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Our dynamic artists are from the Utopia region, a large remote area of Central Australia with no government funded art centre. It has one of the richest art histories and is strongly female led.

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“The Dreamtime is the mythological representation of what Aboriginal people carry in their minds. The source of life! This knowledge has not just been planted in their minds, it is taught and structured through initiation and ceremony.” - A.P. Elkin, Professor of Anthropology,  1920’s-1930’s

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Artist: Joy Petyarre
Skin name: Petyarre (also spelled Pitjara) 
Language group: Anmatyerre
Country: Alhalkere
Area: Utopia Region, Central Australia
Born: 1965

Joy was part of the original group of Utopia women to work with batik.  Her work in this is represented in the ‘Utopia – A Picture Story’ the Robert Holmes á Court Collection and Joy also traveled to Adelaide, Indonesia, Paris, Brisbane, Darwin and Sydney as part of various exhibitions.

In 1999, Joy began painting on canvas. Her main subject is the Pencil Yam Story belonging to Alhalkere country. 

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