Anna Price Pitjara
Born: Atneltyeye, Boundary Bore, Utopia, Northern Territory
Language: Anmatyerre
Community: Utopia Northern Territory Anna Price Pitjara, also known as Anna Price and Anna Price Petyarre was born in mid-1960 and spent her childhood and much of her life surrounded by some of the most renown and highly recognisable artists of the Utopia region. Anna’s mother was the late Glory Ngarla (Ngale) and sister to the late Gloria Petyarre as well as the niece of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye. She is also related to other famous artists, including, Minnie Pwerle, Barba Weir. Having grown up amongst a family of artists, Anna’s natural talent for painting started from young age watching her family doing Batik work but her professional artistic career began in 1996. Anna’s paintings are mainly about Bush Tucker, Bush Yam Dreaming and its seeds which happens to be her plant totem. She also paints about women’s ceremony, body paint, wildflowers and bush potatoes. Anna is an internationally well-known Australian artist and her complex; intricate abstract paintings have been exhibited and held in collections around the world. Being a traditional woman, Anna is participating in Women’s Business learning more about the dreaming stories and her family culture and is a marvellous ambassador for her people and Art of Utopia. Selected Exhibitions 2021
• Mid-Winter Mofo, Art Mob, Hobart 2020
• Pointillism Perfection, Art Mob, Hobart
• Top 20 Exhibition, Art Mob, Hobart 2013
• Desert Rouges, Histoires Aborigenes Gallery, Galerie Art Diaphragme, Auxerre, France 2012
• Little Gems, Japingka Gallery, Perth
• Black and White, Muk Muk Gallery, Alice Springs 2011
• Wet Paint, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
• Utopia 09, Neo Gallery, Brisbane
• Grand Opening, Aboriginal Dreamtime Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles 2008
• Emily and Her Legacy, Hillside Gallery, Tokyo with Coo-ee Art Sydney in conjunction with the opening of the landmark retrospective exhibition Utopia – the Genius of Emily Kngwarreye at the National Art Centre, Tokyo, Japan 2005
• Yam Dreaming – Atnwelarre, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, N.T 2004
• Mbantua Gallery USA exhibition; Nashville and Greenwich 2003
• New City Merchants, Knoxville, Tennessee USA
• Art and Soul Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee USA
• ‘The Cove Gallery’ Portland, Oregon USA
• Contemporary Aboriginal Art Event, Umpqua Bank, Portland, Oregon USA
• Mary’s Woods, Portland Oregon USA
• Art From The Dreamtime, Portland Art Museum, Portland Oregon USA 2002
• Galerie Le Temps du Reve, France
• Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
• Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne 2001
• “Women’s Business”, Australian Exhibition Centre, Chigaco, USA
• Tandanya, Adelaide
• Dacou Gallery (in association with AMP), Adelaide
• Mary Place Gallery, Sydney 1999
• Tandanya, Adelaide
• BMG Art, Adelaide 1998
• Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney
• 15th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award, Darwin NT 1997
Language: Anmatyerre
Community: Utopia Northern Territory Anna Price Pitjara, also known as Anna Price and Anna Price Petyarre was born in mid-1960 and spent her childhood and much of her life surrounded by some of the most renown and highly recognisable artists of the Utopia region. Anna’s mother was the late Glory Ngarla (Ngale) and sister to the late Gloria Petyarre as well as the niece of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye. She is also related to other famous artists, including, Minnie Pwerle, Barba Weir. Having grown up amongst a family of artists, Anna’s natural talent for painting started from young age watching her family doing Batik work but her professional artistic career began in 1996. Anna’s paintings are mainly about Bush Tucker, Bush Yam Dreaming and its seeds which happens to be her plant totem. She also paints about women’s ceremony, body paint, wildflowers and bush potatoes. Anna is an internationally well-known Australian artist and her complex; intricate abstract paintings have been exhibited and held in collections around the world. Being a traditional woman, Anna is participating in Women’s Business learning more about the dreaming stories and her family culture and is a marvellous ambassador for her people and Art of Utopia. Selected Exhibitions 2021
• Mid-Winter Mofo, Art Mob, Hobart 2020
• Pointillism Perfection, Art Mob, Hobart
• Top 20 Exhibition, Art Mob, Hobart 2013
• Desert Rouges, Histoires Aborigenes Gallery, Galerie Art Diaphragme, Auxerre, France 2012
• Little Gems, Japingka Gallery, Perth
• Black and White, Muk Muk Gallery, Alice Springs 2011
• Wet Paint, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
• Utopia 09, Neo Gallery, Brisbane
• Grand Opening, Aboriginal Dreamtime Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles 2008
• Emily and Her Legacy, Hillside Gallery, Tokyo with Coo-ee Art Sydney in conjunction with the opening of the landmark retrospective exhibition Utopia – the Genius of Emily Kngwarreye at the National Art Centre, Tokyo, Japan 2005
• Yam Dreaming – Atnwelarre, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, N.T 2004
• Mbantua Gallery USA exhibition; Nashville and Greenwich 2003
• New City Merchants, Knoxville, Tennessee USA
• Art and Soul Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee USA
• ‘The Cove Gallery’ Portland, Oregon USA
• Contemporary Aboriginal Art Event, Umpqua Bank, Portland, Oregon USA
• Mary’s Woods, Portland Oregon USA
• Art From The Dreamtime, Portland Art Museum, Portland Oregon USA 2002
• Galerie Le Temps du Reve, France
• Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
• Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne 2001
• “Women’s Business”, Australian Exhibition Centre, Chigaco, USA
• Tandanya, Adelaide
• Dacou Gallery (in association with AMP), Adelaide
• Mary Place Gallery, Sydney 1999
• Tandanya, Adelaide
• BMG Art, Adelaide 1998
• Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney
• 15th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award, Darwin NT 1997
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