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

Central Art Exhibitions:

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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