Audrey Morton Kngwarrey

About the Artist

Born: 1952
Language Group: Alyawarr

Audrey is the daughter of Utopia artist Mary Morton Kemarre. Her sisters Lucky, Sarah and Ruby Morton are also well known in the Aboriginal art industry.

Along with her mother and sisters Audrey participated in batik workshops that were held in Utopia from 1977 to 1987. Her work is represented in the Holmes á Court Collection which was exhibited extensively within Australia and abroad.

Audrey, like her sisters, paints an extraordinary variety of stories which they say come from two countries: Ngkwarlerlanem and Arnkawenyerr, of which they belong to. Audrey can also paint the ceremonial body paint designs (Awelye) belonging to these two countries as well as her mother’s country Antarrengeny.

Collections

Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
The Holmes á Court Collection, Perth
Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs

Exhibitions

1985 The Second National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.
1989 Utopia Women’s Paintings, the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project, 1988-89, S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney
1990 Utopia- A Picture Story, an exhibition of 88 works on Silk from the Holmes a Court Collection by Utopia Artists which toured Eire and Scotland
1990 Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Harvard University, University of Minnesota, Lake Oswego Centre for the Arts, USA.
1991 The Eighth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.
1994 The Eleventh National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.
1998 Dreamings, Spazio Pitti Arte, Florence, Italy and Vlaams- Europeesch Conferentiecentrum, Brussels, Belgium
1998 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, N.T
1998 Exhibition in Art Centre Meerzigt, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
1998 “The Hague Unites the Nation”, upon request of the Australian Embassy acting as representatives of Australia, Grote Kerk, The Hague, The Netherlands
1998 Volkenkundig Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1998 Art Gallery “Culture Store”, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1999 Aboriginal Art Galerie Bahr Exhibition, Germany and catalogue
2002 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, N.T
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
2003 Contemporary Aboriginal Art Event, Umpqua Bank in conjunction with Mbantua Gallery, Portland, Oregon USA
2003 October - Art from the Dreamtime, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR USA
2004 Aug-Sep, Mbantua Gallery USA exhibition; Nashville and Greenwich
2004 Evolution of Utopia, Mbantua Gallery Cultural Museum, Alice Springs
2005 ‘Small Wonders’ (A collection of 1’x1’ and 1’x1½’ paintings), Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, N.T