Kudditji Kngwarreye

Kudditji Kngwarreye, was born circa 1928 at Boundary Bore, Utopia, north-east of Alice Springs. An Anmatyerre elder actively painted since 1986, he is the younger brother of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye.

In the mid 1990’s Kudditji took a radical path with his painting style moving away from the common pointillist style. Whilst some of these paintings may well be reminiscent of his famous sister Emily’s astonishing works from her last series, Kudditji is quick to point out that he was independently painting such works himself! Using a heavily loaded brush and an usually brighter palette.

Kudditji’s forms sweep broadly across the canvas. With progressive blocks of stippled colour sectioned alongside each other, the artist has uniquely managed to create a remarkable sense of space. His most recent paintings amplify a bold architectural style, fusing the borders of earth, water and sky, resulting in a dramatic re staging of the colour and form of the desert landscape. His subjects are mostly powerful and bright expressions of Emu Dreaming and Men’s Ceremonial Dreamings.

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Collections:

Hank Ebes Collection Melbourne
Araluen Art Centre Alice Springs

Exhibitions:

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Kudditji Kngwarreye Japingka Gallery Perth
2006 Two Fields Fireworks Gallery Brisbane; Masterwork Vivien Anderson Gallery Melbourne; My Country Japingka Gallery Perth
2005 Waterhole Aboriginal Art Danks Street Sydney; New Paintings Vivien Anderson Gallery Melbourne; Colours in Country Art Mob Hobart Tasmania
2004 Waterhole Aboriginal Art Sofitel Wentworth Hotel Exhibition Sydney; My Country New Paintings Vivien Anderson Gallery Melbourne, My Country Japingka Gallery Perth
2003 New Paintings Vivien Anderson Gallery Melbourne

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 From the Air Fireworks Gallery Brisbane; Blue: a group show Fireworks Gallery Brisbane
2006 New Paintings Vivien Anderson Gallery Melbourne
2005 Big Country Gallery Gondwana Alice Springs; Fresh from the Central Desert Canberra Grammar School Canberra
2004 Two Senior Men Art Mob Hobart Tasmania; Australian Exhibition Centre Chicago; Heartbeat – Living Country Wentworth Hotel Sydney; Spirit of Colour Depot Gallery Sydney
2002 The Contemporaries Contemporary Art Space Brisbane
2000 Mia Mia Aboriginal Gallery Melbourne
1999 Chapel off Chapel Gallery Melbourne
1992 Tjukurrpa Museum fur Volkerkunde Basel Switzerland
1991 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition Araluen Centre Alice Springs
1990 Art Dock Contemporary Art from Australia Noumea New Caledonia