Hetti Kemerre Perkins (born 1965) is an art curator and writer. She is the eldest daughter of Australian Aboriginal activist Charles Perkins and German Eileen Munchenberg, a granddaughter of

Hetty Perkins Hetty Perkins ( – 8 December 1979) was an elder of the Eastern Arrernte people, an Aboriginal group from Central Australia. Several of her descendants have had prominent careers in various fields, both in the Northern Territory and in other s ...

, sister to film director

Rachel Perkins Rachel Perkins (born 1970) is an Australian film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. She directed the films ''Radiance'' (1998), ''One Night the Moon'' (2001), ''Bran Nue Dae'' (2010), and ''Jasper Jones'' (2017). Perkins is an ...

and brother Adam Perkins, and mother to actress

Madeleine Madden Madeleine Madden (born 29 January 1997) is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing Egwene al'Vere in the Amazon Prime series ''The Wheel of Time''. Early life Madden grew up around Redfern, a Sydney inner city suburb, and attended ...

. Hetti Perkins is an

Eastern Arrernte Arrernte or Aranda (; ) or sometimes referred to as Upper Arrernte (Upper Aranda), is a dialect cluster in the Arandic language group spoken in parts of the Northern Territory, Australia, by the Arrernte people. Other spelling variations are ...

and Kalkadoon woman from

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, she attended Melrose High School in

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, with her sister. Hetti Perkins was the curator of Aboriginal and

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art at the

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for thirteen years, but resigned from the job in 2011.The Profile: Hetti Perkins
/ref> She was a member of the International Selection Committee for the

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in 2000. In 2010 she made a three-part

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documentary called Art + Soul that was shown by ABC in October 2010 (which was also shown as "Aborginernas konst" on

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Bibliography

* ''Yanada'' (New Moon). (1993) In association with the

Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative The Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative was founded in 1987 in the Sydney suburb of Redfern, New South Wales. Among the legacies of the cooperative are the Deadly Awards for achievement in the Indigenous Australian community, which have occ ...

. . * ''True Colours: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists raise the flag''. (1994) In association with the

. * ''Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius''. (2000) Eds. Hetti Perkins and Hannah Fink. Art Gallery of NSW in association with Papunya Tula Artists. . * ''Tradition Today: Indigenous art in Australia''. (2004) . * ''Crossing Country: the alchemy of Western Arnhem Land art''. (2004) . * ''Contemporary Aboriginal Art: the Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund''. (2006) . * ''One Sun One Moon: Aboriginal Art in Australia''. (2007) Eds. Hetti Perkins and Margaret West. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales. . * ''Half light: Portraits from Black Australia''. (2008) . * ''Nganana Tjungurringanyi Tjukurrpa Nintintjakitja'' (We are here sharing our dreaming). (2009) In association with Papunya Tula Artists. . * ''Art + Soul: a journey into the world of Aboriginal art''. (2010) .

External links

Bangarra Dance Theatre

SciNews: Hetti Perkins joins Ninti One as Deputy Chair

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Perkins, Hetti Australian curators 1965 births Living people Australian people of German descent Australian people of Irish descent Indigenous Australian people Australian women curators Art curators