Jeanna Petyarre (b. 1950), also known as Jeannie Petyarre, is a member of a family of artists that includes

Kathleen Petyarre Kathleen Petyarre (born Kweyetwemp Petyarre; c. 1940 – 24 November 2018) was an Australian Aboriginal artist. Her art refers directly to her country and her Dreamings. Petyarre's paintings have occasionally been compared to the works of Ame ...

, Ada Bird Petyarre and

Emily Kame Kngwarreye Emily Kame Kngwarreye (or Emily Kam Ngwarray) (1910 – 3 September 1996) was an Aboriginal Australian artist from the Utopia community in the Northern Territory. She is one of the most prominent and successful artists in the history of Austr ...

. Jeanna Petyarre is from the Utopia district of Central Australia. Her works feature in a number of collections including the

National Gallery of Australia The National Gallery of Australia (NGA), formerly the Australian National Gallery, is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art. Located in Canberra in th ...

in Canberra, and the

Holmes à Court Collection Holmes may refer to: Name * Holmes (surname) * Holmes (given name) * Baron Holmes, noble title created twice in the Peerage of Ireland * Chris Holmes, Baron Holmes of Richmond (born 1971), British former swimmer and life peer Places In the ...

in Perth, as well as many private collections.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions include: * 1989 Utopia Women's Paintings the first works on canvas * 1990 A Picture Story exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Holmes a Court Collection by Utopian artists which toured Eire and Scotland * 1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs; 2005 Cicada Trading, Illayda, Istanbul, Turkey * 2005 Cicada Trading, Milan, Italy * 2006 Cicada Trading, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 2006 Cicada Trading, Annual Clear Lake Exhibition of Aboriginal Paintings, Houston, USA * 2006 Cicada Trading, Paris, France * 2006 Cicada Trading, Bahrain Art Society, the Kingdom of Bahrain * 2006 Cicada Trading, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

References

1950 births Living people Artists from the Northern Territory Australian Aboriginal artists 20th-century Australian artists 21st-century Australian artists 20th-century Australian women artists 21st-century Australian women artists {{Australia-artist-stub