Jeanna Petyarre

Born in 1950, Jeanna Petyarre (also known as Jeannie Petyarre) is a member of a family of well-known artists that includes Kathleen Petyarre, Ada Bird Petyarre and Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Jeanna Petyarre is from the Utopia district of Central Australia and her works feature in a number of collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and the Holmes a Court Collection, Perth, as well as many private collections worldwide.

Exhibitions: 1989 Utopia Women's Paintings the first works on canvas; 1990 A Picture Story exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Holmes a Court Collection by Utopian artists which toured Eire and Scotland; 1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs; 2005 Cicada Trading, Illayda, Istanbul, Turkey; 2005 Cicada Trading, Milan, Italy; 2006 Cicada Trading, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 2006 Cicada Trading, Annual Clear Lake Exhibition of Aboriginal Paintings, Houston, USA; 2006 Cicada Trading, Paris, France; 2006 Cicada Trading, Bahrain Art Society, the Kingdom of Bahrain; 2006 Cicada Trading, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.