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Lily Lion
Biography
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 Lily Lion
Kngwarreye
Born: around 1964
Language: Group Alyawarr
Country: Ngkwarlerlanem and Arnkawenyerr
Silk, Batik,
Acrylic on linen, Acrylic on Canvas
or Linen
Subjects:
Rainbow Dreaming
Country,
Tharkerr (Honey
Grevillea),
Alpeyt (Flowers)
Yerramp (Honey Ant)
Narrative Camp
Scene
Ilyarn
Ilyarnayt
AWARDS
Lily Lion
Kngwarreye
work has been featured in many exhibitions since 1977
including shows at
National Art Centre Tokyo Japan,
Utopia Art in Sydney, the Orange Regional Gallery, the
Austral Gallery in St Louis USA, the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin, and
the Araluen Art Centre in Alice Springs. Lily was part of the Robert
Holmes a Court Batik Exhibition.
COLLECTIONS
Lily
Lion Kngwarreye work is
represented throughout the world including
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Homes a Court Collection Perth
National Gallery of Australia Canberra
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Darwin
Mbantua Gallery and Museum Alice Springs
Portland Art Museum,
Portland Oregon USA
Art and Soul Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
New City Merchants,
Knoxville, Tennessee USA
The Cove Gallery"
Portland, Oregon USA
Umpqua Bank,
Portland, Oregon USA
Mary's Woods, Portland Oregon USA
Orange Regional Gallery Orange
Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin
National Art Centre, Tokyo, Japan
Austral Gallery
St Louis USA
and many
private collections
throughout the world
EXHIBITIONS
1977 Utopia Art, Sydney: the Orange Regional Gallery
1977 Utopia Art, Sydney: Austral Gallery, St Louis, USA
1977 Utopia Art, Sydney: Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin, The
Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
1977 Utopia Art, Sydney: The Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
1989 Utopia Women’s Paintings, the First Works on Canvas, A
Summer Project
1988-89 SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1990 ‘Utopia – A Picture Story,” an exhibition 88 works on
silk from the Holmes á Court Collection by Utopia artists
which toured Eire and Scotland
1991 The Eighth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition,
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
1993 The Tenth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition,
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
2002 Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions: New City Merchants,
Knoxville, TN; Art and Soul Gallery, Nashville, TN; 'The
Cove Gallery' Portland, OR; Urban Wine Works, Portland, OR;
Mary's Woods, Portland, OR
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
2004 Mbantua Gallery USA exhibition; Portland and Nashville
2004-2006 Evolution of Utopia, Mbantua Gallery
Cultural Museum, Alice Springs
2008 Emily and Her Legacy, Hillside Gallery, Tokyo
with Coo-ee Art Sydney in conjunction with the opening of
the landmark retrospective exhibition Utopia – the Genius
of Emily Kngwarreye at the National Art Centre, Tokyo,
Japan
2008
the National Art Centre, Tokyo, Japan
 Lily Lion Kngwarrey
'Ilyarnayt Flowers and Leaves'
Paintings Design
Flowers
Lily Lion
MB34523,
MB35621,
MB35644
and
MB034152
paintings are
beautiful
and inspiring and
have
the
physical
presence of the much contemporary work of art.
Lily
pays
particular attention to the
details.
Painted
with
with
fascinating
accuracy of macroscopically tiny dots and
delicate
brush strokes
and intricate
shades of colour
give
an illusion of multi dimensional appearance.
Lily designs represent Dreamtime
stories of
'Ilyarnayt' Flower, (a variety of Acacia).
 Lily’s
Dreamtime stories belong to her countries Ngkwarlerlanem and
Arnkawenyerr.
The stories featured include Rainbow (Mpwelarr), Ilyarn and Ilyarnayt, Tharrkarr (sweet honey
grevillea, Yerramp (Honey Ant) and also a variety of Alpeyt (flowers).
Lily paintings
tell the dreamtime story of Ilyarn or
Ilyarnayt representing
'Ilyarnayt' seeds and Ilyarnayt leaves.
Ilyarn
or Ilyarnayt
plant is a common variety of Acacia. It is particularly
appreciated for the abundance of edible grubs living in
its roots (known simply as ilyarnayt and are similar to a witchetty
grub) and also its seeds (ntang ilyarnayt).
 These seeds can be
collected, ground into a paste and used for making damper
(bread).
As is common for many
acacia's, this plant has small lemon-yellow ball flowers and
many artists from Ngkwarlerlanem and Arnkawenyerr in
northern Utopia are found to paint them.
The seeds are also commonly
found in their paintings, represented through dot work, and
sometimes the grubs are depicted as well. There is an
important Dreamtime story for this plant that belongs to
these countries.
Further References
Brody, A. 1989 Utopia Women’s Paintings: the First Works on
Canvas, A Summer School Project 1988-89 exhib. Cat.
Heytesbury Holdings Perth
Brody, A. 1990 Utopia, a Picture Story, 88 Silk
Batiks from the Robert Holmes á Court Collection, Heytesbury
Holdings Ltd Perth
Wallace, D, Desmond, M, Caruana, W. 1991 Flash Pictures,
exhib. Cat., National Gallery of Australia Canberra
Brody, A. 1989 Utopia Women’s Paintings: the First Works on Canvas, A
Summer School Project 1988- 89 exhib. Cat. Heytesbury Holdings Perth
Brody
A. 1990 Utopia, a Picture Story, 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert
Holmes á Court Collection, Heytesbury Holdings Ltd Perth
Wallace, D, Desmond, M, Caruana, W. 1991 Flash Pictures, exhib. Cat.,
National Gallery of Australia Canberra
NATSIVAD
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Studies 1996 - data base.
"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 Encyclopedia”
– 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.
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