Kylie Kemarre

About the Artist

Kylie Kemarre

Born: 1978
Language Group: Alyawarr

Kylie is the daughter of Janice Clarke Kngwarrey and Wally Clarke Pwerl, both Utopia artists.

Kylie has been painting since early 1998 and has also worked with wood sculptures. Her work is extremely refined with intricate dot work and detailed studies of bush flowers, camp stories and designs associated with the stories from her country. Kylie would have observed and assisted with family painters as part of her training, which includes her grandmother Katie Kemarre, and particularly the Lyaw story.

The intricate fine dot work is strongly influenced by her mother’s painting style.

COLLECTIONS

Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs

EXHIBITIONS

1999 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs NT
1999 Redback Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2000 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs NT
2001 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs NT
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
2004 Mbantua Gallery USA exhibitions; Portland, Nashville, Knoxville,
Hartford, Greenwich, New York and Philadelphia
2005 ‘Small Wonders’ (A collection of 1’x1’ and 1’x1½’ paintings),
Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, N.T
2004-2006 Evolution of Utopia, Mbantua Gallery Cultural Museum, Alice Springs
2006 Janelle Stockman and Kylie Kemarre, Addison Road Gallery, Marrickville, NSW