land and the food it provides. Many art works relate to specific food types such as the bush yam, bush medicine leaves or bush melon seeds.

Please click onto the following category to view the artists from Utopia.

Utopia Aboriginal Art: Painting from the Central Desert

Central Art represents Warlpiri artists from the region of Yuendumu. Yuendumu art holds a unique place in contemporary Australian Aboriginal art. Collectively, the works have a highly characteristic style and colour palette that sets them apart from all other desert paintings. Yuendumu artists incorporate strong traditional iconography in their work. Central Art is privileged to work amongst talented artists such as Dorothy Robinson Napangardi and Judy Watson Napangardi. These women are have paved the way for upcoming emerging artists.

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Central Art has strong ties with many artists and their communities from other regions of Central Australia. Their works derive from an ancient culture. Please click onto the regions galleries to view their unique styles:

Central Art follows the careers some Pintupi artists from the Western Desert. There are art community such as Kintore and Kiwirrkura , who have produced a profusion of fine Aboriginal artists, such as Makinti Napanangka, Walangkura Napanangka, Naata Nungurrayi, women artists Central Art admires and continues to showcase and promote their work. Amazingly there are new second generation of artists to emerge from this region. The Western Desert artists are also known as the Papunya Tula artists.

Please click onto the following category to view the Aboriginal artists from Kintore and Kiwirrkura Central Art represents:

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