Arlatyeye (Pencil Yam) | Aboriginal Artwork Painting
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Artwork Details:
- Artist: Eileen Bird Kngwarreye (or Nungarai)
- Size: 30 x 30 cm
- Medium: Acrylic on canvas
- Born: 1st July 1956
- Language Group: Eastern Arrernte (also spelled Aranda)
- Country: Denipa Station
- Medium: Acrylic on canvas / linen
- Subject(s): Awelye (women’s ceremony and body paint designs), Arlatyeye (pencil yam) stor
Eileen is an Eastern Arrernte woman. Her family, (nee Webb) grew up at Harts Range where her brothers and sisters continue to live. Eileen is married to well-known Utopia artist Ada Bird Petyarre’s eldest son, Paddy Bird (passed away in 2015).
Eileen has eleven children and several grandchildren, many of whom paint for Mbantua Gallery also. Now Eilleen lives in Alice Springs with her family. Eileen has been painting for Mbantua Gallery since the mid 1990’s.
EXHIBITIONS:
- 1998 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, N.T, Australia
- 2002 Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions: New City Merchants, Knoxville, TN; Art and Soul Gallery, Nashville, TN; 'The Cove Gallery' Portland, OR; Urban Wine Works, Portland, OR; Mary's Woods, Portland, OR
- 2003 Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions: Art and Soul Gallery, Nashville, TN; 'The Cove Gallery' Portland, OR; Mary's Woods, Portland, OR
- Oct 2003 Contemporary Aboriginal Art Event, Umpqua Bank in conjunction with Mbantua Gallery, Portland, Oregon USA
- Oct 2003 Art from the Dreamtime, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR USA
- Aug-Sep 2004 Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions: Portland, Nashville, Knoxville, Hartford and Greenwich
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