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Jilly Jones Petyarr
Arawerr, Utopia Region
Jilly has been painting since approximately 2003 and comes from a large extended family of artists including sisters Sandra and Rhonda Jones who have a natural artistic ability like Jilly. Jilly learnt to paint and gained knowledge of her stories from the older women in her community, including her mother artist Gypsy Jones.
Jilly was born at Old MacDonald Downs Station in the northern reaches of the Utopia region, and spent many years growing up in that area. She attended Soapy Bore School just south as well as Yirrara College in Alice Springs, some 250km away from her home. Jilly continues to live in the Utopia region with her husband, Patrick Tilmouth, their son, Ambrose, and her extended family.
Exhibitions:
2002, Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions: New City Merchants, Knoxville, TN; Art and Soul Gallery, Nashville, TN; 'The Cove Gallery' Portland, OR; Urban Wine Works, Portland, OR; Mary's Woods, Portland, OR
2003, Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions: New City Merchants, Knoxville, TN; Art and Soul Gallery, Nashville, TN; 'The Cove Gallery' Portland, OR; Mary's Woods, Portland, OR
Oct 2003, Contemporary Aboriginal Art Event, Umpqua Bank in conjunction with Mbantua Gallery, Portland, Oregon USA
Oct 2003, Art from the Dreamtime, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR USA
Aug-Sep 2004, Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions: Portland, Nashville, Knoxville, Hartford and Greenwich
Additional Information:
Skin name: Petyarr (also spelled Apetyarr, Petyarre)
Born: 1976
Language Group: Alyawarr
Country: Arawerr, Utopia Region
Subjects: Women’s Dreaming, Awely (Women’s Ceremony), Tharrkarr (Honey Grevillea), Sugarbag, Women Collecting Bush Foods |
