Sarah Morton Kngwarrey

Sarah Morton Kngwarreye was born in 1958. Her country regions are Ngkwarlerlanem and Arnkawenyerr in central Australia.

Sarah is a daughter to Utopian artist Mary Kemarre. Sarah and her mother were involved in the important Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (known as CAAMA) batik-making community projects, which resulted in Utopia- A Picture Story, 88 silk batiks from the Holmes a Court Collection which toured throughout Australia.

Sarah's first foray in painting with acrylic on canvas began when CAAMA initiated Utopia Women's Painting: The first works on canvas - A Summer Project. Sarah's work is featured in the Robert Holmes a Court collection.

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Bibliography:

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 Holmes a Court Collection, Heytesbury Holdings Ltd, Perth. © 1993, Aratjara, Art of the First Australians: Traditional and Contemporary Works by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists, exhib. cat. (conceived and designed by Bernard Luthi in collaboration with Gary Lee), Dumont, Buchverlag, Koln. © * 1991, Aboriginal Women's Exhibition, exhib. cat., Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Collections:

Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs, central Australia
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne,
The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth

Exhibitions:

1988-89 - S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1989 - Utopia Women's Paintings, the first works on canvas, A Summer Project
1990 - Utopia- A Picture Story exhibiting 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection by Utopia artists which toured Eire and Scotland
1991 - Aboriginal Women's Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1993/94- ARAJARA, Art of the First Australians, Touring : Kunstammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf; Hayward Gallery, London; Loiusianna Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark
2007 - Eastern Desert Song, Brush with Art Festival, Prairie Hotel, Parachilina, South Australia
2008 - Power of Place, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute Inc