Emily Pwerle
BIOGRAPHY
Born c1922, Emily Pwerle is the younger sister of the famous late Minnie Pwerle. Now in her late 80's, she lives in the small settlement of Irrultja in Utopia. She began painting as late as 2004 when Barbara Weir, her older sister Minnie's daughter, organised a workshop for the women of the settlement. Exhibitions: 2019 - Landscape Colours, Japingka Gallery, Perth 2007 - "New Works from Utopia", Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2007 - Annual group exhibition, APS Bendi Lango Art Exhibition with Rio Tinto, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD 2007 - 'Treasures of the Spirit - Investing in Aboriginal Art', Tandanya Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA 2007 - Group Exhibition, Australian Embassy, Washington, USA 2007 - 'Desert Diversity', Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC 2007 - Annual Group Exhibition 'Shalom', University of NSW, Shalom Department, Kensington, NSW 2007 - 'Utopia in New York' Robert Steele Gallery, New York. USA 2007 - 'Standing on Ceremony', Tandanya Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA 2007 - Permanent exhibition, Dacou Adelaide, Port Adelaide, SA 2006/07 - Group exhibition, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD 2006 - Group Exihibition,"The Pwerle Sisters', Artmob Gallery, Hobart, TAS 2006 - Group exhibition, APS Bendi Lango Art Exhibition, Rio Tinto Offices, Melbourne, VIC 2006 - Group Exhibition,'The Pwerle Sisters,' Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC 2005 - Group exhibition, Gallery Savah, Sydney, NSW 2005 - Group exhibition, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT 2005 - Permanent exhibition and collection, Dacou Australia, Rosewater, SA Collections: Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs Dacou Australia, Rosewater, SA.
Awards
2022 - Connection | Songlines from Australia's First Peoples in a spectacular immersive experience, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
Exhibitions
2010 - Emily Pwerle, Gallery Savah, Sydney, NSW
2009 - Body Markings, DACOU Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2009 - Body Markings, DACOU Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Group Exhibitions
2024 – Black + White, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2023 – Atnwengerrp: Our Home, Our Country, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2022 – Awelye Atnwengerrp: Emily and Galya Pwerle, Utopia Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2022 – Colours of the Desert, Pwerle Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2022 – Connection, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
2022 – Into the Sunset, Pwerle Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2022 – Colour Pop, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2021 – We Choose to Challenge, Coo-ee Fine Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2021 – Body Line, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2021 – Synergy: Art from the Heartlands of Aboriginal Australia, Everywhen Art, Shoreham, VIC, Australia
2020 – Atnwengerrp: Our Apmere, Our Place, Pwerle Gallery × Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
2020 – Blue July, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2019 – Landscape Colours, Japingka Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia
2019 – Spring Collection, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2018 – 20/20 Vision: 20 Years 20 Women, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2018 – Utopia: Exhibition of Four Generations, Pwerle Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia
2018 – Mercedes Me × Pwerle Gallery, Mercedes Me Store, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2010 – The Pwerle Sisters, DACOU Australia, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2010 – Tradition to Modernity, Central Art (Tasmania Craft Fair), Tasmania, Australia
2010 – A Summer Exhibition from the Lands, McCulloch’s Aboriginal Art & Flinders Village Café, Flinders, VIC, Australia
2010 – Desert Rhythms, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2010 – McCulloch’s Aboriginal Art – The Summer Show, Salt Contemporary Art, Queenscliff, VIC, Australia
2010 – Utopia, DACOU Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2009 – Group Exhibition, Gallery Savah, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2009 – Body Markings, DACOU Gallery, Broome, WA, Australia
2009 – Utopia: Colours of the Desert, Gongpyeong Art Space / Australian Embassy / Crossbay Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2009 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2009 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2008 – Utopia Collection, Japingka Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia
2008 – Utopia Discoveries, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2008 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2008 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2008 – Group Travelling Exhibition (EWB Elements), Dreamtime Art / DACOU Galleries, Australia (touring)
2008 – Walking Together to Aid Aboriginal Health, Shalom Gamarada Aboriginal Art Exhibition, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2008 – Women’s Stories, Alison Kelly Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2007 – Utopia in New York, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2007 – Treasures of the Spirit: Investing in Aboriginal Art, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
2007 – Standing on Ceremony, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
2007 – Permanent Exhibition, DACOU Adelaide, Port Adelaide, SA, Australia
2007 – New Works from Utopia, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2007 – Group Exhibition, Australian Embassy, Washington, DC, USA
