ABIE LOY KEMARRE

ART

 

Abie Loy Kemarre began painting in 1994 under the guidance of her grandmother, Kathleen Petyarre. This painting depicts the journey of the Bush Hen as she roams in search of her favourite fruit. The artist was born in 1972 at Utopia Station, 275 kilometres (170 miles) north-east of Alice Springs in the Northern territory of Central Australia. Abie Loy belongs to the Anmatyerr clan group and speaks Eastern Anmatyerr, English is her second language.

Solo Exhibitions
2006 Abie Loy, Bush Leaf & Other Dreaming’s, Gadfly Gallery, Perth WA.
2005 Abie Loy Kemarre, New Paintings, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA
2005 Abie Loy Kemarre, Solo Exhibition, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2004 Abie Loy Kemarre, Solo Exhibition, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA
2004 Abie Loy Kemarre, Solo Exhibition, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2003 Abie Loy Kemarre, First Solo Exhibition, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions
2006 Recent Painting, Kathleen Petyarre & Abie Loy, Framed Gallery, Darwin, N.T.
2006 Abie Loy & Kathleen Petyarre, New Paintings, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
2005 Utopia & Beyond, Maunsell Wicks, Sydney
2005 Dreamings, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA
2004 Arrnkerthe, New Paintings, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2003 Abie Loy - Recent Paintings, Fire-works Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
2002 Abie Loy & Violet Petyarre, Recent Paintings, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2001 15th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Exhibition, Darwin, NT
2000 The Collection, Gallerie Australis, Adelaide, South Australia
2000 Utopia, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
1999 North by North East, Landscape & Ceremonial paintings from Utopia, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
1999 SALA Week, Gallerie Australis, Adelaide, SA
1999 Joint Indonesian - Utopia Batik Workshop for Third Pacific Arts Utopia Recent Works, King Street Gallery, Perth, WA
1998 Our Country Then and Now, Gallerie Australis, Adelaide, SA
1998 Raiki Wara: Long Cloth from Aboriginal Australia and the Torres Strait, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
1998 15th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Exhibition Darwin, NT
1998 Utopia Dreamings, Japingka Gallery, Perth, W.A.
1997 Schilderijen uit Utopia, Songlines Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1997 Dreampower, Art of Contemporary Aboriginal Australia, Museum Puri Lukisan, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
1997 Dreampower, Art of Contemporary Aboriginal Australia, Galeri Ardiyanto, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1997 Documenta, Kasel, Germany
1997 Dreampower, Art of Contemporary Aboriginal Australia, The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
1997 14th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Touring Art Exhibition, August
1997 Japingka Gallery, Desert Designs, Perth, W.A.
1997 The Alice Prize Art Exhibition, Alice Springs, NT

Art Fairs
2004 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2003 Art Miami 2003, Miami, Florida, USA
2003 ARCO Art Fair Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2003 Aboriginal Art Fair, Sydney

Collections
The Art Gallery of South Australia, South Australia
Festival of Arts Foundation Collection, Adelaide, South Australia
The Adelaide University Art Collection, South Australia
The Levi-Kaplan Collection, Seattle, US
The Kelton Foundation, Los Angeles, US
The Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission Collection
The National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, Western Australia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bush Hen Dreaming

Bush Hen Dreaming

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 92 x 152 cm, 2002

$12,000