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Jeannie Pitjara
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Jeannie Pitjara/Petyarre was born c1957 in Utopia, north east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.    Sadly,  Jeannie passed away in December 2022.  She will be sorely missed.

Jeannie was another fantastic artist who has emerged from Utopia. Beginning painting on batik silk in the early 1980s and then encouraged by her Aunt Emily Kngwarreye she continued painting on canvas.  All of Jeannie's Dreamtime stories come from the Alhalkere Country and are passed down to her from her father's side. Jeannie paints the Yam Seed, Yam Leaf and Yam Flower Dreamings.

In 1990, her work was chosen to be part of the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, which toured extensively and was featured in their book "Utopia - A Picture Story".  Jeannie’s works are sold in most major galleries around Australia and is a highly sought after artist.

CO-COLLECTIONS:
The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth

EXHIBITIONS:

2006 Cicada Trading, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2006 Cicada Trading, Annual Clear Lake Exhibition of Aboriginal Paintings, Houston, USA
2006 Cicada Trading, Paris, France
2006 Cicada Trading, Bahrain Art Society, the Kingdom of Bahrain
2006 Cicada Trading, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
1989 Utopia Women’s Paintings the first works on canvas

2005 Cicada Trading, Illayda, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 Cicada Trading, Milan, Italy

1993 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs

1990 A Picture Story exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Holmes a Court Collection by Utopian artists which toured Eire and Scotland