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A Leader of the Next Generation

Josie Kemarre was born around 1945, and before starting to paint in the nineties, she had a job at Santa Teresa as a cook, and practiced intermittently as a translator. She later moved with her husband to Mt. Swan in Utopia. Similar to many indigenous people of Australia, she has lived a partially traditional life, gathering the naturally growing food from the land. After the death of the 'legendary' artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye in 1996, there were high expectations towards other emerging Utopian artists and thus immersed the 'spirit' of free and strong expressionism from Josie.

 

Exhibitions:
1995- Jinta Desert Art, Sydney
1995- Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery
1999- Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, USA
1999- Embassy of Australia, New York City, USA
1999- United Nations, New York City, USA
1999- 'Out of Australia' Lui Hai-Su National Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2005- Wellington Gallery, Central, Hong Kong
2006- Women’s Show, Boscia Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2007- Sydney Art Fair, Aranda Aboriginal Art
2007- Shanghai Art Fair, Aranda Aboriginal Art

Collections:
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne VIC
Corrigan Collection
The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth WA
Kerry Stokes Collection
Artbank, Sydney NSW
Aranda Collection

 

 

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