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Lily Lion Kngwarreye is
an accomplished Australian
Aboriginal
artist
from Utopia.
Her
artistic career began in the 1970's when as a young woman, was painting on silk
batik in the Utopia Women's Batik Group
with
Gloria Petyarre and Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
In the 1980’s, began
painting
on canvas,
achieved further artistic recognition.
Lily
Lion
bird's-eye-view
beautiful landscapes
have
the
sheer physical
presence of the much contemporary work of art,
giving an illusion of multi-dimensional appearance of space.
Lily creates inspiring works of art with fascinating accuracy of delicate
brushstrokes and intricate shades of amazing colour.
Lily Lion Kngwarreye
is
successful in the
World Art Market and
represented
all
over the world including
World Vision,
Homes a Court Collection,
Museum and Art Gallery of the
Northern Territory,
Artbank, Art
Gallery of Western Australia, Museum
of Victoria,
Flinders University,
National Art Centre Tokyo Japan,
Richard Kelton Foundation Santa
Monica, Portland Art Museum and Portland Oregon USA, Art and Soul Gallery Nashville
Tennessee USA, New City Merchants, Knoxville, Tennessee USA, The Cove Gallery
Portland USA, Mary's Woods Gallery USA, Orange Regional Gallery, Royal Hibernian
Academy Dublin. |
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Lily Lion
Flowers MB34523
Acrylic on linen
on board
125 x 35 cm
Framed: 135 x 45 cm
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Lily Lion
Flowers
MB35621
Acrylic on linen
on board
125 x 35 cm
Framed: 135 x 45 cm
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Lily Lion
Flowers
MB35644
Acrylic on linen
on Board
125 x 35 cm
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Lily Lion Kngwarreye Biography
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Born in 1964, Lily Lion Kngwarreye is
an accomplished Australian
artist
from the Utopia.
Lily
Lion
artistic career began in the 1970's when as a young woman,
was painting on silk batik with the Utopia Women's Batik
Group Gloria Petyarre and Emily Kame Kngwarreye. They were
painting on silk batiks a variety of Dreaming scenes, using
traditional motifs throughout the designs.
The total of 88 silk batiks paintings in the collection were
exhibited around Australia and through Eire and Scotland.
The exhibition accomplished a great success in Australia and
oversees that the whole collection was acquired by the
Holmes a Court Collection.
 In the late 1980’s, Lily began creating an explosion of
creativity painting on canvas in acrylic using fine dotting
and delicate brush strokes.
Lily achieved additional artistic recognition
using acrylics
during the 'Summer Project'.
Lily Lion Kngwarreye
is
successful in the
World Art
Market, her work is
represented
all over the world including
Art Gallery
of Western Australia,
World Vision,
ArtBank, Homes
a Court Collection,
Museum and
Art Gallery of the Northern Territory,
Art Gallery
of Western Australia, Museum
of Victoria,
Flinders
University,
National Art Centre Tokyo Japan,
Richard
Kelton Foundation Santa Monica,
Portland Art Museum and Portland Oregon USA, Art and Soul
Gallery Nashville Tennessee USA, New City Merchants,
Knoxville, Tennessee USA, The Cove Gallery Portland USA,
Mary's Woods Gallery USA, Orange Regional Gallery, Royal
Hibernian Academy Dublin.
 Lily creates
state-of-the-art
unique,
distinctively abstract
modern,
paintings, using an
aerial perspective, build up the multi-dimensional
mysterious topography of depth and space of the
Utopia
land.
Lily
Lion
Kngwarreye
bird's-eye-view
beautiful,
hypnotic
landscapes,
have the sheer physical presence of much contemporary work
of fine art.
Lily
Lion
Kngwarreye
paintings represent Dreaming stories that belong to her
countries Ngkwarlerlanem and Arnkawenyerr in northern
Utopia.
Lily
Lily
pays particular attention to details,
with fascinating accuracy using tiny macroscopic dots and
delicate
brush strokes.
Lily
depicts Rainbows Dreaming
(Mpwelarr), Honey Grevillea
Dreaming and
Acacia flower
Dreaming (Ilyarnayt flower)
Ilyarnayt and Alhepalh are types of wattles
(Acacia’s)
belongs to the Ngkawarlerlarnem and Arnkawenyerr countries.
Other Dreaming that Lily paints are Sweet Honey Grevillea (Tharrkarr ), Honey Ant (Yerramp)
and (Alpeyt ) Flowers.
 Lily Lion Kngwarreye is an Alyawarre speaker, the same skin
group as Lucky Morton Kngwarreye and her sister Michelle
Lion. Lily lives in northern Utopia with a strong family of
artists including sister Michelle Lion Kngwarreye and
mother Queenie Lion Kemarre.
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.
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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
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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,
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
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Flowers Design Paintings
MB34523,
MB35621,
MB35644,
MB034152
Lily
Lion
pays attention to details,
create inspiring works of art with with fascinating accuracy
of delicate brushstrokes and
intricate shades
of
beautiful
colours.
Lily
paintings
are
have
the
physical
presence of the much contemporary work of art,
giving an illusion of
multi-dimensional appearance of space.
Lily
depicts
Rainbow (Mpwelarr), Ilyarn and Ilyarnayt
flower story, Tharrkarr, Yerramp (Honey Ant) and Alpeyt (flowers).
Grevillea
Dreaming and Acacia
Flower (Ilyarnayt flower),
Ilyarnayt and Alhepalh types of wattles.
Other
Dreaming that Lily paints are Sweet Honey Grevillea (Tharrkarr ), Honey Ant (Yerramp)
and (Alpeyt) Flowers
and also 'Ilyarnayt' seeds and Ilyarnayt flowers.
Lily Lion Dreamtime stories
belong to the Ngkawarlerlarnem and Arnkawenyerr countries .
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).
Acacia 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 found in
Liliy paintings, represented through tiny dot work. This is an
important Dreamtime story for this plant that belongs to
the Utopia county.
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Literature Source
& FURTHER REFERENCES
Australian
Aboriginal Artist dictionary of biographies
Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley
Region
Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg,
Margo
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, WA
Brody, A. (1990) Utopia: a Picture Story,
88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection,
Heytesbury Holdings, Perth, WA
Wallace, D., Desmond, M. and Caruana, W.
(1991) Flash Pictures, exhib. Cat., National Gallery
of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Aratjara (1993) 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
Neale, M. (1994) Yiribana, exhib.cat, Art Gallery of New South
Wales, Sydney, NSW
Art Gallery of NSW (1991) Aboriginal Women's Exhibition, exhib.
Cat, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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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Jamie Boyd
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