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Emily Pwerle / Awelye Atnwengerrp (Body Paint) (6066)
SKU: 6066
190cm x 120cm Acrylic on Linen, 2008
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$8,500.00
190cm x 120cm Acrylic on Linen, 2008
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Artist Profile
When Minnie Pwerle passed away in March 2006, she left a legacy of artworks memorable for their amazing colour and flowing imagery. Three of her sisters carried on the tradition of Minnie’s depiction of the art of Utopia, each with their own individual style but all boldly displaying the same inspiration and zest for art and their culture and love of their country.
Emily Pwerle is one of eight children and was born in the Utopia Station region of the Northern Territory.
Emily started painting in 2004. At that time Minnie’s daughter, the well known artist Barbara Weir organised a number of workshops where her three aunts – Emily, Molly and Galya – worked collaboratively and individually to produce a series of paintings based on ceremony and their Dreaming stories.
Like her sisters, Emily’s main title is Awelye Atnwengerrp and whilst the sisters share the same Dreaming, each one has their own interpretation of her Dreaming.
Awelye Atnwengerrp or Women’s Ceremony is represented by designs based on dancing tracks which can only be painted by the Pwerle or Kemarre owners. They are painted on the women’s bodies before ceremony is performed.
Emily lives with her sisters at Irrultja (Urultja) a small community settlement at Utopia 300kms north-east of Alice Springs. She produces highly collectable and desirable artworks which are eagerly sought by collectors and are held in galleries nationally and internationally.
Along with their extended family of renowned artists, these Elder ladies are producing highly collectable and desirable artworks.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
• 2010 Emily Pwerle, Gallery Savah, Sydney
• 2009 Body Markings, DACOU Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
• 2024 Black + White, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
• 2023 Atnwengerrp – Our Home. Our Country, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
• 2022 Awelye Atnwengerrp | Emily and Galya Pwerle, Utopia Lane Gallery, Melbourne
• 2022 Colours of the Desert, Pwerle Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney
• 2022 Connection, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
• 2022 Into the Sunset, Pwerle Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney
• 2022 Colour Pop, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
• 2021 We Choose to Challenge, Coo-ee Fine Art Gallery, Sydney
• 2021 Body Line, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
• 2021 Synergy: Art from the Heartlands of Aboriginal Australia, Everywhen Art, Shoreham VIC
• 2020 Blue July, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
• 2019 Landscape Colours, Japingka Gallery, Perth
• 2019 Spring Collection, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney
• 2018 20/20 Vision: 20 Years 20 Women, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney
• 2018 Utopia Exhibition of Four Generations, Pwerle Gallery, Adelaide
• 2010 The Pwerle Sisters, DACOU Australia, Melbourne
• 2010 Tradition to Modernity, Central Art (in conjunction with Tasmania Craft Fair), Tasmania
• 2009 Group Exhibition, Gallery Savah, Sydney
• 2009 Body Markings, DACOU Gallery, Broome, WA
• 2009 Utopia, Colors of the Desert, Gongpyeong Art Space in conjunction with DACOU, Australian Embassy in Korea & Crossbay Gallery, Seoul
• 2008 Utopia Collection, Japinka Gallery, Perth
• 2008 Utopia Discoveries, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
• 2008 Group travelling exhibition to major cities in Australia, EWB Elements, presented by Dreamtime Art in conjunction with DACOU Galleries
• 2008 Walking Together to Aid Aboriginal Health, Shalom Gamarada Aboriginal Art Exhibition, University of NSW, Sydney
• 2008 Women’s Stories, Alison Kelly Gallery, Melbourne
• 2007 Utopia in New York, Robert Steele Gallery, New York
• 2007 Treasures of the Spirit – Investing in Aboriginal Art, Tandanya Cultural Institute, Adelaide
• 2007 Standing on Ceremony, Tandanya Cultural Institute, Adelaide
• 2007 Permanent exhibition, Dacou Adelaide, Port Adelaide
• 2007 New Works from Utopia, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• 2007 Group Exhibition, Australian Embassy, Washington, DC
• 2007 Desert Diversity, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
• 2007 APS Bendi Lango Art Exhibition with Rio Tinto, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
• 2007 Annual Group Exhibition ‘Shalom’, University of NSW, Shalom Department, Sydney
• 2006/07 Group exhibition, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
• 2006 The Pwerle Sisters, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
• 2006 The Pwerle Sisters, ArtMob, Hobart
• 2006 APS Bendi Lango Art Exhibition, Rio Tinto Offices, Melbourne
• 2005 Permanent Exhibition and collection, Dacou Australia, Rosewater, SA
• 2005 Group Exhibition, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs
• 2005 Group exhibition, Gallery Savah, Sydney
Awards and Recognition
• 2022 Connection | Songlines from Australia’s First Peoples in a spectacular immersive experience, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
Selected Collections
• Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney
• Hank Ebes Collection, Melbourne
• Artau Collection
• Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs
• Dacou Australia, Adelaide, SA
Artwork Description
Emily paints “Awelye Atnwengerrp”, meaning women’s ceremony / body paint in her country. “Awelye-Atnwengerrp” is depicted by a series of lines and symbols, often criss-crossed patterns that are layered across the canvas with colours that are explosive, colourful and energetic. The patterns represent the designs painted on women’s bodies during bush tucker ceremonies in Atnwengerrp. Integrated into the design is a circle motif with four lines drawn across it, representing diamonds that are found at a sacred site at Utopia. Emily has developed her own contemporary style and is proving to be an energetic and talented artist, akin to her late sister Minnie Pwerle.
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