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Barbara Weir
REGION: Atwengerrp, Utopia
LANGUAGE GROUP: Alyawarr and Anmatyerre
COUNTRY: Atnwengerrp, Utopia Region
SUBJECTS: Grass Seed, My Mother’s Country, Bush Berry, Creation of My Mother’s Country, Countryside, Beginning of the Creation
Barbara Weir was born c.1945 on Bundy River Station in the area of Utopia, Aboriginal Art Regions of Central Australia. Barbara Weir's mother is the late famous Aboriginal Artist Minnie Pwerle.
Barbara's father was an Irishman. She was taken from her family and fostered out, but in the 1960's Barbara returned to Utopia and stayed with her aunt Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
Barbara commenced painting with acrylics on canvas in 1989 and developed a sophisticated contemporary painting style. (She also paints with ochres). In 1994, Barbara Weir and other Aboriginal women travelled to Indonesia to learn batik techniques. In 1996, Barbara Weir travelled to Europe to exhibit her artworks.
Collections:
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
- Art Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane
- Artbank, Sydney
- Queensland College of Art Griffith University
- Ebes Collection-Workum, The Netherlands
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide
- AMP Collection
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- Hank Ebes Collection
- Holmes a Court Collection
- Hitachi Collection
- Macquarie Bank Collection
Recent Exhibitions:
- Oct 2007 "Best of the Best", group exhibition, Gallery Framed,Darwin, NT.
- Oct 2007 Solo exhibition, "Blowing in the Wind", Artmob, Hobart,TAS.
- Oct 2007 "New Works from Utopia", Space Gallery, Pittsburgh,PA, USA.
- Feb 2008 "Utopia Revisited", NG Art Gallery, Chippendale, NSW.
- April 2008 Group exhibition, "Utopia Discoveries", Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
- May-Oct 2008 Group travelling exhibition to capital cities of Australia,"EWB Elements", presented by Dacou in conjunction with Dreamtime Art.
- June 2008 "Blue: A Group Exhibition", Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
- July 2008 "Walking Together to Aid Aboriginal Health", Shalom Gamarada Aboriginal Art Exhibition, University of NSW, Kensington, NSW.
- Oct 2008 Solo Exhibition, Gecko Gallery, Broome, WA.
- Jan 2009 "Utopia, Color's of the Desert", Gongpyeong Art Space in conjunction with Dacou, Australian Embassy in Korea & Crossbay Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
- Feb-April 2009 Solo exhibition, Janet Holmes Á Court Gallery, Perth, WA.
- May 2009 My Country', solo exhibition, Dacou Gallery Melbourne, Middle Park, VIC.
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