Emily Kame Kngwarreye History and Collections

History


Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2023 Emily Kam Kngwarrey, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (The exhibition will tour to Tate Modern, London in 2025)
2022 Emily: Desert Painter of Australia, Gagosian, Paris
2021 Emily Kame Kngwarreye: Desert Ceremony 1, D'Lan Davidson, Melbourne
2020 Emily Kame Kngwarreye STRONG - a tribute, Utopia Art, Sydney
2020 Emily Kame Kngwarreye, D'Lan Contemporary at High Line Nine Gallery, New York
2008 Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, National Museum of Art, Osaka and Tokyo
2008 Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
1998-99 Major survey exhibition 'Emily Kame Kngwarreye Alhalkere Paintings from Utopia', Queensland Art Gallery; The Art Gallery of NSW; National Gallery of Victoria
1997 Robert Steele Gallery, New York
1997 Chapman Gallery, Canberra
1997 DACOU Aboriginal Gallery, Adelaide
1996 Chapman Gallery, Canberra
1996 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
1996 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
1996 Framed Gallery, Darwin
1995 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1995 Parliament House, Canberra
1995 DACOU Aboriginal Gallery, Adelaide
1995 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1995 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
1994 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
1994 Chapman Gallery, Canberra
1993 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
1991 Eastern Desert Art, Brisbane
1991 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
1990-97 Utopia Art Sydney
1990-93 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
1990 Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1990 First solo exhibition, Utopia Art Sydney


Selected Group Exhibitions:

2024 Reverence, D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
2024 Utopia in Coulours, Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Motiers, Switzerland
2024 in the public eye, Utopia Art, Sydney
2024 The Art of Giving, Art Gallery of Macquarie University, Sydney
2023 Emily & Others | Geniuses from Utopia, Art Mob, Hobart
2023 Eminence, D’Lan Contemporary, New York
2023 Emily Kam Kngwarray: Everything, Frieze Masters, London
2023 Utopia in Colours, Musee de l'art aborigene australien, Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Motiers, Switzerland
2023 Significant 2023, D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
2023 Celebrating Country | Women Artists of Art Mob, Art Mob, Hobart
2023 Tracing the Country - Living Landscapes from the Central and Western Deserts, Cooee Art, Sydney
2023 Utopia Art Sydney turns 35, Utopia Art, Sydney
2022 Australian Indigenous Art from the SmithDavidson Collection, Smith Davidson Gallery, New York
2022 Rhythms of the Earth, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville VIC
2022 Great Australian Painting, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2022 Nations 2022, Art Mob, at the Henry Jones Art Hotel Packing Room, Hobart
2022 Indigenous Art from the NGV Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2022 Tiempo de Suenos, Agencia Cordoba de Cultura, Cordoba and Buenos Aires (Touring Exibition)
2022 Significant 2022, D'Lan Davidson, Melbourne
2022 Connection, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
2022 Utopia in Detail, Cooee Gallery, Redfern
2021 Sydney Contemporary 2021 | Not so virtual, Cooee Art Gallery, Sydney
2021 Reverence, D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
2021 Abstraction, Utopia Art, Sydney
2021 SIGNIFICANT, D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
2021 Voyage across Aboriginal Australia - Founders' Favourites, Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Moitiers, Switzerland
2021 The Women's Show | 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Body Line, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
2021 We Choose to Challenge, Coo-ee Fine Art Gallery, Sydney
2021 Big Names Little Paintings, Cooee Art Gallery, Sydney
2020 From Little Things Big Things Grow, Kluge-Ruhe Collection, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
2020 Desert Painters of Australia - Two Generations, Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong
2020 Colours of Spring, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2020 Know My Name - Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2020 Important Australian Paintings, Philipp Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2020 Still in the Desert, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
2020 Reflections on Emily and Papunya, High Line Nine Galleries, New York
2020 Mapa Wiya (Your Map's Not Needed): Australian Aboriginal Art from the Fondation Opale, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX, USA
2020 Knowing my Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
2019 Tiempo de Sonar, Museo Nacional de las Culturas del Mundo, Mexico-City, in cooperation with Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney
2019 Beyond Time, Australian Aboriginal Art, Booker Lowe Gallery, Houston, TX, USA
2019 Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney
2019 Desert Painters of Australia, Larry Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA - from the Steve Martin & Anne Springfield Collections and Kluge-Ruhe Collection of the University of Virginia, USA
2019 Significant, D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
2018 Earth's Creation, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2018 Painting on Country - Utopia Artists, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2018 Beyond the Veil, Olsen Gruin, New York
2018 Significant, D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
2018 20/20 Vision: 20 Years 20 Women, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney
2017 A SWEEP continues, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane
2017 A SWEEP: Old & New Works, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane
2016 O Tempo Dos Sonhos, Arte Aborigene Contemporanea da Australia, Caixa Cultural, Sao Paolo
2016 Important Australian Indigenous Art , D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
2011 Up Close and Personal: works from the collection of Dr Peter Elliott AM, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2010 Desert Country, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
2010 Minnie Pwerle & Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2010 Gooch's Utopia: collected works from the Central Desert, Flinders University touring exhibition, Art Gallery of Macquarie University, Sydney
2009 Size Matters, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2009 Mythology & Reality: Contemporary Aboriginal Art From The Gabrielle Pizzi Collection, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, VIC
2008 Emily Kngwarray and her legacy,Art Front Gallery,Tokyo, Japan
2006 The Chroma Collection, Art Gallery of Macquarie University, Sydney
2006 Aboriginal Art, Art Gallery of Macquarie University, Sydney
2003 Minimal Fuss Featuring Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Tony Tuckson & Minnie Pwerle, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane
2003 Significant Tilt: Art and the Horizon of Meaning, Art Gallery of Macquarie University, Sydney
1999 Eternal Lin Onus, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Rover Thomas & Johnathan Brown
Kumintjara, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane
1997 Fluent, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Judy Watson, Venice Biennale, Italy
1996 Spirit and Place, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1996 Eye of the Storm: Eight Contemporary Indigenous Australian Artists, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
1996 Dots, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1995 Place and Perception: New Acquisitions, Parliament House Art Collection, Parliament House, Canberra
1994 Power of the Land: Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1993-94 travelling to numerous state and regional galleries in NSW, Queensland, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania
1993-94 Flash Pictures: by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
1991 Through Women's Eyes, ATSIC travelling exhibition
1991 Aboriginal Women's Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
1990 Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, travelling to Boston, Minneapolis, Oregon, Missouri; Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
1989 Mythscapes: Aboriginal Art of the Desert, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1989 Art from Utopia, Austral Gallery, St Louis, USA
1989 Aboriginal Art from Utopia, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
1988 Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Utopia Art Sydney
1988 A hanging Relationship, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1987 Utopia Women's Batik Group, in Australia and abroad

