Dolly Petyarre Mills

Dolly Petyarre Mills was born in January 1948 at Boundary Bore Outstation on Utopia. She participated in the Utopia A Picture Story a collection of 88 silk batiks (Holmes á Court Collection), which confirmed the artistic credibility of the Utopian artists. She has painted for Eastern Desert Art since 2010. The major subject of her work is Kame, the seed of the pencil yam, and Emu Tucker which belongs to her country, Alhalkere. 

She is an artist of considerable talent and output and depicts her stories in subtle colours and delicate patterning.

Exhibitions:

• 1984 - The First National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin 
• 1985 - The Second National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin 
• 1989 - Utopia Women's Paintings, the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project, 1988-89, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 
• 1990 - 'Utopia - A Picture Story,' an exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Holmes a Court Collection by Utopia artists which toured Eire and Scotland 
• 1992 - Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs 
• 2003 - Sofitel Melbourne, World Vision Australia – Walkabout Art 
• 2005 - Bett Hobart Gallery 
• 2006 - Senior Women of Utopia, GalleryG, Brisbane 
• 2007 - Patterns of Power, Art from the Eastern Desert, Simmer on the Bay, Sydney 
• 2007 - Eastern Desert Dreaming, Artists from Utopia, GalleryG, Brisbane
• 2008 – Power of Place, Tandanya: National Aboriginal Cultural Institute Inc.
• 2008 - From the Desert to the Sea, Yurlunggur Art, Brisbane
• 2009 – Brush with Art, Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia
• 2010-The Utopia Story, Australasian Arts Projects, Singapore
• 2010- Western and Eastern Desert Art, Blaxlands Inn, Hunter Valley, NSW
• 2010- Aboriginal Artists UK Spring Show 11-13 June, London
• 2013 - Brush with Art Festival, Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia
• 2015 – Brush with Art, Parachilna, South Australia
• 2017 – Without Pier Art Gallery, Melbourne
• 2019 - Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia
• 2022 - Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia

COLLECTIONS:

Holmes á Court Collection, Perth

Bibliography:

Brody, A., 1989, 

Utopia Women's Paintings: The First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project,1988-89, exhib. cat., Heytesbury Holdings, Perth. (C) Brody, A., 1990, 

Utopia: a Picture Story, 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Heytesbury Holdings Ltd, P