Biography
Gloria Petyarre was born in 1942. She is one of the famous Petyarre sisters. But above all she is a major aboriginal artist. She began her artistic career in the late 70s by producing, like other artists of her community, batiks. Her creations have been influenced by this particular work. She often paints by thematic series, always strong in tradition but with a very personal approach. Gloria's works often have a very abstract aspect.
Some of her work have no point, they are just blocks of color and more recently small hatchings. It is a "patron" that directs the rituals. Between tradition and modernity her work is unclassifiable. The sacred site of Aknangkere (The Dream of the Mountain Devil Lizard, linked to her as well as the "Bush Medicine Leaves" describing a blanket of leaves of a particular variety with powerful medicinal properties) remains the main subject of her paintings, by constantly renewing the traditional visual representations, Gloria has become one of the most famous women artist of the general public. Her knowledge is vast and her wisdom as much as her charisma is reflected in her paintings.
LVMH in indigenous Art !!! It is in fact in 2009 that the prestigious "maison Hermes" chose Gloria Petyarre's pattern to illustrate a scarf representing her "Leaves" (carré Hermes signed by Gloria)
Awards received by this artist :
1999. Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (Australie)
1994. Tapestry Commission for the Law Courts, Brisbane (Australie)
1993. Tapestry for Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne (Australie)
Collections
Allen, Allen & Hemsley
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Artbank, Sydney
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Baker and McKenzie Collection
British Museum, London, U.K
Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Campbelltown, NSW
Flinders University, Adelaide
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
Griffith University Collection, Queensland
James D. Wolfensohn Collection
Kaplan and Levi Collection, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
Macquarie Group Collection
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Supreme Court Collection, Brisbane, Queensland
The Holmes a Court Collection
University of New South Wales Collection, Sydney
University of the Sunshine Coast Collection, Queensland
University of Woollongong, Woollongong
Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, U.S.A
Westpac Gallery, New York, USA
Woollongong City Art Gallery, Woollongong
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Hank Ebes Collection, Melbourne
Sarrita King Collection
Fetzer Family Collection, Germany
Luciano Benetton Collection, Venice
Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney
Musee du quai Branly, Paris
Musee des arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie, Paris
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Donald Holt Collection, Australia
Janet Holt Collection, Australia
Levi Collection, Seattle, Canada
Nationality
Themes