Myrtle Petyarre

Myrtle Petyarre was born c.1932 at Utopia Station.

Myrtle Petyarre commenced painting on silk in the 1980s and now paints on canvas with acrylic. She is one of seven sisters Petyarre sisters all accomplished artists.

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Collections:

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Artbank, Sydney

Exhibitions:

Group Exhibitions: 1989 SH Ervin Gallery
Sydney
Australia 1989 Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute
Adelaide
Australia 1990 The Royal Hibernian Academy
Dublin
Ireland 1990 The Crawford Municipal Art Gallery
Cork
Ireland 1990 Limmerick City Gallery of Art
Limmerick
Ireland 1994 Brahma Tirta Sari Batik Studio
Yogyakarta
Indonesia 1995 Museum & Art Galleries of the Northern Territory
Darwin; 1996 Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide

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: Myrtle Petyarre

Skin Name: Petyarre

Language: Anmatyerre

Region: Utopia

Vendor: Central Art

Dreaming: Angertla (Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming) Engcarma (Bean) Unyara (Emu) Annlara (Pencil Yam) Kadjeta (Grass Seeds) Elaitchurunga (Small Brown Grass)

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