Bernadine Johnson Kemarre / Bush Medicine Leaves

Raised at Ltyentye Apurte within a prominent Central Desert artistic family. Her finely detailed, colourful artworks portray Dreamings, ceremonies and important bush foods. From a young age, she learned to paint her Dreamings, ceremonies and important bush foods on canvas. She was born in 1974 in the Ltyentye Apurte Community (Santa Teresa), approx. 80km east of Alice Springs, Northern Territory and had a cultural upbringing before attending school in Alice Springs.

Bernadine Kemarre is a rising star in the world of contemporary aboriginal art. Her sister-in-law is Anna Price Petyarre, one of the most sought-after Central Desert artists. Bernadine comes from a lineage of famous artists including Abie Loy and Josie Petrick Kemarre that have emerged from the Utopia area in the NT.