EMILY PWERLE

BIOGRAPHY

Emily Pwerle (c. 1922)
Emily Pwerle (c. 1922)

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.