Violet Petyarre

Born:                 c. 1946
Region:              Utopia, Atneltye (Boundary Bore) outstation - Northern Territory
Language group: Eastern Anmatyerre

Violet Petyarre was born at Atnagkere Soakage.
In 1977 she began producing batik on silk and, in 1988, like many Utopia artists, commenced painting on canvas with acrylic. One of the stories she depicts is Emu Dreaming.

Selected exhibitions: 
1989 S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney;
1989 Coventry Gallery, Sydney;
1989 Orange Regional Gallery;
1989 Tandanya, Adelaide;
1990 Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland;
1990 James Ford Bell Museum, University of Minnesota, USA;
1996 Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide;
1996 Gallerie Australis, Adelaide;
1997 Songlines Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
1997 "Dreampower", Adelaide;
2003 Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne.

Selected collections:
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Holmes a Court Collection, Perth; Artbank; Kelton Foundation, Los Angeles, USA.