Awards and Recognition

2022 Connection | Songlines from Australia's First Peoples in a spectacular immersive experience, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
2022 Emily in Japan: The making of an Exhibition: a feature length documentary tracking the development and mounting of the Emily Kame Kngwarreye Retrospective that toured Osaka and Tokyo in 2008
2009 Top 50 Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector Magazine
2005 Top 50 Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector Magazine
2000 Top 50 Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector Magazine
1992 Australian Artists Creative Fellowship

Collections

  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
  • Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
  • Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin
  • Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
  • Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
  • ATSIC Collection, Canberra
  • Kaplan and Levi Collection, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
  • The Araluen Centre of Arts and Entertainment, Alice Springs
  • Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Sydney
  • The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
  • Artbank, Sydney
  • Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria
  • University of New South Wales, Sydney
  • University of Sydney Union, Sydney
  • University of Wollongong Art Museum, NSW
  • University of New England, NSW
  • Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide
  • Allen, Allen and Hemsley, Sydney
  • BP Australia
  • Transfield Collection, Sydney
  • Dr Peter Elliot Collection, Sydney
  • Hank Ebes Collection, Melbourne
  • Delmore Collection, Alice Springs
  • The Luczo Family Collection, USA
  • Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
  • The Kasumi Co. Collection, Japan
  • Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica
  • K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines, Amsterdam, Holland
  • Chartwell Collection, New Zealand
  • Donald Kahn Collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami
  • The Vatican Collection, Vatican City
  • TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
  • Jacqui McPhee Collection, Perth
  • Stefano Spaccapietra Collection, Switzerland
  • Sol LeWitt Collection, New York
  • Art Gallery of Macquarie University, Sydney
  • Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Australia
  • Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Motiers, Switzerland
  • Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia, USA
  • SmithDavidson Collection, Amsterdam and Miami
  • Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands
  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra
  • The British Museum, London
  • Musee du Quai Branly, Paris
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
  • Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
  • Steve Martin and Anne Springfield Collection, USA