Abie Loy Kemarre

Abie Loy Kemarre

Australian Aboriginal artist Abie Loy Kemarre began painting in 1994 under the formidable guidance of her famous grandmother, Kathleen Petyarre aboriginal dictionary button who imparted the methodology for creating the depth-of-field of tiny shimmering dots in her highly delicate, Bush Hen Dreaming paintings.


Abie Loy Kemarre (also known as Abie Loy Akemarr) was born on Utopia Station c.1972.

Over time, Abie Loy Kemarre’s paintings further evolved through her skill as a talented colorist and during 2001/2002, Loy introduced a bolder, more abstract style in her Sand hills and Body painting series. These newly evolved paintings are representational of her inherited Dreaming stories, however, these powerful images could be stylistically interpreted as abstract, expressionist and even post-modern.


Abie Loy Kemarre's unique style of painting has brought her critical acclaim that postures her at the leading edge of Aboriginal & Australian contemporary art movement.


In February 2008, Central Art launched an online exhibition of Abie's body of work, as well as being a prominent feature in the Resident NT magazine. In 2010 Central Art showcased an exhibition "Tradition to Modernity" in which several of her best works were selected by Sabine Haider and Philomena Hali (curator).


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Collections:

  • The Art Gallery of South Australia, South Australia.
  • Festival of Arts Foundation Collection, Adelaide, South Australia.
  • The Adelaide University Art Collection, South Australia.
  • The Levi-Kaplan Collection, Seattle, USA.
  • The Kelton Foundation, Los Angeles, USA.
  • The Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission Collection.
  • The National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria.
  • Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, Western Australia.

Exhibitions:

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2006 Abie Loy Kemarre, Bush Leaf & Other Dreaming’s, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA
  • 2005 Abie Loy Kemarre, New Paintings, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA
  • 2005 Abie Loy Kemarre, Solo Exhibition, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
  • 2004 Abie Loy Kemarre, Solo Exhibition, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA
  • 2004 Abie Loy Kemarre, Solo Exhibition, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney, NSW
  • 2003 Abie Loy Kemarre, First Solo Exhibition, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne


Group Exhibitions

  • 2008 Utopia Modern Women’s Collection 1999 – 2002, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney, NSW
  • Light & Space, The Chicho Museum, Naoshima, Japan
  • Jewels of the Desert, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
  • Emily in Tokyo, Visions of Utopia that Penetrate the Soul of the Eastern Desert, Art Front Gallery, Hillside Forum, Tokyo Japan
  • 2007 Parcours des Mondes, Galerie Anne & Just Jaeckin, Arts d'Australie Stephane Jacob, Paris, France
  • The Best of the Best, Jewels of the Desert, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
  • Treasures of the Spirit, Creative Returns: Investing in Aboriginal Art, Tandanya, Adelaide, SA
  • Shalom Gamarada Aboriginal Art Exhibition, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW
  • Aboriginal Art, 2007, Scott Livesy Galleries, Armadale, Vic
  • 2007 Utopia & Beyond 2007, Aboriginal art from East to West, Coo-ee Gallery, Avalon Recreation Centre, Avalon, NSW
  • 2006 Prism, Contemporary Australian Art, Bridgestone Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  • Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, USA

  • Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire,
  • Recent Painting, Kathleen Petyarre & Abie Loy, Framed Gallery, Darwin, N.T
  • Abie Loy & Kathleen Petyarre, New Paintings, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Paddington, NSW
  • 2005 Aboriginal Vision in Contemporary Australian Art, Levi – Kaplan Collection, The Wright Exhibition Centre, Seattle, WA, USA
  • Utopia & Beyond, Maunsell Wicks, Paddington, NSW
  • Abie Loy Kemarre, Dreamings, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA., July 22nd
  • 2004 Arrnkerthe, New Paintings, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney, NSW., Nov 11th.
  • 2003 Abie Loy - Recent Paintings, Fire-works Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
  • 2002 Abie Loy & Violet Petyarre, Recent Paintings, Mary Place Gallery, Paddington, NSW
  • 2001 15th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Exhibition, Darwin, NT
  • 2000 The Collection, Gallerie Australis, Adelaide, SA Utopia, Framed Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory, 10 - 27th March.
  • 1999 North by North East, Landscape & Ceremonial paintings from Utopia, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
  • 1999 SALA Week, Gallerie Australis, Adelaide, SA
  • Joint Indonesian - Utopia Batik Workshop for Third Pacific Arts
  • Utopia Recent Works, King Street Gallery, Perth, WA 1998 Our Country Then and Now, Gallerie Australis, Adelaide, SA.,
  • Raiki Wara: Long Cloth from Aboriginal Australia and the Torres Strait, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
  • 15th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Exhibition, Darwin, NT, Australia
  • Utopia Dreamings, Japingka Gallery, Perth, W.A. Australia
  • 1997 Schilderijen uit Utopia, Songlines Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 20 - 7 June.
  • Dreampower, Art of Contemporary Aboriginal Australia, Museum Puri Lukisan, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Dreampower, Art of Contemporary Aboriginal Australia, Galeri
  • 1997 Ardiyanto, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, July 5 - 20.
  • Documenta, Kasel, Germany, July.
  • Dreampower, Art of Contemporary Aboriginal Australia, The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 14th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Touring Art Exhibition
  • The Alice Prize Art Exhibition, Alice Springs, NT


Artfairs

  • 2006 Melbourne Art Fair, 3- 6th August Melbourne, Vic.,
  • 2004 Melbourne Art Fair, 29th Sept., - 3rd Oct., Melbourne, 2004
  • 2003 Art Miami 2003, January 10 – 14, Miami, Florida, USA
  • 2003 ARCO Art Fair Madrid, February 13 – 17th, Madrid, Spain
  • 2003 Aboriginal Art Fair, 2003, July, Sydney. Australia

Awards:

  • 1997 finalist in 14th Telstra NATSIAA
  • 2001 finalist in 18th Telstra NATSIAA

Central Art Exhibitions:

Source: Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004)

 

Artist: Abie Loy Kemarre

Skin Name: Kemarre (Akemarr)

Language: Alyawarr

Region: Utopia

Vendor: Central Art

Dreaming: Bush Hen (Turkey or Bush Bustard) Bush Leaf, Sand Hills, Awelye (Body Paint Design)

 

 

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