Born c.1952-
Country: Utopia, Lyentye (Mosquito Bore), Alice Springs NT
Angelina lives and works in Ngkawenyerre, Utopia, Northern Territory. She is a veteran of the Utopia batik movement of the 1980's. However it has largely been through the medium of acrylic on canvas, which was introduced to the community shortly afterwards, that Angelina has come to national and international prominence.
Angelina paints the Dreaming, Bush Plum. She uses coloured dots to represent the various phases of the fruits ripening to maturity as underpainting, and a milky white over-dotting to create translucency and depth. The result is a rich vibrant pattern that appears almost to shift on the surface creating a magnificent area filled with life and movement. Her paintings are tight in style with well thought out optical effects. Her palate has a restricted monochrome feel, like that of Kathleen Petyarre. Angelina also produces carved animal sculptures.
Bush Plum
Amwekety - the Bush Plum, depicts the changing seasonal influences on a plant that is of the greatest significance to the Alyawrre women of the Eastern Desert region of the Northern Territory. The Bush Plum is a highly nutritious small fruit with black seeds, rich in vitamin C, that can be eaten raw or cooked. Growing in a great profusion of flower and fruit throughout the winter months, the women, accompanied by the children collect the Bush Plums, while at the same time reconfirming their connection to the land. The flourish of colour that distinguishes the Bush Plum after the fall of rain, is quickly transformed with the long hot summer months. Dried and separated, the seed and husk are scatter over the vast sunbaked landscape by the hot summer winds.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2005
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
2003
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
2002
Indecorous Abstraction: Contemporary Women Painters, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
2001
Spirituality and Australian Aboriginal Art, Madrid and touring regional Spain
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne (solo)
2000
Not the done thing! Niagara Galleries, Sydney
1999
Blue Chip II: The Collectors' Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
1998
Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
1997
14th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin 28th Alice Prize, Araluen Centre for Arts & Entertainment, Alice Springs
1996
Painted People: Sculpture from Utopia, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney
1994
This Land, Utopia Art, Sydney
Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs
1993
Utopia Women, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Camp Scenes, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney
Utopia Sculpture, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
1992
Bubbles, Baubles & Beads, Utopia Art, Sydney
Aboriginal Painting, Austral Gallery, St. Louis, USA
Little Friends, Utopia Art, Sydney
1991
Long Hot Summer, Utopia Art, Sydney
Utopia, Utopia Art, Sydney
1990 The Last Show, Utopia Art, Sydney
Art from Utopia, Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1996-2005 Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
Allen, Allen and Hemsley Collection, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Artbank, Sydney; Commonwealth Law Courts, Melbourne; Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth Latrobe University Collection, Melbourne; Mansion Hotel, Melbourne; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney The Holmes à Court Collection, Perth; The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
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