Born: c. 1922
Language: Anmatyerre and Alyawarre
Country: Irrultja, Utopia
Emily Pwerle, sister to the renowned Minnie Pwerle, started painting in 2004. Her life has been led with very limited exposure to western culture. Emily's works are a depiction of the designs that women paint on their bodies during women’s ceremonies or Awelye.
In Aboriginal culture, ceremonies are focal points in the life of the community. They are held for different purposes, but each is integral to the continuation of Aboriginal culture and vital to the happiness and well being of the people and the land. Particular dances and song cycles accompany each. Women’s awelye ceremonies are acknowledgments of their responsibilities for the land and their relationship to it.
Exhibitions:
2005 Permanent exhibition and collection, DACOU Australia, Rosewater, SA.
2005 Group exhibition, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, NT.
2006 Group Exhibition, ‘The Pwerle Sisters,’ Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
2006 Group exhibition, APS Bendi Lango Art Exhibition, Rio Tinto Offices, Melbourne, VIC. 06/07 Group exhibition, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
2007 ‘Utopia in New York’ Robert Steele Gallery, New York. USA.2007 Group Exhibition, Australian Embassy, Washington, USA.
2007 “New Works from Utopia”, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
2008 “Utopia Collection”, Japinka Gallery, Perth, WA2008 “Utopia Discoveries”, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
2008 Group travelling exhibition to major cities in Australia, “EWB Elements”, presented by Dreamtime Art in conjunction with DACOU.
2009 “Utopia, Color’s of the Desert”, Gongpyeong Art Space in conjunction with DACOU, Australian Embassy in Korea & Crossbay Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
2009 Utopia group exhibition, DACOU Broome, Broome, WA.
2009 Group Exhibition, Gallery Savah, Sydney, NSW.
2009 “Body Markings”, solo exhibition, DACOU Gallery Melbourne, Middle Park, VIC.
2010 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Savah, Sydney, NSW.
2010 “The Pwerle Sisters” Group Exhibition DACOU Australia, Melbourne VIC.
