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.
Emily's works are a depiction of the designs that women paint on their bodies during women’s ceremonies or Awelye. Acrylic paint on Belgian Linen, unframed. Size: 47" x 35" (120cm x 90cm). Code: EDA-EP1950-20.
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