Ruby Morton Kngwarrey

Ruby Morton Kngwarrey was born in 1968 north east of Alice Springs at Utopia in central Australia.

Ruby Morton was part of the original group of Aboriginal women to be taught batik. Her work is included in the ‘Robert Holmes a Court’ collection.

Ruby has established herself as a painter in the same tradition as her mother, Mary Morton, her sisters and aunties. Her Dreamtime stories belong to her countries Ngkwarlerlanem and Arnkawenyerr.

Ruby has painted designs that represent all of her Dreamtime stories. The stories that are featured in this painting include Rainbow (boor-la-da), Ilyarn and Ilyarnayt, Tharrkarr (sweet honey grevillea), Yerramp (Honey ant) and also a variety of Alpeyt (flowers).

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Bibliography:

Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert - A Biographical Dictionary" by Vivien Johnson, published by Craftsman House 1994,
The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture" edited by Sylvia Kleinert and Margo Neale published by OUP 2000,
Australian Aboriginal Artist Encyclopaedia – dictionary of biographies” Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004).
Brody, A. 1989 Utopia women’s Paintings: the First Works on Canvas, A summer Project, 1988-89 exhib. Cat. Heytesbury Holdings, Perth Brody, A. 1990 Utopia, a picture Story, 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Homes a Court Gallery and gallery Collection, Heytesbury Holdings LTD Perth NATSIVAD database; Latz, P. 1995, Bushfires & Bushtucker, IAD Press, Alice Springs.

Collections:

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Museum of Australia
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Homes a Court Collection, Perth
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Bank, Sydney
Mbantua Museum, Alice Springs,Central Australia

Exhibitions:

1989 Utopia Women’s Paintings, the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project,
1988-89, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1990 Utopia- A Picture Story, an exhibition of 88 works on Silk from the Holmes a Court Collection by Utopia artists which toured Eire And Scotland
1990 Balance 1990: views, visions, influences QAG, Brisbane
1991 Flash Pictures, National Gallery of Australia
1998 Dreamings, Spazio Pitti Arte, Florence
1998 Dreamings, Vlaams- Europeesch Conferentiecentrum, Brussels, Bulgium
1998 Art Centre Meerzigt, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
1998 Art Gallery ‘Culture Store’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1999 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs N.T. Australia.
2004-2006 Evolution of Utopia, Mbantua Gallery Cultural Museum, Alice Springs

Central Art Exhibitions:

Source: © Artist image taken by Arts Photographer and Gallerist Sabine Haider, Central Art 2010

Artist: Ruby Morton Kngwarrey

Skin Name: Kngwarrey/ Ngwarai / Ngwarrey

Language: Alyawarr

Region: Utopia

Vendor: Central Art

Dreaming: Awelye , womens ceremonies, Alpeyt , wild flowers, Rainbow , Boorlada, Sweet Honey Grevillea , Ilyarn, Ilyarnayt, Tharrkarr, Honey Ant , Yerramp

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