Kathleen Ngale
Kathleen lived at the Camel Camp outstation in Utopia with her large family and her sisters, artists Polly Ngala, Maisie Ngala, and Angeline Pwerle Ngala. As a senior custodian of the Bush Plum – Arnwekety – in her country of Arlparra, Kathleen, like her sisters, expresses their dreaming through distinct techniques.
Kathleen began her artistic career in batik before transitioning to paint and canvas. An exceptionally skilled painter, she has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally.
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
QAGOMA, Brisbane
Donald Holt Collection
Janet Holt Collection
EXHIBITIONS
2018 Beyond the Veil, Olsen Gruin Gallery, New York, USA
2017 Utopia: the artists of Delmore Downs , Yaama Ganu Gallery, Moree
2014 Metro Gallery, Victoria, in conjunction with Delmore Gallery, Northern Territory
2010 Spring , Kate Owen Gallery, Rozelle
2009 JGM Art, London
2008 Emily Kngwarreye and her Legacy , Tokyo
2008 Power of Place , Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute
2008 Utopia and Beyond , Barry Stern Gallery
2007 Arts d’Australie , Stephane Jacob, Paris
2007 Desert Song , Brush with Art Festival, Prairie Hotel, Parachilna
2007 Patterns of Power - Art From the Eastern Desert , Simmer on the Bay, Sydney
2006 Senior Women of Utopia , GalleryG, Brisbane
2006 Lauraine Diggins exhibition, London
2005 Neville Keating Gallery, London
2004 Desert Mob , Alaluen Galleries, NT
2003 Telstra Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of NT, Darwin
2002 Australian Modern , Fondazione Mudima, Milan, Italy
2002 Two Sisters , Kathleen and Polly, Lorraine Diggins, Melbourne
2001 Bush Plum Dreaming , Indigienart, Perth
2001 Desert Mob , Araluen Galleries, NT
2001 Utopia, A Special Painting Place , Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2000 Arts d’Australie , Stephane Jacob, Paris
2000 Urapunja artists in Brisbane , Michael Sourgnes
2000 Out of the Desert , Desert Gallery Sydney
EXHIBITION OF BATIK SILKS
1988 Time Before Time , Austral Gallery, St Louis, USA
1988 Painting and Batik from the Desert , Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW
1988 Utopia Batik , Craft Council Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1988 Utopia Batik, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, QLD
1987 Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
1987 Darwin Museum Gallery, Darwin, NT
1987 Yirrkala Community Centre, Northern Territory
1987 Jogyakarta Fine Art Academy, Indonesia
1987 Sydney Expo, Craft Council Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1987 The Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT
1986 Craft Council Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1986 Bundaberg Art Gallery, Queensland
1986 The Araluen Centre, Springs Craft Festival, Alice Springs, NT
1985 Black Women in Focus, Adelaide Festival, Adelaide, SA
1985 Burnie Gallery, Tasmania
1985 Tasmanian Craft Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1984 Craft Council Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1984 Queensland University Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
1984 Fireworks Gallery, Adelaide, SA
1984 Sydney Craft Expo, Sydney, NSW
1984 Darwin Craft Council Gallery, Darwin, NT
1984 The Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT
1983 Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA
1983 Alice Springs Craft Council, Alice Springs, NT
1982 Sydney Craft Expo, Sydney, NSW
1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games Exhibition, Brisbane, QLD
1981 Floating Forests of Silks - Utopia Batik from the Desert, Adelaide Festival Centre, SA
1980 Artworks, Alice Springs, NT
AWARDS
Finalist in the Telstra Art Award 2000 and 2008
