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Colleen Morton Kngwarreye

Born: 1957

Language Group: Alyawarre

Country: Ampilatwatja, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas and Linen, Batik on Silk

Artist Story

Colleen was involved in the Utopia Women's Batik Group. Her work is represented in 'A Picture Story', a project initiated by CAAMA in the late 80's. When Colleen was a child, she was taught about bush medicines and how to collect them from her mother and grandmother.

Collections

Collections

Mbantua Gallery Collection, Alice Springs, NT

The Holmes à Court Collection, Perth, WA

AWARDS
2024
41st Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA), Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT - Finalist

References

References
Mbantua Gallery
(2025) Mbantua Aboriginal Art Gallery, "https://www.mbantua.com.au"
Brody, A.
(1989) Utopia Women's Paintings The First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project 1988-89, exhib.cat., Heytesbury Holdings, Perth, WA
Brody, A.
(1989) Utopia Women's Paintings The First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project 1988-89, exhib.cat., Heytesbury Holdings, Perth, WA
Brody, A.
(1989) Utopia Women's Paintings The First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project 1988-89, exhib.cat., Heytesbury Holdings, Perth, WA

Colleen Morton Kngwarreye

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