Artists

Susan Petyarre Hunter

(Also known as Susan Pitjara Hunter)

Born: 1966

Language Group: Alyawarr

Region: Atnwengerrpe

Born in 1966 into the Alyawarr community, Susan Pitjara Hunter is the younger sister of artists Annie, Jessie and Sandy. Susan lives at the outstation of Atnwengerrp, in the Utopia region north east of Alice Springs.



Susan Pitjara Hunter is one of the most gifted artists of this region. She has always had a deep sense of belonging to her country and has remained steadfastly a bush woman. 



Her meticulous execution of her dreamings and awelye is rendered with extreme care and respect for her subject matter.

Collections National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Robert Holmes à Court Collection, Perth

National Gallery of Victoria

Exhibitions 1989 - A Myriad of Dreaming. Twentieth Century Aboriginal Art , Westpac Gallery, Melbourne 

1989 - Utopia Women's Paintings, the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project , 1988-89, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney. 

1989-91 - Utopia - A Picture Story , Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide 

1990 - Utopia - A Picture Story , an exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Holmes a Court Collection by Utopia artists which toured Eire & Scotland. 

1991, 92,93,94,96 - Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs,NT 

1997 - Geschichtenbilder, Aboriginal Art Gallery Bahr, Speyer, Germany 

1999 - Aboriginal Art - Australien heute, Deutsche Welle, Koln, Germany (in co-operation with the Aboriginal Art Gallery Bahr, Speyer) 

1999 - Australie – Art, Arts d'Australie • Stephane Jacob / J.L. Amsler - Bastille, Paris. 

2004 - Bilderwelten in Utopia. Holzschnitte und Gemaelde vom Aborigines, Staedtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus Reutlingen, Kunstmuseum Bayreuth, Deutschland (in Kooperation mit Aboriginal Art Galerie Bahr, Speyer) 

2006 - Senior Women of Utopia , GalleryG, Brisbane 

2006 - Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne 

2007 - Standing on Ceremony , Tandanya Cultural Institute, Adelaide 

2007 - Patterns of Power , Art from the Eastern Desert, Simmer on the Bay Gallery, Sydney 

2007 - Eastern Desert Dreaming - Artists from Utopia, GalleryG, Brisbane

2007 – Eastern Desert Song , Brush with Art Festival, Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia

2008 -  Power of Place, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute Inc., Adelaide

2008 – Yurlunggurr Art, From the Desert to the Sea, Brisbane

2009 - Aboriginal art in Korea , Gong Pyeong Art Space, Seoul, Korea

2009 – Brush With Art , Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia

2010 – May The Utopia Story , Australasian Arts Projects, Singapore

2010 – Aboriginal Artists in London June 11 - 13, London, UK

2010 - Western and Eastern Desert Art,   Stockman’s Hall of Fame, Longreach, Queensland

2010 – The Utopia Story , Australasian Arts Projects, Singapore

2011 – Desert Icons , Australasian Arts Projects, Singapore

2011 -  Utopian Aboriginal Art , Without Pier Art Gallery, Melbourne

2011 – Desert Visions , Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia

2012 - Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia

2012  - Belongings - Australasian Arts Projects Gallery, 303 Tanglin Road Singapore

2014 – Indigenous Group Show , Without Pier Art Gallery, Melbourne

2014: Senior Women From Camel Camp, London, UK

2015 – Wimbledon Fine Art Exhibition , Wimbledon Village, London, UK

2016 – Richmond Hill Gallery, London, UK

2017 - Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia 

2018 - Indigenous Group Show , Without Pier Art Gallery, Melbourne

2018 - Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia 

2019 - Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia

2020 - Richmond Hill Gallery, London, UK

2020 - 2024 Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia

Works by Susan Petyarre Hunter

Grevillea & Red-bud Malle ceremony
Susan Petyarre Hunter

Grevillea & Red-bud Malle ceremony

£4,218.00 £4,218.00
Bush Honey Grevillea
Susan Petyarre Hunter

Bush Honey Grevillea

£3,575.00 £3,575.00
Sold
Bush Women Dreaming
Susan Petyarre Hunter

Bush Women Dreaming

£1,746.00 £1,746.00