Elizabeth Leo Kemarre

Elizabeth Kamarre Leo, born in 1953 in Alice Springs, into the Anmatyerr tribe and she now lives at the outstation of Irrultja, on Utopia Station, with her partner and fellow artist Sandy Pitjara Hunter.

She began her career when she became involved in the important Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) batik-making community projects which resulted in Utopia - A Picture Story, 88 silk batiks from the Holmes a Court which toured throughout Australia. Her first foray into painting with acrylic on canvas began when CAAMA initiated Utopia Women’s Paintings the first works on canvas – A Summer Project.

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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. ©
Brody, A., 1990, Utopia: a Picture Story, 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Heytesbury Holdings Ltd, Perth. ©

Collections:

The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth

Exhibitions:

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
2007 - Patterns of Power, Art from the Eastern Desert, Simmer on the Bay, Sydney
2008 - From the Desert to the Sea, Yurlunggar Art, Brisbane

Artist: Elizabeth Leo Kemarre

Skin Name: Kemara

Language: Alyawarr

Region: Utopia, Central Desert

Vendor: Central Art

Dreaming: Bush Tucker Seeds, Ingkwelay, Tharrkarr, Awelye

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