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Jeannie
Petyarre (Pitjara) was born circa 1951 on the Boundary Bore Outstation
of Utopia, Aboriginal Art Regions of Central Australia. Jeannie Petyarre
is the sister to well known artists Greeny Purvis Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara,
Rosemary Petyarre and Anna Price Petyarre. Jeannie Petyarre's cousin's
are the famous sisters; Gloria Petyarre, Nancy Kunoth Petyarre, Myrtle
Petyarre, Kathleen Petyarre, Violet Petyarre, Ada Bird Petyarre and
Jean Petyarre.
In 1988,
Jeannie Petyarre was part of the group who produced Batik work using
desert design on silk and cotton. Jeannie was encouraged by her aunt,
the famous Emily Kngwarreye, to continue to paint her family's Yam Dreaming.
Collections:
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The National Gallery
of Australia, Canberra
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The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth.
Exhibitions:
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1989 Utopia Womens Paintings the first works on canvas
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1990 A Picture Story exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Holmes
a Court Collection by Utopian artists which toured Eire and Scotland
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1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen
Centre, Alice Springs.
- 2005 Cicada Trading,
Illayda, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2005 Cicada
Trading, Milan, Italy
- 2006 Cicada
Trading , Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- 2006 Cicada
Trading, Annual Clear Lake Exhibition of Aboriginal Paintings, Houston,
USA
- 2006 Cicada
Trading, Paris, France
- 2006 Cicada
Trading, Bahrain Art Society, the Kingdom of Bahrain
- 2006 Cicada
Trading, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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