Artist : Gracie Morton Pwerle

Gracie comes from a highly regarded family of indigenous artists – her mother is Myrtle Petyarre and daughter is Cindy Morton.  Like many female artists of her era, Gracie began working on Batik in the early 1970’s before switching to canvas in the early 1980’s.

Gracie depicts her dreaming of Bush Plum or Arnwekety, a plant which has significant importance to the women of her region.  She uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colours.

Selected exhibitions:

1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996  – Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
1989 – S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1989-91 – Tandanya, Adelaide
1998, 2002 – Aboriginal Art Gallery Baehr, Speyer, Germany
1998 – Aboriginal Art Gallery of Australia, Melbourne
1999 – Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs
1999 – Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs
1999 – Alliance Francaise de Canberra and the French Embassy, Canberra
2000 – Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns
2000 – “Kunst der Aboriginies”, Leverkusen, Germany
2001 – Staedtische Gallery Gal, Wolfsburg, Germany
2002 – “Land is Life Art from Australia”, Germany
1998, 2000, 2003 – Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne

Selected Collections:

Robert Holmes a Court Collection
Beher Collection, Germany
Slater and May International Law Collection, London, UK

Source:  Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo: Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region, J.B. Publishing, Marleston South Australia, 2004.

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