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Jeanna Petyarre (b. 1950s), also known as Jeannie Petyarre, is a member of a family of artists that includes Kathleen Petyarre, Ada Bird Petyarre and Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Jeanna Petyarre is from the Utopia district of Central Australia. Her works feature in a number of collections including the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, and the Holmes à Court Collection in Perth, as well as many private collections.




Early life & Career


Jeanna Petyarre was born c.1950s into the Petyarre artist family at Boundary Bore, an outstation on the Utopia homelands, 270km north east of Alice Springs.
Jeanna began her painting career in the 1980s, with her works predominantly representing the traditional plants that her people collect and use as food sources and for medicinal purposes, specifically the Bush Yam and Bush Medicine Leaves. Jeanna was encouraged by her aunt, Emily Kngawarreye to continue to paint her families 'Dreaming stories', a collection of family art works which include Bush Medicine, Bush Yam Dreaming, and Wildflower Dreaming.
Originally from the Indonesian Islands, Batik textiles were introduced to Australia enmass in the early 1970s, where aboriginal artists developed it further as their own craft. In 1988, Jeanna joined a group of women who would go on to produce Batik work using desert design on silk and cotton.




Exhibitions


Exhibitions include:

1989 Utopia Women's Paintings the first works on canvas
1990 A Picture Story exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Holmes a Court Collection by Utopian artists which toured Eire and Scotland
1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
2005 Cicada Trading, Illayda, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 Cicada Trading, Milan, Italy
2006 Cicada Trading, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 2006 Cicada Trading, Annual Clear Lake Exhibition of Aboriginal Paintings, Houston, USA
2006 Cicada Trading, Paris, France
2006 Cicada Trading, Bahrain Art Society, the Kingdom of Bahrain
2006 Cicada Trading, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2006 Colours of Utopia, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle WA
2012 Desert Gold, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle WA
2021 Sounds of Summer 2, Japingka Gallery, Freemantle
2021 Top 20 2021, Art Mob, Hobart
2022 Palya – a tribute to Steve Ariston, Art Mob, Hobart




References






External links


Jeanna Petyarre at Doongal Aboriginal Art
Jeanna Petyarre at Japingka Aboriginal Art

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