Greeny Purvis Petyarre / Yam Dreaming (1A)

c. 1930 – 2010 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1984
– First National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin

1993
– Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs

1995
– Dreamings, Dacou Gallery, Adelaide
– From Beneath the Earth – Utopian Artists, Dacou Gallery, Adelaide

1996
– Dreaming of the Desert, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
– Nangra, Stiching Sind-Jan, Brugge, The Netherlands

1997
– Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney
– Aboriginal Art Galerie Baehr, Speyer, Germany

1998
– Dreamings, Spazio Pitti Arte, Florence, Italy
– Dreamings, Vlaams-Europeesch Conferentiecentrum, Brussels, Belgium
– Museum Dorestad, The Netherlands

1999
– Utopia, BMG Art, Adelaide
– Dacou Gallery, Adelaide
– Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs
– Utopia: Tradition and Innovation. Recent work by the artists of Utopia, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney

2000
– Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
– Contemporary Art of Australian Aborigines, Freiburg, Germany (in co-operation with Aboriginal Art Gallery Baehr, Speyer)
– Art of the Aborigines, Leverkusen and Dormagen, Germany (in co-operation with – Aboriginal Art Gallery Baehr, Speyer)
Dream Paths.  Contemporary Paintings of Australian Aborigines, Stadtische Gallery, Traunstein, Germany (in co-operation with Aboriginal Art Gallery Baehr, Speyer)

2001
– Das Verborgene im Sichtbaren (The Unseen in Scene), Stadtische Gallery Wolfsburg, Germany (in co-operation with Aboriginal Art Gallery Baehr, Speyer)
– Recounting the Essence of Life. Art from Australia. Kunstforum HDZ, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany (in co-operation with Aboriginal Art Gallery Baehr, Speyer)

2002
– The Strength and The Light, Art From Australia, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Germany (in co-operation with Aboriginal Art Gallery Baehr, Speyer)
– Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne
– Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne
– Gallerie Le Temps du Reve, France

2004
– Stadtgalerie Bamberg Villa Dessauer, Bamberg, Germany (in co-operation with Aboriginal Art Gallery Bähr, Speyer)

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
– Art Gallery of South Australia
– Artbank, Sydney
– Private and corporate collections worldwide

Greeny’s painting depicts design elements associated with the Pencil Yam story from Alhalkere country. The growth of the yam to its maturity is reflected by the coloured lines in the painting. The yam seed is represented by the dot work throughout the painting. Greeny’s artworks appeared to reflect his unpretentious personality, quietly unassuming but with the feeling of endurance and respect.