Biography - Abie Loy Kemarre
Born: 1972
Language: Eastern Anmatyerre
Country: Utopia, Central Australia
Abie Loy Kemarre lives at Mosquito Bore near Utopia Station with her husband Terry Rumble and her family group comprising her mother Margaret Loy, her brothers and sisters and her grandmother, Kathleen Petyarre. Currently, Abie divides her time between Adelaide, South Australia, Mosquito Bore and Lake Nash.
Abie began painting in 1994 under the tutelage of her famous grandmother, Kathleen Petyarre. She has custodial rights of the Bush Hen Dreaming which she depicts as well as her associated Bush Medicine Leaf, Country, sandhills and body painting series of works.
Through her powerful and beautiful paintings, Abie Loy Kemarre is able to convey to the viewer the sensitivity and strength she derives from her Dreaming and her country and her unique style has brought her critical acclaim as one of the leading lights of the Aboriginal contemporary art movement.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006 Abie Loy Kemarre, Bush Leaf & Other Dreamings;Gadfly Gallery, Dalkeith, WA
2005 Abie Loy Kemarre, New Paintings, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA;
Abie Loy Kemarre, Solo Exhibition, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2004 Abie Loy Kemarre, Solo Exhibition, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA;
Abie Loy Kemarre, Solo Exhibition, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2003 Abie Loy Kemarre, Solo Exhibition, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Selected Collections
• The Art Gallery of South Australia, South Australia
• Festival of Arts Foundation Collection, Adelaide, South Australia
• The Adelaide University Art Collection, South Australia
• The Levi-Kaplan Collection, Seattle, USA
• The Kelton Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
• The Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission Collection
• The National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria
• Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, Western Australia