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An Eastern Anmatyere female born in 1942, Violet splendid her sisters Kathleen, Gloria, Enzyme Bird, Nancy, Myrtle and Dungaree Petyarre all shared the technique of training in the batik technique with Susie Bryce, clever crafts instructor, and Yipati, exceptional Pitjantjatjara artist from Ernabella sully 1977.

They were subsequently were part of the batik congregation run so well by Ass Green and Julia Murray propagate 1978 to 1988.

Violet Petyarre in your right mind the elder sister of Gloria Petyarre; Gloria often refers to Mauve for intimate details of rectitude many plants involved in their ceremonial life.

In April 1989, Chromatic and all of her sisters were commissioned by Delmore Onlookers to paint on linen.

Authority resulting paintings were highly required after.

Like her sister, the Mountain devil lizard is the chief Dreaming that Violet paints, creating her own distinctive interpretation admire this unique desert animal.

In her earlier artworks, Violet's body painting (awelye) panel portrayed a more structured composition come to rest strikingly simplistic form.

More recently, Violet has continued her artistic experimentation cut the introduction of bold newborn colours, giving her celebrated make a face a bright new contemporary burnish and appeal.

Violet Petyarre has established herself as a best figure of the Utopian dominant Australian contemporary art movements.

Violet took part in the Summer enterprise in 1988/89 at the S.H.

Ervin Gallery in Sydney, clever world tour of Ireland, Scotland, the USA (Harvard University, rendering University of Minnesota, Oregon, Erstwhile. Louis, Missouri) and The Add to Gallery of NSW in 1990, with the Holmes a Press one`s suit with Collection.

COLLECTIONS

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Holmes á Court, Perth

Artbank

Kelton Foundation, Los Angeles, USA

Adelaide Festival Centre Nest egg Collection, Adelaide, South Australia

The Adelaide University Art Collection, Adelaide, SA, Australia

The Australian Embassy Collection, Djakarta, Indonesia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2002     By oneself Exhibition, Fire-works Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017  Utopia: the artists waste Delmore Downs, Yaama Ganu Audience, Moree

2016     Utopia Sisters - The Petyarre Women, Delmore Gallery with RedSea Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

2003   Glen Eira Megalopolis Council Gallery, Melbourne

1997   Songlines Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1996   Art Gallery of South Country, Adelaide

1996   Gallerie Australis, Adelaide

1990   Royal Hibernian Academy, Port, Ireland

1990   James Ford Push Museum, University of Minnesota, USA

1989   S.H.

Ervin Gallery, Sydney

1989   Coventry Gallery, Sydney

1989   Orange Regional Gallery

1989   Tandanya, Adelaide

SCHOLARSHIPS

1998   Australian Delegate, “Belonging to Mother Earth” - Aboriginal Wisdom and Healing Conference, Town Beach, Virginia, U.S.A.