Ivy Pareroultja

Ivy Pareroultja

Language: Luritja, Western Aranda
Date of birth: 1952-10-14
Community: Alice Springs

Artworks

Biography

Ivy was born at Hermannsburg in 1952, the daughter of well-known watercolour artist Edwin Pareroultja. Ivy’s father and his two brothers Reuben and Otto were part of the original Hermannsburg Watercolour movement and were all skilled watercolour artists. As a young woman, Ivy learnt to paint in this style and developed a gift for watercolour landscapes.
Ivy moved to Alice Springs in 1994 and continues to paint in the tradition of her father and uncles. Her work uses bold colours successfully creating emotive depictions of the Central Desert landscape.
Ivy’s work is extremely popular and has been acquired by institutions such as the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.

Projects and Prizes:

• 2011 – 2014 The Namatjira Play, Big hart production
• 2014 Public Art, Mural at the Alice Plaza, Alice Springs
• 2014 31st Telstra Prize, Knara Nunaka Tjurretja – Our Big Country: The West MacDonnell Ranges, Highly commended
• 2014 Featured artist, Dobell Art Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• 2015 Tjukurpa Diary’s Cover, IAD Press
• 2016 Parrtjima, Festival of Light, Alice Springs (Ground projection)
• Featured artist at the Enough is Enough drink drive campaign, MACC

Group exhibitions

  • 2023
    Belonging / Tjoritjarinja, Ngununggula Regional Gallery Southern Highlands, Bowral NSW
  • 2020
    Homeless on my Homeland, NIRIN 22nd Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
  • 2019
    Tjina Nurna-ka, Pmarra Nurn-kanha, Itla Itla Nurn-kanha (Our family, our country, our legacy), Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide SA
  • 2017
    Tjuritja Nana Mara to Paris (From the good Tjuritja to Paris), IDAIA , Paris , France
  • 2017
    Pmara Nurnakanha Parta-Kurta,, Wooloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
  • 2016
    Abducted! Alcaston Gallery,, Melbourne, VIC2017 ArtGeo Complex Exhibition, Busselton, WA
  • 2015
    Kinship, In the footsteps of Namatjira,, Moree, NSW
  • 2015
    A Hermannsburg Christmas,, Redot Gallery, Singapore
  • 2015
    Hermannsburg Horizons,, Wooloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
  • 2014
    Country in Colour,, AIATSIS, Canberra, ACT
  • 2014
    Namatjira to Now,, Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
  • 2014
    Women Artists of the Hermannsburg School of Art,, The Residency, Alice Springs, NT
  • 2014
    Regeneration,, Metropolic Gallery, Geelong, VIC
  • 2014
    RightNow,, Boomalli, Sydney, NSW
  • 2014
    Five Generations: The Strength of Namatjira’s Legacy,, Araluen Galleries, NT
  • 2013
    Macquarie University Art Gallery,, Sydney, NSW
  • 2013
    Living Watercolours,, Southbank Centre, London
  • 2013
    Contemporary Aboriginal Art From Australia,, Château de l’Etang, Paris
  • 2012
    Frankston Arts Centre,, Frankston, VIC
  • 2012
    Perc Tucker Regional Gallery,, Townsville, NT
  • 2012
    Adelaide Festival Centre,, Adelaide, SA
  • 2012
    Art Mob,, Hobart, TAS
  • 2012
    Regional Art Gallery,, Burnie, TAS
  • 2012
    Damian Minton Gallery,, Sydney, NSW
  • 2011
    The University Gallery,, Newcastle
  • 2011
    Alcaston Gallery,, Melbourne
  • 2011
    Chapman Gallery,, Canberra
  • 2010
    World Vision,, Sydney
  • 2010
    Damien Minton Gallery,, Sydney
  • 2009
    The Watercolourists of Central Australia,, Indigenart, Melbourne
  • 2009
    Beyond Batterby, Recent Watercolour by Central Australian Artists,, Hobart
  • 2009
    Real to Surreal, Scenes from the Centre: Journey with the new Generation of Hermannsburg Watercolour Artists,, Tandanya Adelaide
  • 2009
    Telstra Art Awards,, Darwin, Northern Territory
  • 2009
    Art Gallery of NSW
  • 2008
    Indigenart,, Subiaco WA
  • 2008
    The Namatjira circle-landscapes of Central Australia,, Birrung Gallery, Sydney
  • 2007
    Advocate Art Award,, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs
  • 2006
    Hermannsburg School of Art – Watercolour Exhibition,, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs
  • 2003
    Desert Mob,, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs

Collections

  • 2011 National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Canberra, ACT
  • 2012 Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW), Sydney, NSW
  • Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT
  • Museum & Art Gallery of NT, Darwin, NT
  • 2018 Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), Adelaide, SA
  • 2014 Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW), Sydney, NSW
  • 2017 Queensland Art Gallery Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD
  • 2010 Flinders University Art Museum (FUMA), Adelaide SA
  • 2016 Artbank, Office for the Arts, Sydney, NSW