Belinda Golder Kngwarreye / Women’s Dreaming (BG198)
SKU: BG198
123cm x 94cm Acrylic on Canvas
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123cm x 94cm Acrylic on Canvas
Artist Profile
Belinda Golder Kngwarreye was born in 1988 and grew up in Boundary Bore, Utopia, Central Australia. She began painting in her twenties under the guidance of her grandmother, leading Utopian artist, the late Polly Ngale and Polly’s sisters, Kathleen Ngale and Angelina Ngale. These ladies were traditional custodians for the Bush Plum Dreaming and Belinda paints this story that she inherited from her grandmother using heavily layered paint to depict the fruit and foliage of the plant in various stages of ripeness.
Belinda has also learnt painting techniques from her sister, well known artist Janet Golder Kngwarreye. In recent years, Belinda has painted a series of works which depicts her ancestral Country of Alhalkere. These artworks are rich in story, combining imagery of women’s ceremonies and bush tucker, as well as features of the Utopia landscape.
Belinda divides her time between Alice Springs and Utopia where she lives with her husband and 2 children.
Selected Exhibitions
• 2023 The Summer Show 2023 | Grand Design, Everywhen Art, Shoreham VIC
• 2022 Synergy 2022, First Nations Artists from around Australia, Everywhen Art, Shoreham VIC
• 2021 Sounds of Summer 2, Japingka Gallery, Freemantle
• 2021 Synergy: Art from the Heartlands of Aboriginal Australia, Everywhen Art, Shoreham VIC
Artwork Description
Belinda has painted a Women’s Dreaming story, combining her country with the bush tucker and waterholes that are imperative when the women go out bush for ceremony which can take up to a week. The women conduct important ceremonies at these sites, including that of the Desert Yam (or Bush Plum) story from her family’s country.
The yam grows underground with its viny shrub growing above ground up to one metre high. It is normally found on Spinifex sand plains and produces large flowers after summer rain. The yam is a tuber, or swollen root, of the shrub and tastes much like the common sweet potato. It can be eaten raw or cooked and is still a staple food for the desert aborigines where it can be harvested at any time of the year. It is also renowned for its medicinal properties. This medicine is used to heal cuts, wounds, bites, rashes and as an insect repellent.
During ceremonies the women pay homage to the spirit of this special plant in the hope that it will regenerate.
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