Dolly Mills Petyarre

Dolly Mills Petyarre

Dolly Mills Petyarre was born in c.1948 at Boundary Bore Outstation on Utopia, Aboriginal Art Regions of Central Australia.


Dolly Mills Petyarre is widely recognised as one of Australia's leading Aboriginal artists and has work in major Australian and international collections.


Dolly and Gloria (Glory) Mills Petyarre are full sisters to Greeny Purvis Petyarre.


Dolly Mills Petyarre participated in the Utopia, A Picture Story which included 88 silk batiks from Robert Holmes a Court collection. This confirmed the artistic credibility of the Utopian artists.

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Bibliography:

  • Brody, A., 1989, Utopia Women's Paintings: the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project, 1988-89, exhib. cat., Heytesbury Holdings, Perth. (C)
  • Brody, A., 1990, Utopia: A Picture Stoy, 88 silk Batiks from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Heytesbury Holdings Ltd, Perth. (C)

Collections:

  • Robert Holmes a Court collection, Perth

Exhibitions:

  • 1984 The First National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
  • 1985 The Second National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
  • 1989 Utopia Women's Paintings, the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project, 1988-89, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
  • 1990 'Utopia - A Picture Story', an exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Holmes a Court Collection by Utopia artists which toured Eire and Scotland
  • 1992 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
  • 2003 Sofitel Melbourne, World Vision Australia - Walkabout Art
  • 2005 Bett Hobart Gallery
  • 2006 Senior Women of Utopia, GalleryG, Brisbane
  • 2007 Patterns of Power, Art from the Eastern Desert, Simmer on the Bay, Sydney
  • 2007 Eastern Desert Dreaming, Artists from Utopia, GalleryG, Brisbane

Source: Central Art - Aboriginal Art Store

 

Artist: Dolly Mills Petyarre

Skin Name: Petyarre (Pitjara)

Language: Alyawarr

Region: Utopia

Vendor: Central Art

Dreaming: Yam Seed (Anaty) Emu Tucker (Ankerr) Awelye

 

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