Minnie Pwerle History and Collections

History

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2021 Remembering Minnie | 15 years on, Artmob, Hobart
2015 Minnie, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2010 Body Lines, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane
2008 Minnie Pwerle - Body Paint, DACOU, Melbourne
2006 Memorial Exhibition, Gallery Savah, Sydney
2003 Art & Soul Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2002 Recent Paintings, Gallery Savah, Sydney
2002 Minnies Country, DACOU Gallery, Adelaide
2002 Awelye Atnwengerrp, DACOU Gallery, Adelaide

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2023 Emily & Others | Geniuses from Utopia, Art Mob, Hobart
2023 Atnwengerrp - Our Home. Our Country, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2023 NAIDOC Week Exhibitions, Art Mob, The Packing Room, Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart
2023 Utopia in Colours, Musee de l'art aborigene australien, Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Motiers, Switzerland
2023 Celebrating Country | Women Artists of Art Mob, Art Mob, Hobart
2023 Tracing the Country - Living Landscapes from the Central and Western Deserts, Cooee Art, Sydney
2023 Survey, Works from the Dalrymple Community Cultural Centre Trust Collection, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville QLD
2022 Nations 2022, Art Mob, at the Henry Jones Art Hotel Packing Room, Hobart
2022 Connection, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
2022 Ngawiya Ngubadi, The Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Herefordshire, UK
2022 Art Mob's 20th Birthday Exhibition, Art Mob, Hobart
2021 Gillian and Watson McAllister Collection, Cooee Art, Bondi
2021 Desert Colours 2021, Incinerator Art Space, Sydney
2021 Body Line, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
2021 We Choose to Challenge, Coo-ee Fine Art Gallery, Sydney
2020 Still in the Desert, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
2019 International Women's Day, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2019 Large Showroom; Large Works, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane
2019 Desert Colours: Central Australian painting from the Collection, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2019 Defining Tradition | the colourists, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2019 Matches 6 - Group Exhibition - Featuring Barbara Weir, Ian Bettinson, Jack Britten, Lilly
Kelly Napangardi, Minnie Pwerle, Tony Tuckson & Yvonne Mills-Stanley, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane
2018 Earth's Creation 2: Emily Kame Kngwarreye & Family, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2018 Delmore Gallery: Utopia Women, Merricks Art Gallery, Merricks
2018 Utopia Exhibition of Four Generations, Pwerle Gallery in conjunction with One Rundle Trading Co., Adelaide
2017 Gems from the Stockroom, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2017 A SWEEP continues, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane
2010 Utopia, DACOU, Melbourne
2010 The Pwerle Sisters, DACOU Australia & DACOU Melbourne
2010 The Australian Indigenous Art Market Top 100 Exhibition, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney
2010 Minnie Pwerle and Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2010 Desert Rhythms, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Utopia - Colours of the Desert, Gongpyeong Art Space in conjunction with DACOU, the Australian Embassy in Korea and Crossbay Gallery, Seoul
2009 A decade of Australia’s indigenous fine art 1999-2009, Salt Gallery, Queenscliff, VIC
2009 Size Matters, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2008 Utopia Revisited, NG Art Gallery, Chippendale
2008 EWB Elements, travelling group exhibition, all major cities of Australia, DACOU, Melbourne, in conjunction with Dreamtime Art
2008 Emily and Her Legacy, Hillside Gallery, Tokyo, with Coo-ee Art Sydney in conjunction with the landmark retrospective exhibition Utopia - the Genius of Emily Kngwarreye at the National Art Centre, Tokyo
2008 Colours of Utopia, Gallery Savah, Sydney
2008 Atnwengerrp - Land of Dreaming, Minnie Pwerle carpet launch, Designer Rugs Showroom, Sydney
2007 Utopia in New York, Robert Steele Gallery, New York
2007 Treasures of the Spirit, Tandanya Cultural Institute, Adelaide
2007 Standing on Ceremony, Tandanya Cultural Institute, Adelaide
2007 New Works from Utopia, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2007 Desert Diversity, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Australian Embassy, Washington
2007 APS Bendi Lango Art Exhibition with Rio Tinto, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane
2006 The Pwerle Sisters, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Utopia Revealed, Japingka Gallery, Perth
2005 Small Wonders, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs
2005 Shalom, University of NSW, Shalom Department, Sydney
2004 Utopia: Gloria, Barbara, Minnie, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs
2003 My Grandmother and Me, World Vision, Walkabout Gallery, Sydney
2003 Minnie Pwerle & Mitjili Napurrula, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2003 Group Exhibition, Art & Soul Gallery in conjunction with Mbantua Gallery, Nashville
2003 Contemporary Aboriginal Art Event, Mbantua Gallery, Umpqua Bank, Portland
2003 Art from the Dreamtime, Portland Art Museum in conjunction with Mbantua Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
2003 Minimal Fuss Featuring Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Tony Tuckson & Minnie Pwerle, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane
2002 Utopia, Galerie Le Temps du Reve, Pont-Aven, France
2002 Urban Wineworks Gallery in cooperation with Mbantua Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
2002 United - Mother and Daughter, Minnie Pwerle and Barbara Weir, Alison Kelly Gallery, Armadale
2002 The Utopia Six, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Paintings from Utopia, Framed, Darwin
2002 Mixed Utopia exhibition at Knut Grothe Galeri, Charlottlenlund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002 Minnie's Country, DACOU Gallery, Adelaide
2002 Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs
2002 In the Cove, Carriage House Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
2002 Heart and Soul Gallery in conjunction with Mbantua Gallery, Nashville
2002 Generations Utopia, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2002 Gallery Savah, Sydney
2002 Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs
2002 Contemporary Aboriginal Art From The Utopia Region, BMGART, Adelaide
2002 Chapman Gallery, Canberra
2002 A Collectable Aboriginal Art Event, Raintree Gallery, Darwin
2002 BIG COUNTRY small worlds, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane
2001 Women Artists of the Australian Desert, Gallery 2021, Auckland, New Zealand
2001 Small Stories: Minnie Pwerle, Mary Pantjiti McLean, Tumaru Purlykumunu, Japingka Gallery, Perth
2001 Group exhibition, San Anselmo, CA, USA.
2001 Dreamtime Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
2001 Desert Colour- My Country, Raintree Aboriginal Art Gallery, Darwin
1999 My Dreaming, Redrock Gallery, Melbourne

Awards and Recognition

2022 Connection | Songlines from Australia's First Peoples in a spectacular immersive experience, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
2021 Minnie's artworks feature again in the reenactment of 'Badu Gili', a nightly year-round sunset projection onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House
2017 Minnie's artworks feature in 'Badu Gili', a nightly year-round sunset projection onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House
2008 Atnwengerrp: Land of Dreaming, Minnie Pwerle carpet launch, Designer Rugs Showroom, Sydney
2005 22nd NATSIAA, Darwin - Finalist
2004 Top 50 Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector Magazine
2002 19th NATSIAA, Darwin - Selected Entrant
2001 18th NATSIAA, Darwin - Finalist

Collections

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Kreglinger Collection, Antwerp, Belgium
Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands
Hank Ebes Collection, Melbourne
AMP Art Collection, Sydney
Fred Torres Collection, Sydney
Pat Corrigan Art Collection
John McBride Collection
La Trobe University Collection, Sydney
Gillian & Watson McAllister Collection, Sydney
Mbantua Collection, Alice Springs
The Luzco Family Collection, USA
Jacqui McPhee Collection, Perth
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo VIC
Dalrymple Community Cultural Centre Trust Collection, Charters Towers QLD
Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Motiers, Switzerland