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Hazel Morton Kngwarreye

Hazel Morton Kngwarreye
  • Artist: Hazel Morton Kngwarreye
  • Skin Name: Kngwarreye/ Ngwarrai
  • Language: Alyawarr
  • Region: Utopia
  • Dreaming: Wild Flowers’ (Alpeyt) , Women's Ceremony (Awelye),Rainbow (Mpwelarr)

 

Hazel was born in 1963 into a large artistic family. Her mother, Kathleen Kamara Morton, was the second wife of Billy (Stockman) Pitjara, a renowned sculptor & painter.


Initially Hazel worked in the medium of Batik along with many others, including her family, in the Utopian region in Central Australia. During this time she was involved in the batik workshops and is represented in the prestigious Holmes a Court Collection, ‘Utopia – A Picture Story’, eighty eight silk batiks which toured extensively.


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.

Her painting subjects include ‘Wild Flowers’ (Alpeyt) , ‘Women’s Ceremony’(Awelye), and ‘Rainbow’ (Mpwelarr) Dreamings.


Hazel has developed her style into a very fine pattern of dot work and symbols. Her artworks have been exhibited in Australia and Internationally.


  • 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. ©
  • 1993, Aratjara, Art of the First Australians: Traditional and Contemporary Works by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists, exhib. cat. (conceived and designed by Bernard Luthi in collaboration with Gary Lee), Dumont, Buchverlag, Koln. ©
  • 1991, Aboriginal Women's Exhibition, exhib. cat., Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
  • 1994, Tyerabarrbowaryaou 2 I Shall Never Become a Whiteman, exhib. cat., Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. ©
    • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide SA
    • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT
    • The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth WA
    • The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, USA
    • 2007 - A Brush with Art, Eastern Desert Art Songs, Prairie Hotel, Parachilna
    • 2005 - From little things, big things grow, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT
    • 1994 - Tyerabarrbowaryaou 2, I shall never become a Whiteman, 5th Havana Biennial, Cuba, & Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney NSW
    • 1993/1994 - ARATJARA, Art of the First Australians, Touring: Kunstammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf; Hayward Gallery, London; Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark
    • 1991 - The Eighth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin NT
    • 1991 Aboriginal Women's Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney NSW
    • 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
    • 1989 - Utopia Women's Paintings, the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney NSW