Lyndsay Bird Mpetyane

Lyndsay Bird Mpetyane

Lyndsay Bird Mpetyane was born at Ungoola (Bushy Park Station) in c. 1935/1945. Lyndsay Bird worked as a sheperd and stockman. When the Utopia women were introduced to batik production, in the late 1970's, Lyndsay Bird was one of the few men to work in this medium as well. In 1987, he began painting with acrylic on canvas. As a senior lawman, he can depict many themes of men's law in his paintings. His canvases, of which many are very large, are imposing with their boldness of colour selection and harmonious design. His paintings include the stories of Perentie Lizard, Snake, Mulga Seed and Honey Ant.

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Collections:

  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
  • Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
  • Holmes a Court, Perth
  • Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, USA
  • Artbank, Sydney

Exhibitions:

  • 1989, (first solo exhibitions) Utopia Arts, Sydney
  • 1990, "Utopia: A Picture Story" - travelling exhibition Dublin, Cork, Limerick, UK
  • 1991, "Flash Pictures", National Gallery of Australia
  • 1992, (series of canvases) touring Italy and Japan
  • 1993, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
  • 1994, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
  • 1999, "Spirit Country", Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, USA
  • 1999, 2000, 2002, Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne
  • 2003, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs

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

 

Artist: Lyndsay Bird Mpetyane

Skin Name: Mpetyane

Language: Anmatyerre

Region: Utopia

Vendor: Central Art

Dreaming: Charpa (honey-ant) Utnea & Enmalu (different kinds of snakes) Elcudjera (pirckle) Ulkuta (perentie or lizard) Kwata (lizards egg) Ulumba (white tree) Arake & Encelcha (fruit of the bush plum tree and the tree itself) green grub & kangaroo story

 

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