Emily Kam Kngwarray

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Emily Kam Kngwarray, Anmatyerr people, Untitled (awely), 1994, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2022 with the assistance of the Foundation Gala Funds 2021 and 2022, in celebration of the National Gallery of Australia's 40th anniversary, 2022 © Emily Kam Kngwarray/Copyright Agency

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Emily Kam Kngwarray celebrates the timeless art of a pre-eminent Australian artist, one of the world’s most significant contemporary painters to emerge in the 20th century. A senior Anmatyerr woman, Kngwarray’s devoted her final years to painting, creating works that encapsulate the experience and authority she gained throughout an extraordinary life.

The exhibition will be an extensive survey of Emily Kam Kngwarray’s work, bringing together the most important works of her oeuvre, from early vibrant batiks to her later monumental paintings on canvas. An audio-visual project created in collaboration with artist’s community will feature as part of the exhibition, weaving through the songs of the awely that informed Kngwarray’s works in soundscapes and audio tours.

Emily Kam Kngwarray includes paintings, textiles (batiks), sculptures, and works on paper drawn from international and national collections. Many never before seen works from tightly held private collections are included in this exhibition, along with new acquisitions of the artist’s seminal works in the national collection.

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Curators: Kelli Cole, Warumungu and Luritja people, Curator, Special Projects, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, and Hetti Perkins, Arrernte and Kalkadoon peoples, Senior Curator-at-Large, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art.

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First Nations /  Video

Emily Kam Kngwarray Alhalker country

Published 22 January 2024

Uniquely centered on the Utopia community, where the traditional Emu dance is re-enacted, evoking the profound influence of Kngwarray's legacy.

Audio Tour Open Captioning
7 mins
First Nations /  Video

Emily Kam Kngwarray 'Anoranngait, healing plant'

Video still of a close up shot of painting.

Published 17 December 2010

Photo Essay

Alhalker Country

A photo of Urlerrperl waterhole, near Alhalker, with a tree, a rocky mountain and tall grass

Filmmaker Dylan River's photographs of the land that inspired and informed Emily Kam Kngwarray's paintings.

Read Time: 5 minutes
First Nations /  Video

Emily Kam Kngwarray 'No title'

Published 2013

Know My Name /  Video

Emily Kam Kngwarray (1908–1996)
Anmatyerre people

Published 21 December 2022

Video excerpt from the ABC documentary 'The Exhibitionists' on Utopia artist Emily Kam Kngwarray.

4 minutes
Feature

Emily Kam Kngwarray

Kelli Cole revisits the work of Anmatyerre woman Emily Kam Kngwarray in the national collection.

Read Time: 11 minutes
Feature

The Seed and the Flower

Curators Kelli Cole and Hetti Perkins reflect on the National Gallery's recent acquisition of a major painting by Emily Kam Kngwarray.

Read Time: 8 minutes
Essay

Emily Kam Kngwarray: An artistic revolution

Kelli Cole and Hetti Perkins with Jennifer Green outline the ideas and perspectives that underpin major exhibition Emily Kam Kngwarray.

Read Time: 20 minutes
Talks & Lectures /  Video

Emily Kam Kngwarray and Utopia Art Centre
Artists, staff and collaborators in conversation with the curators

Photo of a group of Indigenous Australian women in the Australian bush

Published 02 December 2023

Hear Kelli Cole and Hetti Perkins in conversation with artists and women from the Utopia Community and linguist, Dr Jennifer Green.

Audio Tour Auslan Interpretation
65 mins
Exhibition

Emily Kam Kngwarray
Alhalkere, Paintings from Utopia

Past Exhibition
Painting of native grasses after the rain in pink, yellow, black, and white.

13 Feb – 18 Apr 1999

This exhibition traced the seminal career of one of Australia's most celebrated First Nations artists.