Also Known As: Gracie Ngale, Gracy, Kngale Born: c.1956 Region: Central Desert Community: Utopia Outstation: Ahalpere Language: Anmatyerre Social Affiliation: Ngale subsection Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas, batik on silk, Subjects: Women's ceremony, Ahalpere country, bush plum
Collections:
Aboriginal Art Museum, The Netherlands.
Beher-Sammlung Privatsammlungen Reimers-Stiftung, Deidesheim. Robert Holmes à Court-Sammlung, Perth. Slaughter and May International Law, London.
Exhibitions: Group Exhibitions:
2002 – Land is Life. Art from Australia, Jagdschloss Granitz, Binz, Ruegen, Germany; Kult(o)urnacht, Aboriginal Art Galerie Baehr, Speyer, Germany. 2001-02 – Recounting the Essence of Life. Art from Australia, Kunstforum HDZ, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
2001 – The Unseen in Scene, Staedtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany. 2000 – Mosquito Bore – The Art of the Minimalist, Ancient Earth Indigenous Art,Australia; Kunst der Aborigines, Leverkusen, Germany; Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns, Australia Group Exhibitions.
1999 – My Country – Journey of our Ancestors, Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns; Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, Australia; Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, Australia; Alliance Francaise de Canberra and French Embassy. Australia. 1998 – Utopia und Balgo Hills, Aboriginal Art Galerie Baehr, Speyer, Germany; Dreamings, Spazio Pitti Arte, Florenz, Italy; Culture Store, Art Gallery, Rotterdam. Netherlands. 1996 – Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs, Australia. 1994 – Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs, Australia.
1994 – Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs. 1993 – Desert Mob,, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs, Australia. 1992 – Desert Mob,, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs, Australia. 1991 – The Eighth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin; Desert Mob,, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs, Australia.
1989-91 – Utopia – A Picture Story, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, Australia; The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Ireland; Meat Market Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. 1989 – Utopia Women’s Paintings. The First Works on Canvas. A Summer Project, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia. 1986 – Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs, Australia. 1985 – Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs, Australia.
Bibliography:
Brody, A., 1989, Utopia Women’s Paintings: the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project, 1988-89, exhib. cat., Heytesbury Holdings, Perth. (C) ;
Brody, A., 1990, Utopia: a Picture Story, 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Heytesbury Holdings Ltd, Perth. (C)
Birnberg & Kreczmanski, Aboriginal Artists dictionary of biographies, JB Publishing.
