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Audrey Morton
Kngwarreye
B.1952
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 Born
around 1952, Audrey Morton
Kngwarreye
is
an important Australian artist
continuously painting since 1977. She is
regarded
as a contemporary
abstract
artist.
Mary Kemarre Morton
is Audrey's mother and
Billy Stockman Morton Pitjara
1921-2007 father, both
well-known Australian artists.
Audrey
inherited the artistic gene
and
the family Dreaming stories.
Audrey
was raised
by family of well-known indigenous artists,
including
Emily Kame Kngwarreye
(1910-1996) and
three sisters
Gracie
Morton,
Lucky Morton and
Ruby
Morton.
Audrey participated in batik workshops that were held in Utopia from
1977 to 1987. Her work is represented in the Holmes á Court
Collection
and exhibited extensively within Australia and around the world.
Made up of fine dashes
and intricate details,
Audrey
Moron
Kngwarreye
paintings are
hypnotic,
images
seems to move with the
viewer’s eyes and floats in the air.
Her
paintings have
the
sheer physical presence of the
much contemporary work of art, able to capture
a
multi-dimensional
aspect of space and depth.
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Artist: Audrey Morton
Flowers
MBA-033006
Acrylic on linen on board
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110 x 45 cm
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Flower
MBA-033633
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 Biography:
Audrey Morton Kngwarrey
Audrey Morton
Kngwarreye
is an important painter
continuously
painting since 1977.
Raised
by a generation of indigenous artists
of the 1970s, when Western craft practices
and traditional Indigenous imagery were combined for the first time,
Audrey
Morton inherited the creative artistic gene
in
the tradition of
her artistic family.
Audrey work has featured in many exhibitions since 1977 for her work
in batik (during the 1980's) and continuously through Australia and
America for her work in acrylics.
Audrey's designs represent all
of her Dreamtime stories which belong
belongs to
her country
(Ngkwarlerlanem
and Arnkawenyerr)
and
include:
Ilyarn and Ilyarnayt
Yerramp (Honey ant)
variety of Alpeyt
(flowers)
and variety of Alpeyt (flowers),
Awely (Women’s Ceremony)
Alpeyt (Wild Flowers), Rainbow Dreaming
(Boor-la-da), Ilyarn,
Audrey's mother
was Mary
Morton and her sisters are
Gracie
Morton
1956),
Lucky Morton
(1951) and
Ruby
Morton
(1968) they are established artists. Her
aunty
Emily Kame Kngwarreye
(1910-1996)
is
one of
the most renowned Australian artists.
Audrey
work has the
sheer physical
presence of
contemporary work of
art,
building up a mysterious
topography of the Dreaming.
Along with her mother and sisters, Audrey participated in batik workshops that
were held in Utopia from 1977 to 1987. Her work is represented in the Holmes á
Court
Collection
which was exhibited extensively within Australia and abroad.
Audrey
creates
stunning
quality
paintings that have the physical presence
of the much contemporary art.
Audrey paints with
fascinating accuracy of intricate details of subtle shades
and
is able
to attain the multi dimensional
effect,
the image seems to float
in the air and moves with the viewer’s eyes.
Audrey
Morton work has the
sheer physical
presence of
powerful
much contemporary work of
art.
Audrey creates her painting with
fascinating
accuracy
of tiny dashes, intricate details
and subtle shades of colour,
Audrey
images seem to move with the viewer’s eyes, revealing an
inspiring
contemporary
Ancient
landscape with
multi dimensional qualities.
Skin Name: Kngwarrey (pronounced eng-wah-raye,
also spelled Ngwarai, Ngwarrey)
Language Group: Alyawarr
Country: Ngkwarlerlanem and Arnkawenyerr
COLLECTIONS
Audrey work is represented
in
collections
through America, Germany, Holland, Poland, other parts of
Eastern Europe and
Australia:
The National Gallery of
Australia Canberra
Museum
Victoria, Melbourne
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
National Gallery of Victoria
Homes a Court Gallery and gallery Collection,
Perth
Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection Alice
Springs
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Exhibitions
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1985 |
The Second National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art
Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin |
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1989 |
Utopia Women's Paintings, the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project,
1988-89, S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney |
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1990 |
Utopia- A Picture Story, an exhibition of 88 works on Silk from the
Holmes á Court Collection by Utopia Artists which toured Eire And
Scotland |
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1990 |
Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection,
Harvard University, University of Minnesota, Lake Oswego Centre for the
Arts, USA |
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1991 |
The Eighth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art
Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin |
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1994 |
The Eleventh National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art
Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin |
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1998 |
Dreamings, Spazio Pitti Arte, Florence, Italy and VlaamsEuropeesch
Conferentiecentrum, Brussels, Belgium |
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1998 |
Mbantua
Gallery, Alice Springs, NT |
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1998 |
Exhibition in Art Centre Meerzigt Zoetermeer, The Netherlands |
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1998 |
'The Hague Unites the Nation', upon request of the Australian Embassy
acting as representatives of Australia, Grote Kerk, The Hague, The
Netherlands |
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1998 |
Volkenkundig
Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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1998 |
Art Gallery 'Culture Store', Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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1999 |
Aboriginal Art Galerie Bahr Exhibition, Germany and catalogue |
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2002 |
Mbantua
Gallery, Alice Springs, NT |
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2002 |
Mbantua
Gallery USA exhibitions: Art and Soul Gallery, Nashville, TN; 'The Cove
Gallery' Portland, OR; Urban Wine Works, Portland, OR; Mary's Woods,
Portland, OR |
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2003 |
Mbantua
Gallery USA exhibitions: New City Merchants, Knoxville, TN; Art and Soul
Gallery, Nashville, TN; 'The Cove Gallery' Portland, OR; Mary's Woods,
Portland, OR; Contemporary Aboriginal Art Event, Umpqua Bank, Portland,
Oregon; Art from the Dreamtime, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR |
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2004 |
Mbantua
Gallery USA exhibitions: Hartford and Greenwich |
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2004 |
Evolution of Utopia, Mbantua Gallery Cultural Museum, Alice Springs |
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2005 |
Evolution of Utopia, Mbantua Gallery Cultural Museum, Alice Springs |
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2005 |
'Small Wonders' (A collection of 1'x1' and 1'x1½' paintings), Mbantua
Gallery, Alice Springs, NT |
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2006 |
Evolution of Utopia, Mbantua Gallery Cultural Museum, Alice
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Source
& FURTHER REFERENCES:
"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
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. |
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