2007 – Desert Diversity, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2007 – APS Bendi Lango Art Exhibition, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2007 – Annual Group Exhibition ‘Shalom’, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2007 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2007 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2006 – Group Exhibition, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2006 – The Pwerle Sisters, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2006 – The Pwerle Sisters, Art Mob, Hobart, TAS, Australia
2006 – APS Bendi Lango Art Exhibition, Rio Tinto Offices, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2006 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2006 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2005 – Permanent Exhibition and Collection, DACOU Australia, Rosewater, SA, Australia
2005 – Group Exhibition, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
2005 – Group Exhibition, Gallery Savah, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2005 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2005 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2023 – Atnwengerrp: Our Home, Our Country, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2022 – Awelye Atnwengerrp: Emily and Galya Pwerle, Utopia Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2022 – Colours of the Desert, Pwerle Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2022 – Connection, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
2022 – Into the Sunset, Pwerle Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2022 – Colour Pop, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2021 – We Choose to Challenge, Coo-ee Fine Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2021 – Body Line, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2021 – Synergy: Art from the Heartlands of Aboriginal Australia, Everywhen Art, Shoreham, VIC, Australia
2020 – Atnwengerrp: Our Apmere, Our Place, Pwerle Gallery × Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
2020 – Blue July, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2019 – Landscape Colours, Japingka Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia
2019 – Spring Collection, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2018 – 20/20 Vision: 20 Years 20 Women, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2018 – Utopia: Exhibition of Four Generations, Pwerle Gallery, Adelaide, SA, Australia
2018 – Mercedes Me × Pwerle Gallery, Mercedes Me Store, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2010 – The Pwerle Sisters, DACOU Australia, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2010 – Tradition to Modernity, Central Art (Tasmania Craft Fair), Tasmania, Australia
2010 – A Summer Exhibition from the Lands, McCulloch’s Aboriginal Art & Flinders Village Café, Flinders, VIC, Australia
2010 – Desert Rhythms, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2010 – McCulloch’s Aboriginal Art – The Summer Show, Salt Contemporary Art, Queenscliff, VIC, Australia
2010 – Utopia, DACOU Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2009 – Group Exhibition, Gallery Savah, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2009 – Body Markings, DACOU Gallery, Broome, WA, Australia
2009 – Utopia: Colours of the Desert, Gongpyeong Art Space / Australian Embassy / Crossbay Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2009 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2009 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2008 – Utopia Collection, Japingka Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia
2008 – Utopia Discoveries, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2008 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2008 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2008 – Group Travelling Exhibition (EWB Elements), Dreamtime Art / DACOU Galleries, Australia (touring)
2008 – Walking Together to Aid Aboriginal Health, Shalom Gamarada Aboriginal Art Exhibition, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2008 – Women’s Stories, Alison Kelly Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2007 – Utopia in New York, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2007 – Treasures of the Spirit: Investing in Aboriginal Art, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
2007 – Standing on Ceremony, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
2007 – Permanent Exhibition, DACOU Adelaide, Port Adelaide, SA, Australia
2007 – New Works from Utopia, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2007 – Group Exhibition, Australian Embassy, Washington, DC, USA
2007 – Desert Diversity, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2007 – APS Bendi Lango Art Exhibition, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2007 – Annual Group Exhibition ‘Shalom’, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2007 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2007 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2006 – Group Exhibition, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2006 – The Pwerle Sisters, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2006 – The Pwerle Sisters, Art Mob, Hobart, TAS, Australia
2006 – APS Bendi Lango Art Exhibition, Rio Tinto Offices, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2006 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2006 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2005 – Permanent Exhibition and Collection, DACOU Australia, Rosewater, SA, Australia
2005 – Group Exhibition, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
2005 – Group Exhibition, Gallery Savah, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2005 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2005 – Utopia Artists Exhibition, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Collections
Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hank Ebes Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Artau Collection, Berlin, Germany
Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
DACOU Australia Collection, Rosewater, SA, Australia
Hank Ebes Collection, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Artau Collection, Berlin, Germany
Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
DACOU Australia Collection, Rosewater, SA, Australia
