Lyndsay Bird Mpetyane

Lyndsay Bird Mpetyane

Lindsay is an important tribal leader in the Utopia District and is the headman at Mulga Bore Outstation. Married to Mavis Petyarre, they have three daughters, Rosie, Jessie and Karen Bird.


Lindsay was the only male to participate in the silk batik project at Utopia in the 1980's. He started painting in 1987 with other men and women of his camp.


Lindsay's paintings are both iconic and linear. He uses traditional symbols with background dotting of ochre yellow, red, black and white, or paints his Spear Straightening paintings with straight lines. He is also known for under painting the canvas usually in grey or ochre making his paintings quite distinct.


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Collections:

  • Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs
  • The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
  • Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
  • The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, USA
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

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: Honey Ant Dreaming, Utnea (Carpet Snake) Dreaming, Elcudjera (Prickle) Dreaming, Ahakeye (Bush Plum) Dreaming, Ntang Artitja (Mulga Seed) Dreaming, Tyankern (Mulga Berry from mistletoe growing on Mulge Tree) Dreaming, Spear Straightening, Arlkeny (men's body paint designs), Dreaming, other Men's Stories/Dreaming

 

 

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