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KNGWARREYE
Emily Kame
1910 — 2 September 1996
Aboriginal or Torrest Stait Islander: Yes
Additional Information
Special Achievements
- In 1995, Emily became the first Indigenous woman artist to have a major retrospective. She was born in 1910 on Utopia Station where she worked as a stockman and became a senior figure and a respected Eastern Anmatyerre senior Law woman. She started painting in the public arena when she was in her eighties. Her work became recognised nationally and internationally and is included in major public and private collections in Australia and overseas.
- Emily had an all-encompassing knowledge of the atnwelarr yam and its growth cycle because it was her Dreaming, and she painted all the different aspects of the yam, including its tiny seeds, leaves and flowers.
Additional Information
- In 1977, she was a founding member of the Utopia Women's Batik Group.
Resources
Link - Kngwarreye, Emily Kame (1910 - 1996)
The Australian Women's Register
Link - Kngwarreye, Emily Kame (1910 - 1996)
The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth Century Australia
Link - Emily Kame Kngwarreye: Alhalkere, Paintings from Utopia
National Gallery of Australia
Link - Articles relating to Emily Kame Kngwarreye and her art
DACOU Aboriginal Art
Link - Emily Kame Kngwarreye
DACOU Aboriginal Art
