Julie Dowling, Icon to a stolen child, 1998, acrylic, red ochre and plastic on canvas, 4 parts, installed dimensions 25 x 100 cm (h,w) © Julie Dowling/Copyright Agency, 2021.

Indigenous Artworks

The Collection has actively purchased work by Indigenous women artists. Out of a total of 750 artworks, the Collection includes 133 artworks by 62 Indigenous artists. 

In general, Indigenous artworks have been collected that fit within the Collection’s themes, with a focus on craft-based practices including textiles, woven baskets, ceramics and dolls. Highlights include over 20 batiks produced at Utopia, 10 dolls by the Narrogin Doll-makers and 15 shellwork objects by Lola Ryan.

Contemporary artists – working in painting, photography, sculpture, installation and video – include Tracey Moffatt, Fiona Foley, Destiny Deacon, Judy Watson, Julie Gough, Julie Dowling and Sandra Hill. There is also a representative group of artworks by remote area artists Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Queenie McKenzie, Elizabeth Nyumi, Shirley Purdie, Linda Syddick Napaltjarri, Gloria and Ada Bird Petyarre, June Richards, Pantjiti Mary McLean.

Featured Artists

Goody Barrett (1)
Kresna Cameron (2)
Jukuna Mona Chuguna (1)
Alkawari Dawson (1)
Destiny Deacon (3)
Julie Dixon (1)
Robyn Djunginy (2)
Julie Dowling (15)
Fiona Foley (1)
Mary Ganganiwuy (1)
Julie-Ann Gitpulu (1)
Polly Nelson Gnale (1)
Old Polly Gnale (1)
Lena Skinner Gnale (1)
Old Polly and Kathleen Gnale (1)
Julie Gough (4)
Hermannsburg Potters (1)
Sandra Hill (1)
Lulu Kemarra (1)
Ollie Kemarre (2)
Gladdie Kemarre with Roese Pwerle, Nora Petyarre and Gloria Gnale (1)

Rosie Kngwarre (1)
Emily Kame Kngwarreye (1)
Hazel & Katie Kngwarreye (1)
Carol Kngwarreye (1)
Myra Lawson (1)
Tjawina Lawson (1)
Angampa Martin (1)
Norma McDonald (1)
Queenie McKenzie (1)
Pantjiti Mary McLean (1)
Tracey Moffatt (4)
Elaine Kngwarreye Namatjira (2)
Rosella Namok (6)
Lily Napanangka & Peter Talbot (1)
Elizabeth Nyumi (1)
Lorna Penunga (2)
Ada Bird Petyarre (2)
Jeanie Petyarre (3)
Gloria Petyarre (2)
Nora Petyarre (1)
Anna Price Petyarre (1)

Rosemary Petyarre (2)
Joy Petyarre (2)
Shirley Purdie (1)
Ada Ross Pwerle (1)
Roese Pwerle (1)
Lena Pwerle (1)
June Richards (5)
Lizzie Riley (2)
Jeanie Riley (4)
Lesley Riley (2)
Cheryl Riley (1)
Elsie Lubamore Roughsey (1)
Rona Rubuntja (1)
Lola Ryan (18)
Joan Stokes (2)
Linda Syddick Napaltjarri (1)
Colleen Turvey (1)
Freda Warlapinni (1)
Judy Watson (2)
Joyce Winsley (2)