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Biography
Kathleen Wallace is regarded as a custodian for Keringke Arts Inc. She is the senior artist for the Keringke Art
Centre, having guided, developed and nurtured the enterprise, its artists and artistic direction for almost 20 years.
Kathleen was raised by family in the bush at Uyetye, and trained from an early age in the stories of her culture and
country. Kathleen is one of only a few surviving family members or community members who has these stories and skills, and
Keringke Arts, in the community of Ltyentye Apurte is situated on her traditional lands. Her connection to her
country and to her law and culture has remained strong.
As an oral story-teller she uses her skills to provide a version of a story for her audience. As an example, Kathleen
is aware of approximately 150 names for different winds that blow around the community and the knowledge of
what the winds might mean.
She is internationally regarded, and has work in many major Australian collections. Her paintings are highly sought
after in the primary and secondary marketplace. The paintings reflect her stories in intricate fine detail, and she is
the driving force behind the emergence of the Keringke Style, for which Eastern Arrernte artists are now renowned.
In the art centre Kathleen has been responsible for teaching and mentoring many other artists in the use of visual art
as well as encouraging them to bring forward into their own art imagery of their experiences of culture and family.
This has resulted in a diversity of paintings at the art centre including depiction of dances, story telling, food and
fruits, significant country, totems and ancestor stories.
In the wider community of Ltyentye Apurte Kathleen has often given her time freely to the school to tell stories for
use in a range of educational activities: dance performance, mural painting, bush travel and cultural activities.
Exhibitions:
1988
Pmere , Birukmarri Gallery, Fremantle WA
Bicentennial Australia Craft Show, Sydney Show Ground,NSW
1989
One Country- Two Views , Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
1990
Mbwellare, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs NT
1991
Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
1992
Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition,Araluen Art Centre Alice Springs
Atyelpe, Te Taumata Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1993
Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs NT
Central Desert Silks, Rainbow Serpent Gallery, Sydney NSW NT Art Award, Darwin NT
1994
Central Australian Aboriginal Art & Craft Exhibition, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs NT
Heritage Namatjira Exhibition, Tandanya, Adelaide SA
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Parliament House ACT
1995
Alice Craft Acquisition, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs NT.
National Aboriginal Art Award, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin NT
Central Australian Aboriginal Art & Craft Exhibition, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs NT
Collegiate Arts Festival, Museum of Centre Australia, Alice Springs
Northern Territory Art Award, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs NT
1996
Native Titled Now, Tandanya, Adelaide SA.
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Heritage Art Award, Old Parliament House ACT
National Fringe 96, Inbarendi Fringe Gallery, Adelaide SA
Alice Craft Acquisition, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs NT Central Australian Aboriginal Art & Craft
Exhibition, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs NT
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum & Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Darwin
NT
Arm Load of Art Exhibition, Woods St Gallery, Darwin NT
National Craft Acquisition Award, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin NT
1997
Desert Mob Show, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs, NT Rentye - Homeland, Araleun Centre for
the Arts, Alice Spring, NT
1998
Keringke Arts: Designs of the Desert, Hogarth Galleries Aboriginal Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW
Desert Mob Show, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
Raiki Wara, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria
Keringke Arts: Colour and Light, Gondwana II, Alice Springs, NT
Keringke Arts: Kaleidoscope, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
1999
Keringke (Kangaroo Tracks), Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
Desert Mob Show, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
ækalka - intelheÆ (designs) Fox Studios, Rainbow Serpent, Sydney, NSW
2001
Putting in the Colour, Silk Exhibition, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, Vic.
2002
Kathleen Wallace Solo Exhibition - 'irrernte-arenyela ayeye anteke' (stories given by the spirits) - Araluen
Arts Centre, Alice Springs. NT
2003
Desert Mob Show, Araluen Cultural Centre, Alice Springs
True Blue, Framed Gallery, Darwin .
Jungara Galleries, Cairns and Port Douglas
2004
Desert Mob Show, Araluen, Alice Springs. NT
Keringke Arts at Jungara Galleries, Cairns and Port Douglas QLD
2005
Meeniyan Art Gallery, VIC
Aboriginal and Tribal Art Gallery, Sydney NSW
Jungara Galleries, Cairns and Port Douglas, QLD
Tuggeranong Gallery, ACT
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Centre, N.T
Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs
2006
Desert Divas, Gallery Gondwanna, Alice Springs
Special Projects & Achievement:
1996
Artwork reproduced under license as calendar, diaries and postcards - Community Aid Abroad
Painting reproduced under license as giftcards by the Institute for Aboriginal Development
1997
Artwork reproduced in Jukurrpa Diary by IAD Press
1999
Written contribution - Keringke - Contemporary Eastern Arrernte Art Artwork reproduced under license as calendar, diaries and postcards - Community Aid Abroad
2000
Written contribution - Bush Toys - a living history book - L. Rockchild
Joint project - Church Banners - Santa Teresa / Arltunga History Project Illustrator - childrenÆs book for Bahai
Faith Foundation
2001
Jukurrpa Diary - IAD Press
2003
Menzies School of Health - Web page "Helaing Spirits" image Indigenous Sports Scholarship - charity auction, one painted football
2004
Jukurrpa Diary - IAD Press
2005:
Designs reproduced on Bags and Sarongs, OzAboriginal.
Collections:
Keringke Arts Aboriginal Incorporation, Ltyentye Apurte, Santa Teresa, NT
Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs, NT
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA
Kelton Foundation, LA, USA
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, ANU, Canberra, ACT
The Society of the Divine Word, Sydney, NSW
The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
ATSIIAS, Canberra, ACT
Private Collections world wide
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